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Sales of games like Monopoly, Twister jump 18 percent.
Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert
ST. LOUIS _ Sales of traditional games are definitely up, says Christina Charasse, senior account manager for NPD Fun World, the toy and video game-tracking division of The NPD Group, an analyst for the toy and game industries.
Traditional games such as Monopoly, Twister and Trivial Pursuit saw sales of $877 million last year. Sales the first six months of this year were ahead of the same period last year by 18 percent.
"This is a mature industry," Charasse said. "In a good year, you'll see one-digit increases. For a category to grow 18 percent is pretty healthy."
And that's not including the incredibly ...
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