Quality of available merchandise significantly reduced?

[Agent H]

Is there still a strange lack of books in the gift shops? I recall on my most recent trip in 2022, I didn't see any books in ANY of the shops (aside from some blank notebooks). Very peculiar.

Yeah I’ve noticed this too. I’ve only ever seen the 50th and 100th anniversary books in the parks. It’s very disappointing for me. Books are my second favorite type of merchandise.

 

[DisneyHead123]

That's if they even did market research.. they made a SWAG on orangebird merch for F&G and its on sale now for 50% off in the park. The obvious item for sale (shorts) sold out for every size except 3xl the first month

Wonder how much profit margins factor in there. I’m imagining items like water bottles and mugs where the manufacturing chain remains largely the same and a few graphic vinyls are swapped out are cheaper. Printing a novel fabric for print shorts might be more expensive.

 

[networkpro]

Wonder how much profit margins factor in there. I’m imagining items like water bottles and mugs where the manufacturing chain remains largely the same and a few graphic vinyls are swapped out are cheaper. Printing a novel fabric for print shorts might be more expensive.

Let's say that selling spirit jerseys and hoodies when it's 90 is a loosing proposition.

 

[Brer Panther]

Half-joking, are Iger and his crew just picking off everything that people loved about the parks before he took over one by one?

 

[WorldExplorer]

I think the focus has turned to things people are likely to buy repeatedly or "collect".

If you buy one cool knickknack that you keep on your desk to reignite the memories, that's a one time purchase. But stuff like ears, Loungeflys, and spirit jerseys people will just keep buying piles of them. They need one for each movie they like and one that matches their favorite outfits and one for each holiday and whatever other excuse.

Don't even get me started on stuff like the Munchlings or mystery pin packets that are just full on gambling and encouraging you to spend hundreds more than you would if you just bought a normal souvenir. They've started packaging pins with other items now? So you have to purchase a forty dollar cup to get a random pin pack that has a high chance of not containing the pin you want so better buy another then another then another...

(This is the only way to get a Dinosaur pin, by the way. And no, I'm not trying it: screw that.)

 

[networkpro]

It's certainly not pins. For the 25th anniversary of pin trading they've reduced the inventory to only a few locations in a few parks.

 

[aladdin2007]

Was told today there is more specific park merch coming, no details or when but hopefully as everything is the same right now around every corner.

 

[Eric Graham]

I heard on the news quite recently that we have about 6 more weeks of durable goods in our inventory before the tariffs begin, actually....is this true? and some companies such as Microsoft have increased the price of some products due to 'market conditions':

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/01/microsoft-raises-prices-of-xbox-video-game-consoles-and-controllers.html