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CEPIA Produces 220,000 Zhu Zhu Pets Per Day And They Are Still Out Of Stock
Nov 14 2009, 1:42pm CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
The Zhu Zhu Pets are the hottest holiday toy for 2009. I have not seen anything like this since Furby. The Zhu Zhu hamsters are very basic electronic gadgets far less advanced as the Furby was way back. That is why a Hamster does normally not cost more than $8 to $10, but the demand drove the prices up for a Zhu Zhu Hamster to almost $50 on Amazon.
Bloomberg has today an interesting story that looks a bit behind the Zhu Zhu Pets success and it makes it even more amazing. CEPIA LCC, the creator of the Zhu Zhu Pets has only 16 employees n the United States. The company has 30 more employees in China where four factories produce 220,000 Zhu Zhu Pets per day.
In August Cepia started the production with the first 600,000 Zhu Zhu Pets and they hit the jackpot as kids fell in love with the little hamsters.
Cepia plans to release 50 new Hamster characters in 2010. The Zhu Zhu Pets hype is set to continue next Holiday season.
We actually tested the Zhu Zhu Pets and playsets and they are not the greatest in terms of quality, but kids go nuts for them.
Check out our Zhu Zhu Pets Shopping Guide for tips where to buy Zhu Zhu Pets.
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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting
world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
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Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com. Luigi posts regularly on LuigiMe.com about his experience running I4U.
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