What happened to the Christmas blow mold industry?

Answer:

Multiple factors have led to the decline of the Christmas blow mold industry.
Less & less people now decorate for Christmas. It used to be almost every house was decorated in some way, now less then 50% decorate.
Rental property - many landlords will not allow people to decorate outside for fear of being sued in case of an accident. In addition blow molds are very large & hard to store.
Inflatables became popular, these fit in a 12" square box & can be 12' in height
Cost increases in production, every raw material has increased. Electricity cost has increased. This has led to a decline in Mfg & a decline in display as people seek ways to reduce their electric bill
Shipping costs escalated in recent years, leading to a further drop in sales
In many cases these day the shipping is more then the cost of the mold
Stores no longer carried blow molds, they take up a lot of room
In addition many stores carried the same dozen items year after year. Despite the fact that there were hundreds to choose from. If you already had the Santa, Snowman & candles that were carried every year, why buy more?

Now many Christmas enthusiasts are starting their own stores & buying in bulk from the Mfg & reselling. Holidaves.com as well as other sites carry General Foam, the only Major US Mfg still in business. There is a high demand for older molds, & still a lot of demand for the new molds being produced
Hopefully another Mfg will start making molds again, as the molds from the companies that went out of business were sold. Rumor is some will be produced again. Only time will tell
HoliDaves.com is one site still selling blowmolds
New Molds from General Foam & Union, & assorted older molds




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