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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025
Toymaker Lego shuts all stores outside of China due to virus

Global Economy

Reuters
18 March, 2020, 07:35 pm
Last modified: 18 March, 2020, 07:38 pm

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Toymaker Lego shuts all stores outside of China due to virus

It will continue online sales and its retail team will continue to be paid

Reuters
18 March, 2020, 07:35 pm
Last modified: 18 March, 2020, 07:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: LEGO House in Billund, Denmark, March 6, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: LEGO House in Billund, Denmark, March 6, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS

 Danish toymaker Lego said on Wednesday it would close all of its stores, except for those in China, until at least March 27 due to the spread of coronavirus.

It will continue online sales and its retail team will continue to be paid, it said in a statement.

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