由于人们被困在家里，拼图玩具的销量飙升

由于人们被困在家里，拼图玩具的销量飙升

With Americans across the country stuck at home, demand for jigsaw puzzles is surging.

由于全国各地的美国人都被困在家里，拼图玩具的需求正在飙升。

"Around the second week of March, we notice sales at one of our largest retail customers ... were up 300% over the same week the previous year," says Carol Glazer, president of Ceaco. The Massachusetts company is one of the largest producers of jigsaw puzzles and family games in the U.S.

Ceaco公司的总裁卡罗尔•格拉泽表示：“大约在3月的第二周，我们注意到我们的一家最大的零售商的销售额。。。 比去年同期增长了300%，”这家马萨诸塞州的公司是美国最大的拼图玩具和家庭游戏生产商之一。

"And we said, 'Oh my God. How can you prepare for something like this?' "

“我们说，‘哦，我的天哪。怎么能做好这样的准备呢?’”

Ceaco and others couldn't. Glazer recalls that on one day last month, Ceaco sold more puzzles than in the entire month of December. Sales by gamemaker Ravensburger reportedly are up 370% year over year in the U.S. in recent weeks.

Ceaco公司和其他公司都不能做到。格拉泽回忆说，上个月的一天，Ceaco公司卖出的拼图比整个12月卖出的还要多。据报道，游戏开发商Ravensburger最近几周在美国的销售额同比增长了370%。

"It didn't take long for the shelves to bare, the e-commerce dried up, nobody had puzzles," Glazer said.

“没多久货架就空了，电子商务枯竭了，没有人能买到拼图，”格拉泽说。

Compounding the puzzle shortage is that some manufacturers are not considered essential businesses. Employees at Ceaco are at home, and manufacturing is shut down.

更让人困惑的是，一些制造商并不被视为必要的业务。Ceaco公司的员工呆在家，制造商也被关闭。

"It really takes your focus off of whatever's going on." says Chris Byrne, a toy industry expert said.

玩具业专家克里斯·伯恩称：“这真的让你把注意力从正在发生的事情上转移开了。”

"It really takes a lot of attention. And that can be very healthy in terms of, I'll just say, distraction."

“这真的需要很多的注意。这对分散注意力来说是非常有益的。”