When assistant marketing professor Ying Zeng clipped a small plush doll—a cute, fox-like character from the Shanghai Disney Resort—to her handbag earlier this year, she didn’t expect it to spark so ...

The billion-dollar Labubu phenomenon broke a cardinal rule of retail: Consumers need to know what they're buying before they open their wallet. Most new Labubu sales took the form of "blind boxes," ...

Pop Mart will restock two popular Labubu blind boxes, which often sell out instantly, on Friday, Sept. 12, and Saturday, Sept. 13, according to the Pop Mart website. The Labubu blind boxes, which hide ...

Labubu fans will have another chance to purchase two of Pop Mart's popular Labubu blind boxes on Oct. 10, according to the Pop Mart website. The Labubu blind boxes – which hide the exact content of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Labubu blind boxes continue to captivate collectors worldwide in 2026, blending whimsy with high-stakes hunting for rare figures.

Last year a giant Labubu Christmas tree was unveiled in Chengdu, China. (Photo by Yang Haiyong/VCG via Getty Images) If Labubu has been the story of 2025 then the elf-like figure might also be the ...

Labubu dolls have taken the world by storm. The viral collectable keychains that feature plush monster-like figurines, sold by the Chinese company Pop Mart, have been compared to other toys like ...

The videos all follow the same general pattern: A creator holding a box giddily explains what they’re hoping to find inside. After ripping the tab on the box open, they withdraw a sealed bag, which ...