Donald Trump wax replicas sales slump
Demand for wax replicas of Donald Trump
has halted as lockdown continues
in different parts of the world
Location: China
Shanghai Maiyi Arts is a manufacturer
and supplier of wax figures
With the U.S. presidential election in sight
demand for the center's wax replicas
should have been off the charts
(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) MANAGER OF SHANGHAI MAIYI ARTS, ZENG SHENG, SAYING:
"Places like tourist sites, amusement parks and houses of famous people, are temporarily closed. So waxworks for those places are stuck here for the moment. What really affected us is that we can't get any new orders as some of these places have yet to resume work. So they don't have new orders for us. It has a pretty big effect on that."
The business is operating at
about two-thirds of its normal capacity
Zeng is now holding off on producing
a replica of Trump's rival, Joe Biden
