ZURU

ZURU is making room for a much bigger operation in Shenzhen.

The company will open a new China headquarters inside the China Resources Tower (known colloquially as Spring Bamboo) in the city’s Nanshan district, occupying eight floors and roughly 345,000 square feet. Teams are expected to begin moving in at the start of 2027.

The office has capacity for around 3,000 employees, with room for ZURU to add more floors as the business grows.

ZURU Toys, ZURU Tech, and ZURU Edge will each have teams in the building, bringing design, engineering, merchandising, software, automation, finance, talent, and other functions together in one location.

“We’ve spent 22 years building a rock star team in China, and they’re at the heart of everything we do,” said Nick Mowbray, Co-Founder and CEO, ZURU. “Giving them an even more world-class environment to collaborate, create and keep pushing every tiny detail forward is something we’re hugely excited about. The next few years are shaping up to deliver huge growth, and this is the home that growth will be built from.”

ZURU has maintained offices in China since the early 2000s. The company says its business is now on track to account for approximately 1% of Shenzhen’s GDP in 2027.

The Shenzhen project sits alongside continued investment in factories, offices, and showrooms supporting ZURU’s global operations.

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James Zahn

James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book and Co-President of The International Toy Magazines Association (ITMA). He is also a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC), New York Comic Con, Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

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