Mattel, on Rebound, to Debut Barbies with Disabilities
Business Wars Daily
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4.6 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2019
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today is Thursday, February 21, and we’re looking at Mattel vs. Hasbro.
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| 1:11.4 | What a difference a year makes. |
| 1:13.9 | Last year, iconic toy company Mattel was struggling. |
| 1:17.5 | Toys R Us's bankruptcy hit it hard. |
| 1:20.1 | In sales of its Fisher Price, Thomas the Tank Engine, and American Girl brands were suffering. |
| 1:25.1 | Last summer, the Barbie manufacturer announced it would lay off |
| 1:28.9 | 2,200 people, almost a quarter of its workforce. Some investment analysts were scolding Mattel's |
| 1:35.5 | leadership, saying it should have accepted an earlier bid from its healthier rival Hasbro to buy the |
| 1:40.9 | company. But the Toymakers ended 2018 with big surprises. Powerhouse Hasbro looked like |
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