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  • Announcement

Block by Block: Leslie Scott’s Jenga Game (or, in Swahili, Zuia kwa kuzuia: Mchezo wa Jenga wa Leslie Scott)

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 5, 2020

Born in Tanganyika (now the Republic of Tanzania) in East Africa, English national Leslie Scott…

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  • Economics

Hasbro Stock Soars; Maybe Toys ARE an Essential Item

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 24, 2020June 18, 2020

Toys are an essential item, no matter what Amazon says. …… The toy industry, and…

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  • Dolls

Will It Be a Horse Race? Placing Bets on Barbie, Frozen and LOL Surprise

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 13, 2019

Dolls have been a growth category for the last five years (45%, according to NPD).…

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  • Hasbro

Hasbro To Stop Using Plastic in Packaging; What it May Mean

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on August 20, 2019

If the toy industry moves away from the notion that plastic is the automatic default…

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  • Movies

Avengers: Endgame About to Make Movie History; Will It Also Make Toy Industry History?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 24, 2019

This headline from the Wall Street Journal just about says it all: "‘Avengers: Endgame’ Prompts…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Against All Odds; 2018 Was Actually a Pretty Good Year

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 12, 2019

Mattel swung a fourth quarter profit, despite Toys R Us having represented 17% of their…

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  • Mattel

Insights Offered on Mattel’s CEO, Ynon Kreiz

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on December 13, 2018

I read a very interesting New York Times article about Mattel and its CEO Ynon…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

The Management Top 250 Rankings and the Toy Industry

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on December 6, 2018

The Wall Street Journal and The Drucker Institute have recently published the WSJ Management Top 250.…

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  • Finance

Hasbro’s Tough 3rd Quarter; Some Thoughts

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 26, 2018

"Following Toys“R”Us liquidation in the US, the third quarter was the first quarter without the…

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  • Packaging

Amazon is Solving the Wrap Rage Problem

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on August 30, 2018

She must be angry about Wrap Rage  Several years ago, I was  in a meeting…

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  • Hasbro

New York Post Gets It Wrong: Hasbro Not Moving the Bulk of Its Production Out of China

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 25, 2018

New York Post headline So we do have 30% of our manufacturing today outside of…

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  • Bankruptcy

Isaac Larian Wants to Save Toys R Us; Can he do it?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 23, 2018

Isaac Larian, CEO of MGA, is an entrepreneur, a perpetual motion machine and, yes, a…

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  • Interview

My CNN Interview About the Possible Mattel Hasbro Merger

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on November 16, 2017

     

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  • Brands

A Mattel Hasbro Combination; A Challenging Puzzle

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on November 15, 2017

Hasbro and Mattel are reportedly in discussions regarding a merger of the two companies (see:…

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  • Economics

Is the Toy Industry in Trouble? I Don’t Think So

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 20, 2017

The investment community is concerned about the toy industry. A weak fourth quarter performance in…

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