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Tag: Mattel

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Mattel Accelerates UNO Elite™ with Formula 1® Partnership, Launching a New Immersive Game for Racing Fans

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on November 18, 2025November 19, 2025

Now Formula 1® fans can interact with their favorite drivers, cars and more during UNO…

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The Disruption Report: K-Pop Demon Hunters What Does Success Mean?

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on October 23, 2025

No, this is not going to be some academic discourse on the literate and cultural…

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  • Press Release

Mattel Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on October 21, 2025October 22, 2025

Third Quarter 2025 Highlights Versus Prior Year EL SEGUNDO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) today…

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  • New Products

Mattel and Rizzoli Unveil “The Mattel Archive” to Celebrate Eight Decades of Iconic Toys, Imagination, and Innovation

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on September 12, 2025September 18, 2025

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mattel, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT), a leading global toy and…

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  • Announcement

Mattel Shifts Into High Gear with Hot Wheels Flick

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 7, 2025July 8, 2025

Mattel and Warner Bros. Pictures have tapped Jon M. Chu (Wicked, In the Heights, Crazy…

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The Disruption Report: AI Takes Center Stage

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 13, 2025June 13, 2025

It’s axiomatic that in the toy industry new technologies prompt toymakers to scramble for applications.…

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  • International

The International Day of Play is June 11

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 6, 2025

In March 2024, the United Nations General Assembly named June 11as the International Day of…

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  • Jay Foreman's Blog

Jay Foreman’s Blog: Shared Responsibility

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on May 13, 2025May 16, 2025

When these tariffs first hit I made the subject of my blog: Pass it on!…

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  • New York Toy Fair

Toy Fair New York: Shots & Thoughts

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on March 20, 2025

Have you recovered yet? Yeah, us not so much either. That’s why we’re just getting…

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  • Uncategorized

WIT Announces New Leadership

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on February 18, 2025February 19, 2025

The Women in Toys, Licensing & Entertainment (WiT) Board of Directors has announced new leadership…

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  • Uncategorized

Nuremberg Show A Major Hit

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on February 3, 2025February 6, 2025

Aching feet, but broad smiles, greeted the first day of Spielwarenmesse, as the international toy…

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  • New Products

Barbie™ and Care Bears™ Unveil the Cutie Reveal Care Bears Series (PR)

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on December 3, 2024

An Unboxing Experience Featuring Beloved Characters and Fun Costumes and Accessories Surprises LOS ANGELES, Dec…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Time of the Season

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on July 26, 2024

It’s the time of year when everyone fixates on the weather (which thankfully looks good…

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  • The Playground Podcast

The Playground Podcast: Greg Ahearn & The Toy Association

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on July 11, 2024July 12, 2024

We talked to Greg Ahearn, the new president and CEO of the Toy Association about…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Will Disney Try to Sign Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz?

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

The Barbie movie continues to beat box office records. Here is how NY Times writer…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

A Tale of Two Companies – Mattel and Hasbro Walk Very Different Walks

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on September 8, 2023September 15, 2023

Goldman Sachs, an investment banking company, invited the Mattel and Hasbro CEOs to speak at…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Hasbro’s Business Model, Mattel’s Business Model and the Fight for the Toy Industry’s Future

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on August 16, 2023August 21, 2023

In my last posting, I wrote about Mattel and its decision to become a force…

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  • Barbie

I Saw the Barbie Movie – Barbie Deserves Better

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on July 22, 2023July 24, 2023

Chris Byrne, John Baulch, James Zahn, and I thought it would be interesting to our…

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