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  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    Mattel’s CFO to depart after audit errors found

    Toymaker says investigation following whistleblower letter found ‘no impact’ on results

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
    Mattel shares tumble after toymaker reveals whistleblower letter
  • Saturday, 22 June, 2019
    Analysis
    Failed bid for Mattel highlights the trouble in toy land

    Rebuffed approach by Isaac Larian’s MGA reveals competing visions for future of sector

  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2019
    Mattel expands toy partnership with Disney’s Pixar

    New licensing agreement will give boost to toymaker’s efforts to shore up sales

  • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
    Mattel sales fall less than feared on Barbie, Jurassic World boost

    Toymaker reports narrower than expected loss and gross margin improvement

  • Friday, 15 February, 2019
    Trouble in toyland as Mattel shares tumble

    Shares lose as much as 19 per cent on eve of annual industry fair

  • Friday, 8 February, 2019
    Barbie bump: Mattel shares flirt with best day on record
  • Thursday, 7 February, 2019
    Barbie strength and cost cutting help Mattel to better than expected holiday quarter

    Shares jump 16% in after-hours trade as earnings beat and revenues fall less than feared

  • Tuesday, 8 January, 2019
    Barbie goes to Hollywood: Mattel continues rally amid movie plans

    The toy maker’s stock has surged 30% in three days

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 4 January, 2019
    A win for Hot Wheels: Mattel leads S&P in broad rally
  • Thursday, 25 October, 2018
    Personal & Household Goods
    Mattel N America sales jump driven by Barbie, but revenue falls

    Operating income climbed for the first time in two years

  • Thursday, 6 September, 2018
    Retail sector
    Mattel turns to Hollywood to boost brands

    Owner of Barbie and American Girl hires Oscar-nominated producer to run new film unit

  • Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
    Travel & leisure industry
    Barbie-maker Mattel cuts 2,200 jobs as sales fall

    Almost a fifth of non-manufacturing workforce to be axed

  • Tuesday, 1 May, 2018
    Personal & Household Goods
    Mattel shares power down as Hasbro strikes Saban deal
  • Thursday, 26 April, 2018
    Retail sector
    Mattel pins sales drop on Toys R Us fallout
  • Thursday, 19 April, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Mattel chief quits for top job at Ancestry.com

    Former Fox Kids chief Ynon Kreiz to step in from chairman role after sudden departure

  • Thursday, 15 March, 2018
    Retail sector
    Toys R Us to close or sell all 700 US stores

    Retailer plans to file for liquidation, paving way for ‘orderly’ winding down

  • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
    Retail sector
    Toymaker shares take a hit on Toys R Us report
  • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleKate Allen
    International Women's Day: drowning in corporate guff
  • Friday, 23 February, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Fitch sends Mattel’s credit rating deeper into junk bin
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2018
    Retail sector
    Mattel picks former Maker Studios chief as its new chairman
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2018
    Personal & Household Goods
    Hollywood blockbusters fail to lift Hasbro sales

    Company behind ‘Star Wars’ toys reveals unexpected sales fall

  • Thursday, 1 February, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Mattel fails to reverse slide in holiday quarter
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2018
    Retail sector
    Mattel and Hasbro shares spike in late-day trading
  • Friday, 5 January, 2018
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    You Don’t Own Me by Orly Lobel — bad Barbie

    How a courtroom battle between two dollmakers raised questions over the ownership of ideas

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