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    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      US retail
      US retailers prepare for penny-pinching holidays as inflation bites

      Consumers are on the hunt for deals after hopes for a return to normal are dashed by soaring prices

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      Private equity firms discuss potential buyout of toy maker Mattel

      Apollo, L Catterton display preliminary interest in maker of Barbie and Hot Wheels brands

    • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
      Lex
      Mattel: princesses cannot guarantee a happy ending Premium content

      Toymaker will have to sell plenty of tiaras to bring the magic back

    • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
      Mattel wins back rights to ‘Frozen’ and Disney princess toys from rival Hasbro

      Toymaker’s shares rise nearly 10% after it recovers popular franchise lost in 2015

    • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
      HTSI
      Life in plastic: it’s (still) fantastic, say Barbie collectors

      Sixty-two years young and going strong, Mattel’s fashion doll is surviving and thriving

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      News in-depth
      Still a Barbie world: Mattel boss gives toy world a grown-up spin

      Ynon Kreiz’s turnround hinges on modern products and vigorously mining old brands

    • Friday, 23 April, 2021
      Lex
      Mattel: it’s a (NFT) Barbie world Premium content

      Digital collectibles give toymaker chance to update its playbook and appeal to different audience

    • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
      Mattel’s quarterly revenue hits 6-year high as toy boom continues

      Parents keep scooping up Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and other items even as pandemic restrictions start to ease

    • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
      Covid toy boom is not a ‘one-off’, says Mattel

      Company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels posts strong growth as parents struggle to entertain kids

    • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
      Mattel sales soar as pandemic spurs demand for toys

      Shares in Barbie doll maker gain 7 per cent in after-hours trading

    • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
      Toy industry: doll squalls  Premium content

      Smiling doll faces belie the aggressive battle between MGA and its rivals

    • 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
      News in-depth
      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

    • 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
      US & Canadian companies
      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
      Retail & Consumer 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
      US & Canadian companies
      Mattel shares power down as Hasbro strikes Saban deal
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