Matt Townsend
Hasbro buys Peppa Pig owner in $4B deal
NEW YORK – Toymaker Hasbro Inc. will buy Entertainment One Ltd. for about $4 billion, its biggest deal ever, according to data compiled by...
Toys R Us, back from the dead, will open U.S. stores...
NEW YORK – Maybe American kids will only have to live through one Christmas without Toys R Us.
About a year after shuttering United States operations,...
New Toys R Us emerges, looking for partners in U.S. and...
NEW YORK - The remnant of Toys R Us Inc. is looking for licensing partners to revive the brand in several parts of the...
U.S. retail sales seen slowing this year as economy cools off
NEW YORK - Retail sales growth in the United States is expected to slow down in 2019 amid cooling economic conditions, according to the National...
Following Hasbro’s model, Mattel’s making a live-action Barbie movie
After more than a decade of trying, Mattel Inc. is making another run at taking Barbie to the big screen.
A live-action film based on...
Tax cut billions fail to spur spending as CEOs safeguard profits
NEW YORK - Critics of President Donald Trump’s tax law centerpiece - slashing the corporate rate - argued the savings wouldn’t spur big companies...
Not all fun and games for toymakers as Toys R Us...
NEW YORK - Major toymakers are still reeling from the loss of Toys R Us, even as retailers from Best Buy Co. to Party...
Former Toys R Us CEO is working on the retailer’s reboot
NEW YORK - A revival of Toys R Us might be in the works.
Jerry Storch, a former chief executive officer of the defunct toy...
Corporate America is saving big on Trump tax-cut windfall
NEW YORK - America’s companies are swimming in cash thanks to the big cut in the corporate tax rate.
The roughly 180 companies in the S&P...
Mattel’s Barbie brand carries quarter, mutes Toys `R’ Us effect
NEW YORK - Barbie’s back in town.
Mattel Inc., which named a new CEO last week, softened the effect of Toys “R” Us Inc.’s demise as...