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YNON KREIZ is the newest Mattel CEO. He recently told employees that he will focus on fostering creativity and expanding how Mattel uses its brands. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ SCOTT EELLS

New Mattel CEO plays catch-up with rivals after four down years

NEW YORK - Mattel Inc., home of Barbie and Thomas the Tank Engine, has struggled for years trying to manage its way out of...
ONLINE AND VIDEO GAMES are increasingly taking up a bigger share of the global toys and games market. / BLOOMBERG

The world’s biggest toymakers aren’t having much fun

NEW YORK - There’s trouble in toyland, and it started long before Toys ‘R’ Us went bust. Sales at the world’s three biggest toymakers—Lego A/S,...

Toys R Us is said to miss vendor payments as woes...

NEW YORK – Toys R Us Inc. has missed payments to some suppliers in recent days as the U.S. division heads toward a likely...
WITH IT LOOKING more likely that Toys R Us will shutter its U.S. stores, toymakers are looking at a very different retail environment, especially for toys that do not have large marketing campaigns supporting them. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

Toys R Us liquidation threatens to curb toymakers’ innovation

NEW YORK – Toys R Us Inc. doesn’t sell the most toys in the United States – that distinction goes to Walmart Inc. –...
TOY MANUFACTURERS, including Hasbro, saw share prices drop early Friday on news that Toys R Us may shutter its U.S. operations entirely. / BLOOMBERG NEWS PHOTO/JASON ALDEN

Hasbro falls on news Toys R Us said to prepare shutdown...

NEW YORK – Toys R Us Inc. is making preparations for a liquidation of its bankrupt U.S. operations after so far failing to find...
HASBRO HAS GIVEN IN to the inclination of many players of Monopoly to bend the rules, with a new Monopoly "Cheater's Edition," which will be sold starting in the fall. / BLOOMBERG NEWS PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

Hasbro concedes to human nature with Monopoly made for cheating

NEW YORK – As Hasbro Inc. passed GO, collected $200, and lapped Mattel Inc. to become the No.1 toymaker in terms of sales, it...
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