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Inside Barbie's Fun House Barbie has a new dream house! With a flagship shop in Shanghai, the American idol reveals her emerging-market ambitions. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel's Operation Barbie The toy maker is trying to build off the strength of its Barbie brand to delve into several other products, including clothing for adult women that could launch this fall. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Matt Townsend |
Why Ken Is the New Babe-Magnet in Toyland Barbie's "arm candy" is finally getting some attention of his own. Mattel has brokered a reconciliation between Ken and Barbie as part of its brand-marketing strategy. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel Makes the Grade Toy maker Mattel has reported improved second-quarter earnings. However, trouble on the horizon includes weakness in the company's quintessential Barbie brand. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2007
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Getting Rich on Credit Paying with plastic has simplified our lives -- but it's also made credit card companies very wealthy, and you're paying the price. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mattel Doesn't Play Around Mattel beats estimates, even as Barbie slumps closer to home. Investors, take note. |
U.S. Banker
November 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
Life Might Take Visa, But Now Visa Takes Life Visa has co-branded with Milton Bradley to offer the new game, "The Game of Life: Twists & Turns." |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2011
Robyn Gearey |
Give Your Kid Some Credit Kids are never too young to learn how to save and spend -- smartly. |
Salon.com
October 27, 2000
M.G. Lord |
En garde, Princess! For the first time ever, Barbie may have a challenger who can kick her anorexic butt. At least that's what her unauthorized biographer thinks... |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2008
Sham Gad |
Visa's Big Deal The upcoming $19 billion IPO of Visa is kind of a big deal. In fact, if all goes as planned, it could be the largest IPO in U.S. history |
Reason
August 2002
Charles Paul Freund |
Dolled Up Authoritarian regimes play make-believe with Iran's new "national doll." |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2006
Philip Durell |
Barbies Gone Wild? Mattel needs to let Barbie go wild to make the company a worthwhile investment at today's price of $17 and change. In the meantime, Mattel continues to produce a ton of free cash flow, pays a 2.9% dividend yield, and continues to buy back shares. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2005
M.D. Mitchell |
Mattel: So Cheap, It's Scary With the toy maker's stock near five-year lows, is it finally time to buy? |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kiss and Mattel Mattel wraps up the year with another strong quarter. Investors, take note. |
Reason
May 2005
Holiday Dmitri |
Barbie's Taiwanese Homecoming A plastic, fantastic tale of globalization: Barbie is revered like a messiah in Taishan, a municipality nine miles southwest of Taipei that the blonde doll transformed from an agricultural village of 5,000 to a manufacturing center nearly the size of Boston. |
CRM
October 2013
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The Long Tail of Customer Experience How American Girl dolls became much more than child's play. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2005
M.D. Mitchell |
American Girl Taunts Barbie Although Barbie will probably never be replaced by another doll, sales of the icon have dwindled over the past few years, leading some to wonder what's going on at Mattel. Is it a good time to buy Mattel before the upcoming holiday season? |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Even Barbie Can Be Hacked Toy manufacturers are learning a hard lesson about Wi-Fi-enabled dolls, action figures, and building sets: They can be hacked pretty easily. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
AmEx Withdraws Cash From MasterCard American Express wins a settlement with MasterCard for as much as $1.8 billion, in one of the largest antitrust suits ever. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
A Flat Tire for Mattel Flat sales and eroding profit margins are two reasons why an investor needs to be patient, requiring an extra level margin of safety before being a buyer of this stock. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Visa Powers Ahead ... But Is It Cheap? Visa is doing fantastic, no doubt about it. But how much longer can cash-strapped consumers keep charging up their credit cards, and is Visa a good investment today? |
