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  • 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
    How To Spend It
    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
  • Thursday, 26 April, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    Mattel pins sales drop on Toys R Us fallout
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