Barbie is the superhero the beleaguered toy industry needs right now. The blockbuster hit featuring Margot Robbie as Mattel’s iconic doll has also been a smashing success for rival toymakers that sell ...
Mattel is hiking toy prices due to massive tariffs, and fans of Barbie and He-Man are about to feel it in the wallet. Mattel dropped a bomb on May 5, announcing price hikes across its U.S. products in ...
Mattel shares surged more than 15% after the toy giant said it’s weighing price increases for Barbie and other iconic brands because of President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods. The El Segundo, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I do mergers & acquisitions in retail/consumer and write about trends. You probably know that a Barbie movie is coming. It’s hard ...
Your next toy or game may be able to converse with you. Mattel, the El Segundo toy maker behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, said Thursday that it’s teaming up with OpenAI, which created popular chatbot ...
New York (CNN) — The ‘Barbie’ movie, which turned into a global box office phenomenon in a matter of weeks, appears to be energizing sales of Barbie toys after its summer release. Barbie toy sales in ...