children have special responsibilities to consumers and society? What are these responsibilities and how well has Mattel met them? Provide evidence of Mattel’s strengths and weaknesses in this area. Yes. As Mattel’s products are designed primarily for children‚ it must be sensitive to societal concerns about children’s rights. Strengths Responsibility towards the community * Mattel recognizes international environment‚ different legal systems and cultural expectations‚ and the use of technology
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Barbie®: Mattel Corporation ‘I’m a blonde bimbo girl‚ in a fantasy world.....Life in plastic. It’s fantastic.’ (Aqua) Barbie was born in 1959 but she has never aged because she is a doll. To date over 1 billion Barbies have been sold by the US company that own her - Mattel Corporation. Ruth Handler‚ who founded the company along with her husband‚ Elliot‚ modelled the doll on an 11½ inch plastic German toy called Lilli sold to adult men. She named the adapted doll after her daughter‚ Barbara
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|Supplementary Material Faculty of Technology Innovation: designing for a sustainable future | |T307 Project Proposal Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Student information 2 3 Proposal 3 4 Design brief 4 5 Performance specification 5 6 Market specification 6 7 For your tutor 7 8 Group projects 8 9 Tutor feedback 9 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose Your tutor will use this form to give approval to your project. It is an essential part of your project work and will be assessed
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Research the Braaap organisation at: BRAAAP BRAAAP company has been established by Brad Smith. The business started when Smith imported elite motocross bikes from Asia‚ and then moved into bike design and manufacture. Noticing a gap in the market‚ he expanded the business in 2008 into a retail concept store‚ selling motocross bikes‚ accessories and street wear‚ with the unique addition of an indoor foam pit for the practicing of jumps and tricks on BMX In 2008 he thinks a retail outlet
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The marketing mix in marketing strategy: Product‚ Price‚ Place and Promotion The marketing mix is the set of controllable‚ tactical marketing tools that a company uses to produce a desired response from its target market. It consists of everything that a company can do to influence demand for its product. It is also a tool to help marketing planning and execution. The four Ps of marketing: product‚ price‚ place and promotion. The marketing mix can be divided into four groups of variables commonly
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4.1 Marketing mix The marketing mix is one of the major concepts in modern marketing and is often brought up in general discussions of marketing. Marketing mix is a set of marketing tools that a company uses to pursue its marketing objectives in the target market. When a company is making decisions on marketing they generally fall into four controllable categories known as the 4 P’s: product‚ price‚ place and promotion. As shown in the figure 3; in Kotler’s Marketing mix chart the target
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Strategic Planning Business Unit Strategic Planning • SWOT Analysis – External Environment Analysis (Opportunity and Threat Analysis) • Marketing Opportunity – Buying opportunity more convenient or efficient – Meet the need for more information and advice – Customize an offering that was previously only available in standard form Business Unit Strategic Planning – Marketing Opportunity Analysis (MOA) • Can the benefits be articulated to a target market? • Can the target market be reached with cost-effective
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At the age of 41‚ Barbie is one of the longest living toys in America. While she may not be the face of America‚ she has a well-known American face that not only created the doll industry but also set the standard. Her many faces‚ hairstyles‚ careers‚ and even wardrobe luxuries are seen nearly everywhere you go. Barbara Millicent Roberts‚ better known as Barbie‚ made her debut at the America Toy Fair in New York City in the winter of 1959. Barbie has continued to evolve with the changing
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feet 9 inches tall.[18] Mattel said that the waist of the Barbie doll was made small because the waistbands of her clothes‚ along with their seams‚ snaps‚ and zippers‚ added bulk to her figure.[19] In 1997‚ Barbie’s body mold was redesigned and given a wider waist‚ with Mattel saying that this would make the doll better suited to contemporary fashion designs.[20][21] "Colored Francie" made her debut in 1967‚ and she is sometimes described as the first African American Barbie doll. However‚ she was
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Case Study: Real Choices at Mattel 9/25/11 1. The decision facing Mattel is whether to continue to produce their products internationally where cost are low‚ or produce them in the United States where costs are significantly higher but quality is better. Mattel might want to even reconsider going global if there sales are decreasing more internationally than in the United States. Mattel needs to determine how many of the products produced internationally were recalled versus the amount of
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