Mattel‚ Inc. is the largest toy company in the world. This largest toy company in the world was founded by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler in 1945‚ as they started to produce picture frames. However it was Elliott Handler who had a visionary of a side business in dollhouse furniture out of the converted garage (Mattel). As a top company‚ the primary activities of Mattel are to design‚ manufacture‚ and market the toys. As the company’s sales growing slowly‚ Mattel started to produce varieties of
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Mattel – Case Study “The Chinese-Made Toy Recalls at Mattel Inc.” PAPER submitted at the IMC Fachhochschule Krems (University of Applied Sciences) Master Programme International Business and Export Management by Matthias EBNER Stefan RAFFERSEDER Jaroslav SIVY Course: Strategic Purchase and Global Sourcing Lecturer: DI Rainer DAUBECK Submitted on: 04.12.2012 TABLE OF CONTENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .......................................................................
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The Barbie Doll While some women felt that they were too provocative for their daughters to play with‚ Barbie Dolls have shaped America’s young girls and women for decade. Barbie has an “I can do it all!” attitude‚ which inspiring to many young girls while growing up. Though there have been some changes over the years‚ Barbie is a bona fide‚ worldwide icon. Ruth Handler was the creator of Barbie Dolls. She and her husband‚ Elliot‚ founded the company Mattel in 1945. Ruth was inspired by her daughter
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Case Summary: Mattel‚ Inc has the vision of being the world’s premier toy brand‚ for the present and the future. It currently sells products in over 150 nations. The company was founded in 1945 by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler. It has gone to be 30‚000 employees strong working in 43 countries. Mattel‚ Inc includes a number of toy brands such as Barbie‚ Fisher Price‚ Hot Wheels‚ American Girl‚ Tyco‚ and others. In 2008‚ the company was recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the “100 Best
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Informative Speech: Barbie With more than 150 careers on her resume she has worked as a Nurse‚ lifeguard‚ dance teacher and even astronaut. Her popularity has spread throughout the world for decades. She is beautiful‚ talented and every little girl has yearned to have her. Who is this woman you may ask? Her name is Barbie. I will be speaking about the History‚ popularity‚ and controversies of the Barbie doll. The Barbie doll was invented by a woman named Ruth Handler in 1959. Ruth had a daughter
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Mattel Case Study - Presentation Transcript 1. no. 1-0013 Mattel‚ Inc: Vendor Operations in Asia Only 3% of the world’s children are here in the U.S. Our biggest opportunities are in growth outside the U.S. – Jill Barad President & CEO Mattel‚ Inc. The sun was just breaking over Kowloon Harbor. From his corner office‚ Ron Montalto gazed across the water and watched the early morning light reflect off Hong Kong’s famous downtown skyline. Only 24 hours ago Ron had been riding around the Carolina
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competitive became hard so emerging markets relatively untouched and sizable for growing market share. 1. Describe Mattel’s global marketing strategy for Barbie and assess its success. Barbie has been successfully adopted to cultural differences in U.S. but international challenge will be more formidable‚ and John Amerman former CEO of Mattel‚ noted “There are twice as many children in Europe as in the U.S… three times as many in South America and fifteen times as many in Asia…the potential market
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Executive Summary Barbie has become one of the best selling toy brands in the world helping Mattel become one of the largest toy makers. Mattel has had much success with it popular Barbie dolls for over fifty years. However it seems every product has a life cycle and in recent years Barbie has begun to decline in popularity due to recent technological trends and stiff competition. Today young girls have become more interested in mp3 players and ipods rather than playing with dolls. At home and
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Mattel toy recall Discussion Questions 1. How could Mattel have allowed these problems to happen? Aside from simply not using Chinese suppliers‚ could Mattel have avoided the toy quality/safety problems to begin with? Explain your answers. 2. Were Mattel’s responses to the toy recalls appropriate? Why or why not? 3. As supply chain trading partners‚ what responsibilities do Mattel and Early Light have towards one another? Should Mattel continue to use Early Light as a supplier-partner
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segment. Mattel has many well known brands in the marketplace such as Fisher-Price‚ Hot Wheels‚ and Barbie. To have the buyers informed‚ the company has to invest large capital in advertising and marketing. Without having this done to each product‚ these toys wouldn’t be successful as successful as they are exactly because of the popularity of these products‚ it is extremely difficult for new companies to compete in this industry. This advantage decreases the threat that new entrants for Mattel. -------------------------------------------------
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