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Stock spotlight: Mattel toys with ways to sell more products
Barbie is vacating her pink Malibu mansion and hunting for international digs. Thomas the Tank Engine is being revamped as an even livelier locomotive. Max Steel, the new kid on the block, is marketed as a "modern day tech superhero." The toy brands,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Toys, Toy Industry, Fisher-Price, Fiscal Cliff
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Toy maker Hasbro says Furby and Monopoly shine in first quarter
Toy maker Hasbro Inc. reported modest revenue growth in the first quarter, backed by solid sales of Furby, My Little Pony and Transformers games. The Pawtucket, R.I., company also said Monday that an online contest to create a new token for its iconic...
Tags: Hasbro Inc., Services and Shopping, Toys, Toy Industry, Sports Cars
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Mattel profits quadruple on sales of Monster High dolls
Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf and the other not-so-mean girls at Monster High stole Barbie’s thunder in the first quarter as sales of the toys led Mattel Inc. to more than quadruple its profit. Sales of Mattel’s Other Girl line, headed by...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Toys, Toy Industry
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In the Inland Empire, an industrial real estate boom
Nestled on the windy plains at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains, once austere stretches of agricultural land have morphed into the country's most desirable industrial real estate market, and it is growing faster than any other industrial region in...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Property, Real Estate Buyers, Toys, Kohl's Illinois, Inc.
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Designer dollhouses offer miniature life of luxury
Malibu Barbie never had it so good. A Paul Smith rug, curtains sewn from Missoni fabric, LED sconces strung with Swarovski crystals, even a Mies van der Rohe Barcelona daybed cluttered with Rodeo Drive shopping bags — all small enough to fit in...
Tags: Paul Smith, Architecture, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Auction Service, Literature
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Universal Pictures back in the game with 'Despicable Me 2' toys
Universal Pictures is getting back into the toy business — led by a swarm of small, yellow creatures with a penchant for mischief. The Hollywood studio plans to unveil an array of new toys and games for its upcoming 3-D computer-animated sequel...
Tags: Hasbro Inc., Movies, Services and Shopping, Property, Toy Industry
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Mattel misses Wall Street expectations, hit by litigation charge
Mattel Inc., the El Segundo toy maker, reported increased revenue in its fourth quarter, but profit fell 17% due to a litigation charge. On Friday, the Barbie and Hot Wheels maker reported net earnings of $306.5 million, or 87 cents a share, for the...
Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Trials, Barbie (fictional character), Litigation
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‘Man of Steel’ first look: Russell Crowe gets Jor-El action figure
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesRussell Crowe will be sporting some heavy-duty armor in Zack Snyder's highly anticipated “Man of Steel” — that is, if a ...... -
Barbie Cafe opens in Taiwan, covered in pink
Need more pink in your life? The new Barbie Cafe in Taiwan has more than enough to spare. The eatery is exactly what its name implies -- a temple to the 54-year-old doll, erected in Taipei’s Da’an shopping district and doused in fuchsia,...
Tags: LEGO Group, Taiwan, Seafood, Restaurants, Foods and Beverages
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A bawdy CAA party at Sundance shocks guests, including clients
PARK CITY, Utah — Parties at the Sundance Film Festival typically feature maverick filmmakers, the best in nouvelle cowboy cuisine and plentiful pours of high-end spirits and Utah microbrews. But the bash thrown by Hollywood's powerful Creative...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Cirque du Soleil, Coca-Cola Co., Toy Industry, Nicole Kidman
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He's not shaken or stirred over UCLA-Stanford result
PALO ALTO -- What a great week, capped off by an entertaining and scintillating finish to a football game. It's good to have a life. The week begins last Saturday with UCLA hoodwinking Stanford into thinking the Bruins are pushovers followed by a news...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Football, Mike D'Antoni, Marv Levy, Stanford Cardinal
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On Black Friday, the Grove has lots of shoppers
Six-year-old twins Kaitlyn and Kristin Welch spent Friday morning at American Girl Place at the Grove, accompanied by their mother, their grandmother -- and two brand-new American Girl dolls. "They've been doing so well in school," said Linda Kettle,...
Tags: American Girl Place, Services and Shopping, Toys, Toy Industry, Frank Sinatra
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