On Nov. 2, 2009 I recommended toymaker Hasbro (HAS, 47), maker of G.
Jill Barad was forced out of Mattel in 2000 after the toymaker's stock plummeted 75% in two years.
The results came in shy of the more aggressive analyst estimates, however, sending shares in the toymaker down Monday.
FORBES: Hasbro Misses Estimates, Reports International Revenue Growth
International markets have proven vital to toymaker companies that are struggling to sell to consumers in the U.S., where unemployment remains high.
FORBES: Hasbro Misses Estimates, Reports International Revenue Growth
But Pearl reserved the right to reinvest money it received, and on that basis it cut shareholders out of the toymaker settlement.
Hornby has reported a heavy half-yearly loss, with the toymaker blaming weak UK and Olympic sales, and disruption at a key Chinese supplier.
In 2003 it helped toymaker Mattel coordinate stories for the 35th anniversary of its Hot Wheels cars across comic books, cartoons, games and toys.
Jill Barad was forced out of Mattel (nyse: MAT - news - people ) in 2000 after the toymaker's stock plummeted 75% in two years.
When toymaker Hasbro sought partners a year ago for its new Hit Clips toy, which plays 60-second music samples from a chip, major labels hesitated and fretted over piracy issues.
Other notables nominated by local people for the honour are toymaker Frank Hornby, trade union activist Bessie Bradock, and shipping magnate and founder of the White Star Line, Henry Ishmay.
Both toymaker Mattel and clothingmaker Quiksilver are discussing tie-ins.
Plenty have bumps and bruises to show for it, whether by outsourcing to manufacturers in need of tighter quality controls--see toymaker Mattel 's recent travails in China--or by planting new roots in foreign soil.
Plenty have bumps and bruises to show for it, whether by outsourcing to manufacturers in need of tighter quality controls--see toymaker Mattel 's (nyse: MAT - news - people ) recent travails in China--or by planting new roots in foreign soil.
Toymaker Hasbro (nyse: HAS - news - people ) will be back this year with another set of Star Wars toys, but let's hope it hasn't bet the farm on a brand that hasn't proved itself with toy-buying children in the 21st century, as it once did a quarter-century ago.
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