Encore: Hasbro vs Mattel | The Shotgun Wedding | 5
A few months ago, Mattel’s revenues were just fifty million dollars behind Hasbro’s. But now that Hasbro’s swallowed Tonka—the classic maker of Nerf, Play-Doh, and Monopoly—Mattel is half abilliondollars behind, and CEO John Amerman isn’t happy about it.
Ever since Hasbro turned British fashion doll Sindy into a Barbie lookalike, the two toymakers have been at war. Now Amerman is looking to make a couple strategic acquisitions: one to put Mattel back in pole position, and the other, to spite Hasbro.
This episode originally aired on April 3, 2019.
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