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November 12, 2009 |
Three Winners Autodesk, The Barbie Store, and Urban Outfitters are three winners of the BusinessWeek Architectural Records Awards.   |
Fast Company
October 2009
Tim McKeough |
Inside Barbie's Fun House Barbie has a new dream house! With a flagship shop in Shanghai, the American idol reveals her emerging-market ambitions. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mattel Doesn't Play Around Mattel beats estimates, even as Barbie slumps closer to home. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel's Operation Barbie The toy maker is trying to build off the strength of its Barbie brand to delve into several other products, including clothing for adult women that could launch this fall. |
Job Journal
April 15, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Architect Current demographic trends are increasing the demand for architects. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2005
M.D. Mitchell |
American Girl Taunts Barbie Although Barbie will probably never be replaced by another doll, sales of the icon have dwindled over the past few years, leading some to wonder what's going on at Mattel. Is it a good time to buy Mattel before the upcoming holiday season? |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2005
M.D. Mitchell |
Mattel: So Cheap, It's Scary With the toy maker's stock near five-year lows, is it finally time to buy? |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2006
Philip Durell |
Barbies Gone Wild? Mattel needs to let Barbie go wild to make the company a worthwhile investment at today's price of $17 and change. In the meantime, Mattel continues to produce a ton of free cash flow, pays a 2.9% dividend yield, and continues to buy back shares. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel Makes the Grade Toy maker Mattel has reported improved second-quarter earnings. However, trouble on the horizon includes weakness in the company's quintessential Barbie brand. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Come On Barbie, Let's Go Party Investors, for the girls who aren't old enough for News Corp.'s MySpace (and the parents who want to keep it that way), Mattel has a shot to cultivate a new online audience and get Barbie back on the map with the launch of BarbieGirls.com. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Heavy Mattel Mattel has a better-than-expected showing as it heads into the holidays. Investors, take note. |
Reason
May 2005
Holiday Dmitri |
Barbie's Taiwanese Homecoming A plastic, fantastic tale of globalization: Barbie is revered like a messiah in Taishan, a municipality nine miles southwest of Taipei that the blonde doll transformed from an agricultural village of 5,000 to a manufacturing center nearly the size of Boston. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Matt Townsend |
Why Ken Is the New Babe-Magnet in Toyland Barbie's "arm candy" is finally getting some attention of his own. Mattel has brokered a reconciliation between Ken and Barbie as part of its brand-marketing strategy. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Fool on the Street: Urban Outfitters What's on the slate this year at Urban Outfitters? It sounds like the company is paying attention to what its customers seem to be communicating and adjusting selection to reflect it. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
A Flat Tire for Mattel Flat sales and eroding profit margins are two reasons why an investor needs to be patient, requiring an extra level margin of safety before being a buyer of this stock. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
U.S. Retailers Take a Licking in China China is a complex market and not an easy sell ... especially for American retailers. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Mean Streets at Urban Outfitters As investors fret over the state of the consumer, many retail stocks have come to look like fashion casualties. One retail stock that has borne the brunt of a difficult first half of the year has been Urban Outfitters. |
Fast Company
April 2010
Kate Rockwood |
How Spin Master Mixes Tech and Toys -- And Keeps Mattel Looking Over Its Shoulder How Spin Master Toys created the hit Liv dolls, a thoroughly modern marriage of tech, storytelling, and 21st-century marketing that has industry giant Mattel looking over its shoulder. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Mattel Loses Barbie Brawl The veteran toy maker loses a frivolous lawsuit and is stuck with the legal fees. A quick look at the firm's flagging sales and increasing costs shows that Mattel execs have stumbled. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
This Holiday Season, Dare to Be Different Urban Outfitters is one retailer with niche spirit, and that may just help it this holiday season. |
Fast Company
November 2002
Chuck Salter |
Ivy Ross Is Not Playing Around For years, Mattel has worked to grow beyond Barbie. One strategy was growth through acquisition. Ivy Ross's strategy is to inspire innovation -- to reinvent how the world's number-one toy company designs its toys. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
Christopher Palmeri |
Barbie Goes From Vinyl To Virtual Mattel is betting its online Barbie Girl will hold kids who've outgrown real dolls. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2011
Chris Hill |
Starbucks' Next Big Mistake? Today's Podcast subjects: Starbucks CEO expects the company to make some acquisitions over the next couple of years... Mattel closed its flagship store in Shanghai just two years after it opened... |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
One Slick Stock Is Urban Outfitters a slick investment or a slippery slope? |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Urban Outfitters' Positive Direction So far, the hip retailer seems to be getting off on the right foot in 2007. Urban Outfitters' first-quarter earnings increased 45% to $29.4 million, or $0.17 per share. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Urban Outfitters Is Building Buzz Last year was tough, but the hip retailer of clothes for teens is hard at work. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
March Of The Toys -- Out Of The Toy Section Faced with a shrinking pool of traditional toy stores and the growing domination of the business by giant discount chains, both large and small players in the $20 billion-a-year toy industry are rushing to stock the aisles of nontraditional outlets. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Bratz Pout Over Mattel Settlement The battle over Bratz has been something of a Pyrrhic victory for Mattel. While the jurors in the trial sided with the toymaker, the damage done to its own iconic Barbie brand has been substantial. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Urban Outfitters Puts a Garden in Its Pocket Urban Outfitters plans to purchase Philadelphia's J. Franklin Styer Nurseries in order to launch its new Terrain concept. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Urban Outfitters' Holiday Mixer The company reveals its holiday sales data, and it's a bit mixed up. However, there is still good reason for bullishness on the stock for the long term. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Barbie Belts One Out Bad financial results, bad press, down-on-its-luck stock. It's a value investor's feeding trough! Yet Mattel signed a record deal and dominates the "Hot Dozen" toy list amid a turnaround. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Barbie Girls Aren't Plastic Barbie dolls may not be selling, but BarbieGirls.com is. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2010
Lomax & Yochim |
Stock Picks for Chicks: This Retailer Makes Us Swoon To find the best retail stocks, you might need a woman's touch. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kiss and Mattel Mattel wraps up the year with another strong quarter. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Deja Vu at Urban Outfitters The stock's getting trashed right now. Hooray! |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel's Barbie Blues Cutthroat competition and a possibly slow holiday season mean lower net profits and net revenues for Mattel. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bratz vs. Barbie, Round 2.0 Forget the big screen. Bratz are coming to the small screen, too. The allure of creating an avatar and mingling in a virtual community is all too real. There are too many competitors, going after a finite number of kids. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2004
David Meier |
Mattel Has No Eye for Fashion A closer examination of Mattel's earnings report shows there is still much to be done. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Urban Outfitters' Unsurprising Sales There aren't too many surprises in Urban Outfitters' fourth-quarter sales release. Investors will have much more to contemplate when the retailer releases its fourth-quarter earnings. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Urban Outfitters' Awkward Phase It's been a tough year so far -- is the worst over for Urban Outfitters? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Kris Eddy |
The Girls of Mattel Get Makeovers Toys keep maturing despite the stalled economy. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2004
Bill Mann |
Why Disney Is Destroying Barbie Blond bombshell Barbie has never had competition for little girls' attention like the Disney Princesses. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Christopher Palmeri |
Hair-Pulling In The Dollhouse Bratz toys have produced explosive growth for Isaac Larian, founder of toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc. -- and woes for Mattel. |
Salon.com
October 27, 2000
M.G. Lord |
En garde, Princess! For the first time ever, Barbie may have a challenger who can kick her anorexic butt. At least that's what her unauthorized biographer thinks... |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Urban Outfitters' Green Thumb The trendy retailer targets greenback-rich gardeners. This concept identifies a new market opportunity while staying true to its customer base. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Urban Outfitters' Trendy Tightrope Can the hipster emporium stay on top of ever-changing fashions? Investors, take note. |
