[pic] [pic] [pic] Living in a Barbie World I am a Barbie Girl living in a Barbie world‚ a culture defined by physical perfection. I understand my generation’s obsession with physical perfection‚ just look our idols and role models‚ Brittany Spears‚ Jennifer Lopez‚ Jessica Simpson‚ Barbie Dolls by definition‚ no matter if designed by birth or surgery. However‚ I question how and why did a generation before me have such an obsession with a doll culture representing
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can deny that she is the best selling doll of all time. Born November 4‚ 1916‚ Ruth Handler grew up to be a mother‚ and an American business woman. Ruth Handler‚ her husband Elliott Handler‚ and their business partner‚ Harold Matson‚ formed Mattel Inc. Elliott was a crafty designer and had started the business making picture frames‚ this eventually grew into doll-house furniture from the left over plastic and wood scrap’s. As the business grew‚ the Handler’s were also enjoying sales success
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daughter & friends play with paper cutouts of women‚ which were very popular at the time. Ruth realized all the dolls on the market at the time were baby dolls. Ruth suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her husband‚ Elliot‚ a co-founder of Mattel toy company. He wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea. Neither were Mattel’s directors. It wasn’t until 1956‚ when Ruth took a trip to Europe with her children‚ Barbara & Kenneth‚ that she came across a German toy doll called Bild Lilli. According
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children and adults alike. The market environment has also pushes many well known brands to invest a major part of their budgets on research and development‚ allowing them to introduce new products continuously. Many well known brands such as as Hasbro‚ Mattel‚ BanDia and many other companies also invest huge amounts of money to compete for licensing of products connected to characters from TV shows‚ Films and video games‚to expand their market share. Power of the Buyers The toy industry is very
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What toy has everything anyone could ever ask for? (Pause for 2 seconds) If you are thinking of Barbie‚ then you are correct. Barbie was my favorite toy as a child and it still is for many little girls today. Today‚ I am going to talk about how Barbie was designed‚ how she has changed over the years‚ and how Barbie affects American culture. Here is Barbie’s story. In 1930‚ a young girl fell in love with a boy. The girl had high hopes of going off to college to become a success woman with a
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Handlers joined their closest friend called Harold Mattson‚ to form a company called MATTEL as MATT and Elliot. When Ruth visited Switzerland‚ she purchased a German doll called “Lilli Doll” which was a shapely‚ fashion doll first made in 1955. Lilli is the doll that would inspire Ruth to create the Barbie Doll. Ruth knew what she wanted Barbie to look like‚ and with the help of the engineers and the technicians of MATTEL‚ Barbie was born. She called Charlotte Johnson‚ a famous fashion designer‚ to make
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can be purchased on sale for $9.99. However‚ according to the U.S. Department of Labor‚ the minimum hourly wage of workers has increased from $1.00 to $5.85 between 1956 to 2007. Barbie dolls now sell even cheaper than they did before. How can the Mattel company sell Barbie Dolls at such a good price without inflation raising the cost of the doll? The answer is that now the doll is Made in China instead of Made in the USA. China has become a major subcontractor for many US brand name companies. (
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BADM 372: Advertising Case 2: Barbie vs. Bratz 1. Provide an analysis of the Mattel Barbie brand. What factors shape perceptions of the brand in the eyes of parents and young girls? Barbie was billed as “a shapely teenage fashion model‚” and made her first appearance at the American Toy Fair in New York City and soon became a hit. (http://www.brandchannel.com/features_profile.asp?pr_id=160) Barbie was then and still is a popular doll for young girls. In the beginning she was popular because she was
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Breathe right strips 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages for CNS taking Breathe Right strips into international markets? Advantages: Sports‚ nasal congestion‚ and snoring are global issues so the market for the product is needed. Natural products with no side effects that promote wellness such as the non-drug nasal strip addressed this growing global demand in the global market. Free global public relations created a lot of excitement when it was first introduced. The opportunity to
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STP for Megaman Segmentation Megaman uses Marco-segmentation to choose its target segment. Business organizations with the scale of small to big are all belonged to this segment (from under 200 to above 200). In this segment the business organizations will all have a high usage rate on Megaman’s product‚ the product categories are Lighting products and solutions. Megaman also uses Micro-segmentation to well define its target segment. Some of the organizations will only require a lighting system
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