Contents: • Introduction • Objective - Barbie evolution - Product development & Strategies - Success of Barbie - Barbie in the future • Key Issue o Changes in Barbie along with the American society o Barbie image against by feminist o Criticism against Barbie image by feminist • SWOT of Barbie • Option Analysis • Recommended option • Risk contingency • Conclusions • Bibliography Success story of Barbie The making of Barbie starts when a couple Ruth and Elliot Handler realize
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BARBIE HISTORY Let me begin by telling a story. A young girl meets a boy and they fall in love. The girl graduates from high school. She had visions of a great career success in the real world. She wanted to go to college anyways because her parents thought traditional. The girl went to college and married the boy too. They raised two children‚ Barbie and Ken. They are the creators of the company Mattel and the makers of Barbie‚ Ruth and Elliot Handler. The reason of me telling you this
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The Barbie Doll While some women felt that they were too provocative for their daughters to play with‚ Barbie Dolls have shaped America’s young girls and women for decade. Barbie has an “I can do it all!” attitude‚ which inspiring to many young girls while growing up. Though there have been some changes over the years‚ Barbie is a bona fide‚ worldwide icon. Ruth Handler was the creator of Barbie Dolls. She and her husband‚ Elliot‚ founded the company Mattel in 1945. Ruth was inspired by her daughter
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At the age of 41‚ Barbie is one of the longest living toys in America. While she may not be the face of America‚ she has a well-known American face that not only created the doll industry but also set the standard. Her many faces‚ hairstyles‚ careers‚ and even wardrobe luxuries are seen nearly everywhere you go. Barbara Millicent Roberts‚ better known as Barbie‚ made her debut at the America Toy Fair in New York City in the winter of 1959. Barbie has continued to evolve with the changing
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com/od/bstartinventions/a/The-History-Of-Barbie-Dolls.htm 1.Barbie’s "real" measurements are 5 inches (bust)‚ 3 ¼ inches (waist)‚ 5 3/16 inches (hips) 2.Her weight is 7 ¼ ounces‚ and her height is 11.5 inches tall. 3.The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel)‚ whose own daughter was called Barbara. 4.Barbie was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City. 5.The Ken doll was named after Ruth’s son and was introduced two years after Barbie in 1961. http://xroads
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Barbie - ICON Barbie was first manufactured by Mattel in 1959‚ in an industry in which most products quickly come and go but Barbie’s longevity was unique. The “magical power” that this doll has is that she was made for kids and gave a balance between real‚ education‚ appearance‚ evolution and imagination. Barbie becomes a visual symbol for consumption of material goods‚ attention to physical appearance‚ voyeuristic sexuality‚ and a lifestyle focused on personal pleasure. The debates
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I think right strategy‚ because mainstream markets became mature and competitive became hard so emerging markets relatively untouched and sizable for growing market share. 1. Describe Mattel’s global marketing strategy for Barbie and assess its success. Barbie has been successfully adopted to cultural differences in U.S. but international challenge will be more formidable‚ and John Amerman former CEO of Mattel‚ noted “There are twice as many children in Europe as in the U.S… three times
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Is Barbie Harmful to Young Girls? Blonde hair‚ blue eyes‚ business woman‚ rock star‚ princess and doctor‚ can you guess who? It’s Barbie. To be beautiful is to possess qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction‚ and for most‚ Barbie is the epitome of beauty. For years Barbie has been a doll that has been living in the hands of girls of all ages. Some girls start getting Barbies as young as three years old and continue to collect these dolls sometimes into early adulthood. But are these
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Barbie®: Mattel Corporation ‘I’m a blonde bimbo girl‚ in a fantasy world.....Life in plastic. It’s fantastic.’ (Aqua) Barbie was born in 1959 but she has never aged because she is a doll. To date over 1 billion Barbies have been sold by the US company that own her - Mattel Corporation. Ruth Handler‚ who founded the company along with her husband‚ Elliot‚ modelled the doll on an 11½ inch plastic German toy called Lilli sold to adult men. She named the adapted doll after her daughter‚ Barbara
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In Marge Piercy’s poem‚ Barbie Doll‚ the “girl-child” is always looking to others or the outside world to tell her how to look and feel‚ “a classmate said: You have got a great big nose and fat legs” (323). The character is portrayed as a girl who has everything going in her life; good grades‚ very healthy/strong‚ and an abundant sexual drive – even though she has the big nose and legs. She works her whole life to be better and for people to realize that she is beautiful‚ until the day she cuts of
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