Mattel SWOT analysis Strengths Strong brand portfolio. For the past 69 years Mattel has developed some well-known core brands such as‚ Barbie‚ Hot Wheels‚ American Girl‚ Thomas & Friends and Fisher-Price to become the largest toy company in the world (Hartline‚ M. & Ferrell‚ O.C.‚ pp. 458). According to the company one Barbie is sold every 3 seconds and at least 12 dolls are owned by girls between the age of 3 and six. Because of the high acceptance of the brand‚ Mattel has been able to maintain
Premium SWOT analysis Strategic management Mattel
Mattel vs Hasbro Mattel: History: Mattel was founded in 1945 by Matt Matson and Elliot and Ruth Handler as a picture frame manufacturing company. The name Mattel was derived from a combination of the two names‚ Matt and Elliot. They operated out of a garage in Southern California. Handler then recognized an opportunity and began to manufacture dollhouse furniture with scrap material from the picture frame business
Premium Mattel
Why should we have good manners? Good manners are important to live happily among people. Without good manners we are only slightly better than animals. The modern society consists of more people than it did in the past. These people are of various cultural‚ racial‚ religious and professional backgrounds. It therefore requires great powers of endurance and abilities of mixing with people. Good manners enable one to tolerate the disagreeable attitudes of others to a great extent. They also help
Premium Manners English-language films
The previous crisis of Mattel included that the products were tainted with lead paint and that some of the products had loose little magnets. Both of these faulted products could have caused harm to the children. This is why it was decided to recall all these products and take measured to prevent this from happening in the future. Various stakeholders were affected by this crisis‚ for example parents‚ children‚ manufacturers and investors. Which is why Mattel had to come with a strong crisis communication
Premium Communication Communication Mass media
Mattel Barbie’s state of depression OVERVIEW Mattel‚ the largest toy company based on revenues‚ is the manufacturer of Barbie‚ Hot Wheels‚ Matchbox cars and board games. Barbie dolls (Mattel’s flagship brand) were introduced in 1959. With these dolls attracting 7 to 12 year old girls‚ different varieties of Barbie dolls were released into the toy market. Mattel dominated the toy market till the late 1990s. But in 2001‚ when MGM’s Bratz dolls were introduced‚ the realistic look of these
Premium Mattel Marketing Brand
its major competitor Hasbro and the toy industry. What follows‚ is a brief background of Mattel’s traditional (non-electronic game) sector‚ its key competitors and Mattel’s use of supply chain management concepts in addressing the competitive landscape to gain a competitive advantage. The global toy and game market grew by 7.2% in 2007 with a value of $106.1 billion and by 2012‚ is forecasted to have a value of $126.2 billion‚ an increase of 18.9% over 2007. The toy market is divided into three primary
Premium Supply chain management Inventory
Mattel Inc. Segmentation Tiffany Stoner MKT/571 August 04‚ 2014 Isaac Owolabi Abstract This paper is about the company Mattel and segmentation. It discusses the segmentation that the company can do for marketing their products. It will discuss demographic‚ psychographic‚ geographic and behavioral characteristics segmentations. The paper examine opportunities for a segmentation and what each segmentation means for the company. Mattel Inc. Segmentation
Premium Mattel
Amazon.com‚ from a strategic approach‚ is dominating the world-wide-web. They have become the world leader in online sales of books‚ music‚ videos‚ movies and other products and services. Amazon knew that the Internet could be used as a distribution channel‚ thus reducing their supply chain relations. By making these strategic advances‚ Amazon was able to achieve and sustain their competitive advantage. After researching and reading the 2009 and 1997 Annual Reports‚ it was determined‚ that in
Premium Amazon Kindle Annual report Toy
Unit Four Mattel Case Study Analysis Tosha Collins Kaplan University School of Business and Management MT 460-04 Management Policy and Strategy Dr. K. Peterson 1/31/12 Unit Four Mattel Case Study Analysis In 1944‚ the Mattel brand was founded by Ruth and Elliot Handler and Harold “Matt” Matson. They launched Mattel out of a garage workshop in Southern California. The first Mattel products were actually picture frames‚ but Elliot soon started using the scrap from the picture frames to create
Premium Mattel Lead
Marketing MBA Fall 2013 Mattel Individual Case Report I. Executive Summary Mattel‚ Inc. (Mattel or ’the company ’) designs‚ manufactures and markets toys across the globe. The company operates in the Americas‚ Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Headquartered in El Segundo‚ California‚ and the company employs approximately 30‚ 000 people as of December 31‚ 2012. Mattel has some of the highly recognized brands in the toy industry‚ with its core brands providing strong sales
Premium Mattel