Leading toymaker Mattel has publicly acknowledged a ransomware attack that affected its business systems earlier this year. The maker of Barbie, Hot Wheels and Thomas & Friends toys discovered the security incident, which encrypted a limited number of its computer systems, on July 28, 2020, according to a 10-Q form filed with the US Securities […]
Lego has been a childhood institution for decades, but the business has been growing rapidly over the last decade — so much so that it has now surpassed Mattel as the biggest toymaker in the world in terms of both revenue and profit. Thats only over the first six months of 2014, though, so Mattel has […]
Mattel has rarely remarked on its Barbie dolls controversial body proportions, but a new interview with FastCo Design finds one of its top designers defending the exaggerated shape. Barbie’s body was never designed to be realistic, Barbie design VP Kim Culmone tells FastCo Design. She was designed for girls to easily dress and undress. Beyond […]
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