Mattel Financial Numbers Q1 2009: Not So Good But Not So Bad …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Financial, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 April 2009
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As expected, sales are down … “This quarter’s results met our expectations, with revenues negatively impacted by foreign exchange rates and retailer inventory reductions,” said Robert A. Eckert, chairman and chief executive officer of Mattel. “We’ve made good progress on several strategically important fronts, and will continue to manage costs and expenses in light of […]

You Could Wake Up Canadian!
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Posted in Advertising, Internet, Marketing, Politics, Science, Travel on 17 April 2009
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You go to sleep all grumbly but voila! (as French is required), you could wake up Canadian! Thanks to a new law, Canada will bestow citizenship Friday on what its government believes could be hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting foreigners, most of them Americans. The April 17 amendment to Canada’s Citizenship Act automatically restores Canadian […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: A Trip to the $.99 Store
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 April 2009
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Okay, technically the $.99 Store is the $.99.99 Store now – I kid you not. They needed to raise prices and couldn’t figure out how to do it until some lawyer jumped in … of course, they round to $1 … though technically, does this mean some other lawyer is going to file a class […]