Hasbro vs Mattel - Boy Toy | 2

With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t always exist. In fact, it took one fateful meeting with Monster Cables and Interscope Records to really kick the industry off. In this one-episode Business Battle, we explore the time wh ...

It’s 1886 and in New York City, a young confectioner called Milton Hershey is desperately trying to save his business.

He’s been struggling for years. He founded his first candy business in Philadelphia, only to watch it collapse. His second venture lasted just weeks. No ...

Estamos no final da década de 1940 e dois pequenos fabricantes de brinquedos estão dando os primeiros e inquietos passos. Os nomes dessas jovens e esperançosas empresas são Hasbro e Mattel. Um deles é uma ramificação de um fabricante de lápis. O outro é uma empresa de garagem ini ...  Show more

Enquanto seus brinquedos disputam a preferência das crianças, a Hasbro e a Mattel disputam as aquisições de empresas menores. Até que a Mattel faz uma proposta indecente pra Hasbro.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/ ...  Show more

A small Danish toy company survives World War Two thanks to its quality craftsmanship, but behind the scenes all is not well. Despite its good reputation, Lego teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, and a choice to change production methods threatens to tear the family-owned compa ...

Episode 79: Alex (@businessbarista) is breaking down one of the greatest brands of all time: LEGO. While Lego has become the world’s largest toy company thriving off millions of kids & grown ass men like me, it wasn’t always that way. Lego’s story is turbulent enough to make a Ha ...  Show more