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Universal, Mattel extend Barbie deal to 2013

www.videobusiness.com | Sep 30, 2009

SEPT. 30 | PHYSICAL: Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Mattel have extended their Barbie DVD distribution agreement through 2013, spanning 10 new feature-length made-for-DVD films and expanded control over the franchise catalog.

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6699591.html?rssid=207

Mattel's offers pre-orders for Dora doll

www.playthings.com | Sep 3, 2009

Sept. 3, 2009—Mattel is offering consumers the chance to get a jump on ordering one of its hoped-for holiday 2009 must-haves, the new Dora Links doll.

http://www.playthings.com/article/ca6687838.html

Mattel's sales, income dip in Q3

www.kidstodayonline.com | Oct 19, 2009

Mattel reported last week that its third quarter net income slipped approximately 3% compared to 2008 following an 8% decline in net sales.

http://www.kidstodayonline.com/article/CA6702746.html

Mattel trims more Fisher-Price jobs - Business First of Buffalo:

buffalo.bizjournals.com | Sep 17, 2009

said Thursday that as part of a continuing restructuring the company is reducing its workforce, including about 20 positions at Fisher-Price in East Aurora. The California-based toy company (NYSE: MAT) said the total number of job cuts at all of its operations will be less than 80.

http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2009/09/14/daily51.html?ana=yfcpc

 

Mattel Launches MattelShop.Com - Zibb.com

Mattel announced the launch of MattelShop.com, an online shopping destination offering a complete selection of Mattel products, informative content, and a social shopping experience.

"We have developed a unique online shopping destination that is playful, social and informative," said Chuck Scothon, General Manager & Senior Vice President, Mattel Digital Network. "The MattelShop.com serves as a research and shopping tool allowing parents, grandparents and gift-givers alike to choose the best toys for children this holiday season."

Mattel said it conducts research just about every day of the year to better understand kids and parents. Combining rich proprietary research and an understanding of how kids play along with how consumers shop online, MattelShop.com is designed to be easy and friendly for every shopper. Once on the homepage, Mattel's own Dr. Michael Shore, Vice President of Worldwide Consumer Insights, takes visitors through a simple guided tour of the site's key features and general layout.

The MattelShop.com features tools including ShopTogether, a social shopping tool from DecisionStep that allows anyone to browse the site together with family and friends regardless of whether they are across town or around the world. The ShopTogether feature allows shoppers to chat in real time regarding the toys they like most, just like one would do on a shopping trip.

The site includes a complete catalog of Mattel's brands such as Barbie and Hot Wheels plus many other toys, games and licensed products from the entire Mattel Brands portfolio. Shoppers are can choose to shop by age, gender, play preference, or find the hottest new products on the big or small screen from Mattel's entertainment related portfolio.

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Mattel Brings Out 2009 Global Citizenship Report - Zibb.com

As part of its ongoing commitment to global citizenship, sustainability and corporate responsibility worldwide, Mattel, Inc. announced its 2009 Global Citizenship Report, the company's third such report.

"We work diligently to be financially strong, socially responsible, respectful of our planet and lifelong partners to the children who play and learn with our toys," said Robert A. Eckert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mattel, Inc. "Playing Responsibly is part of our culture at Mattel."

Mattel said that the report provides detailed information about the company's operations worldwide, its commitment to product quality and safety and its workforce and philanthropic initiatives. Mattel produced its 2009 Global Citizenship Report based on the results of the materiality assessment that identified the social, environmental and economic issue of greatest importance to stakeholders.

Highlights of Mattel's 2009 Global Citizenship Report include:

- Information about the company's corporate responsibility organization, created since the last report was issued

- Overview of manufacturing and product quality assurance processes, including implementation of the ICTI CARE process

- Details on Mattel's commitment to employee engagement, training and diversity

- Refinement of the company's long-term Sustainability Strategic Plan to help maximize efficiency, minimize waste and manufacture in a more environmentally sustainable manner: "design it, make it, live it"

- Updated assessment of environmental initiatives using key performance indicators for most owned/operated facilities more than 20,000 square feet.

Report Information:

www.mattel.com/CorporateResponsibility

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Mattel(R) Launches New Online Shopping Destination - Zibb.com

Mattel, Inc. today, announced the launch of MattelShop.com, an online shopping destination committed to delivering play everyday by offering a complete selection of Mattel products, informative content, and an immersive social shopping experience.

"We have developed a unique online shopping destination that is playful, social and informative," said Chuck Scothon, General Manager & Senior Vice President, Mattel Digital Network. "The MattelShop.com serves as a research and shopping tool allowing parents, grandparents and gift-givers alike to choose the best toys for children this holiday season."

Mattel conducts research just about every day of the year to better understand kids and parents. Combining rich proprietary research and an understanding of how kids play along with how consumers shop online, MattelShop.com is designed to be easy and intuitive for every shopper. Once on the homepage, Mattel's own Dr. Michael Shore, Vice President of Worldwide Consumer Insights, takes visitors through a simple guided tour of the site's key features and general layout.

The MattelShop.com features innovative tools including ShopTogether(R), a social shopping tool from DecisionStep(R) that allows anyone to browse the site together with family and friends regardless of whether they are across town or around the world. The ShopTogether(R) feature allows shoppers to chat in real time regarding the toys they like most, just like one would do on a shopping trip.

The site includes a complete catalog of Mattel's popular brands such as Barbie(R) and Hot Wheels(R) plus many other toys, games and licensed products from the entire Mattel Brands portfolio which includes favorites such as Matchbox(R) and Polly Pocket(TM). Shoppers are can choose to shop by age, gender, play preference, or find the hottest new products on the big or small screen from Mattel's entertainment related portfolio.

MattelShop.com ecommerce innovations include:

Shop Together(R) --MattelShop.com shoppers will be able to invite friends and family to browse the website with them, so they can see what products others are looking at and "talk" about them at the same time using real-time chat.

ConciseClick: When watching videos, this rollover-and-click technology provides a description, price and opportunity to drop products immediately into a shopping cart.

Play Pattern Navigation: Shoppers can navigate the site based on child's play behaviors.

Shoppers can also become fans of the MattelShop.com on Facebook to get the inside scoop on what's hot for the holidays, follow the Mattel Shop on Twitter for updates and special promotions and subscribe to the Mattel Shop YouTube Channel to view product content.

About Mattel

Mattel, Inc., (NASDAQ:MAT) (www.mattel.com) is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products. The Mattel family is comprised of such best-selling brands as Barbie(R), the most popular fashion doll ever introduced, Hot Wheels(R), Matchbox(R), American Girl(R), Radica(R) and Tyco(R)R/C, as well as Fisher-Price(R) brands, including Little People(R), Power Wheels(R) and a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines. In 2009, Mattel is recognized among the "100 Best Corporate Citizens," as one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" and as one of FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For." With worldwide headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Mattel employs approximately 30,000 people in 43 countries and territories and sells products in more than 150 nations. Mattel's vision is to be the world's premier toy brands--today and tomorrow.

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China Labor Watch: New Report Shows Violations in Toy Supplier to Disney, Mattel, McDonald's -

Merton Plastics and Electronics Factory in Dongguan, China produces Disney, Mattel and McDonald's toys for sale around the world. A new report by China Labor Watch describes serious labor violations at the factory, including illegal wages and substandard living conditions.

CLW calls on international toy brands to respect their promises to workers and the families that purchase these toys by enforcing better conditions at Merton. "Many workers in this factory are barely older than the children who buy the toys abroad," states CLW Executive Director, Li Qiang. The report found that Merton hires workers as young as 16 and cooperates with local schools to arrange for student employment.

CLW's report outlines the following illegal conditions:

    --  Illegal wages: Merton operates on a 6 day/week system of 6 hours and 40
        minutes per day.  Saturdays in this system are mandatory and paid at
        half the legal Saturday overtime wage rate, or only $0.71/hour.  Workers
        make only $206-$221/month with overtime, before deductions for room and
        board
    --  Excessive overtime:  Working hours last 11.5 hours daily with overtime,
        and total monthly overtime is 60 hours, in excess of the legal limit.
    --  Vacation: Workers are illegally denied annual vacation for Spring
        Festival.

    --  Poor living conditions: Food in the canteen is poor.  In the
        dormitories, beds are falling apart because bugs have destroyed the
        wooden boards workers sleep on, there is no hot water to shower or
        electrical outlets to charge phones, and workers are prohibited from
        airing out their bedding except on weekends.

CLW's report follows a decade of monitoring conditions at Merton. CLW issued its first report in 2000, when conditions were particularly poor and a number strikes erupted. In 2006, CLW conducted another follow-up investigation after a major strike involving nearly a thousand workers. The new report demonstrates that labor violations persist at the toy manufacturer in spite of major improvement. CLW urges brands to invest in remediation, and improve corporate audit systems that overlook serious labor violations.

To read the report, visit www.chinalaborwatch.org.

SOURCE China Labor Watch

http://www.chinalaborwatch.org

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Review: LED Football for iPhone

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Children of the late ’70s/early ’80s will appreciate this faithful recreation of the old Mattel Football handheld game.

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ToyNews magazine for the toy business > www.toynewsmag.com

The monthly trade magazine for the toy business, ToyNews has brought a fresh approach to trade publishing within the market - combining ABC-audited high circulation with agenda-setting editorial quality.

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Harvey K. Mattel Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com

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Harvey K. Mattel Profile by Martindale-Hubbell. Find Harvey K. Mattel's contact information, experience and credentials, peer review ratings etc.

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2003 IGDA Online Games White Paper

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IGDA Online Games White Paper 2 nd Edition - March 2003 Written by the IGDA Online Games Committee Alex Jarett Committee Chairman Jon Estanislao Committee Vice-Chairman and Editor ...

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Explore Mattel’s world of play! Official home of Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, Matchbox, American Girl, games, puzzles & the toy brands you know and love.

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Barbie Shanghai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Barbie Shanghai is the first ever Barbie flagship retail store for Mattel. Located in Shanghai, China, this 35,000 square foot store holds the world's largest and most ...

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Mattel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) is the world's largest toy importing company based on revenue. [1] The products it produces include Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, Masters of ...

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