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an 11-inch- (29-cm-) tall plastic doll with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel, Inc., a southern California toy company. Ruth Handler, who cofounded Mattel with her ...
Barbie
In March 1959 the first Barbie doll was unveiled at a toy fair in New York City. She was the brainchild of Ruth Handler, who along with her husband, Elliot, cofounded Mattel Creations (later Mattel, ...
Barbie, Klaus
Nazi leader, head of the Gestapo in Lyon from 1942 to 1944, who was held responsible for the death of some 4,000 persons and the deportation of some 7,500 others.Handler, Ruth Mosko
American entrepreneur and businesswoman (b. Nov. 4, 1916, Denver, Colo.-d. April 27, 2002, Los Angeles, Calif.), was a cofounder of Mattel and created the Barbie doll, which in 1959 became the first ...
Barad, Jill E.
On Jan. 1, 1998, Jill Barad celebrated her first anniversary as chairman and CEO of Mattel, the world's largest toy manufacturer. In January 1997, after 16 years with the company, Barad joined the ...
Industrial Review
Nothing stands still for long in the games and toy business, a fact that was again confirmed in 1993. During the year Mattel Inc. announced that it was to merge with Fisher-Price Inc., thus creating ...
Business and Industry Review
The toy industry in 1997 saw its share of "must-have" items not only during the holiday shopping season but also throughout the year. Tyco Toys, Inc., followed its previous year's holiday success, ...
Business and Industry Review
The 1996 holiday season in the U.S., like those in previous years, saw the frenzy caused by shoppers' desperate search for a "must-have" toy. The "hot" commodity in 1996 was Tyco Toys Inc.'s Tickle ...
Business and Industry Review
Despite some 5,000-6,000 items on retailers' shelves and efforts to spread sales more evenly throughout the year, the toy industry in 1998 again witnessed a year-end frenzy of a "must-have" holiday ...
doll
a child's toy modeled in human or animal form. It is perhaps the oldest plaything. |
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