Shanghai Barbie Palace Closes Doors As Mattel Changes Tack In China
Barbie's six-story flagship store in Shanghai has closed only two years after it opened. Mattel says that the closure represents a change in strategy and that the company learned valuable lessons in...
View ArticleToy Or Trouble? 'Mexico Barbie' Has Passport, Chihuahua
Mattel says its "Barbie Dolls of the World" typically come with a passport and "animal friend." It's had to respond to some criticism from this week from some who say the Barbie Mexico doll plays into...
View ArticleFangs And Fishnets For The Win: 'Goth Barbie' Is Monstrously Successful
Barbie sales have slumped. But Monster High is doing great. That's another line of dolls from Mattel — imagine even skinnier Barbies that look like they've been designed by Tim Burton. And the Monster...
View ArticleBook News: Ursula K. Le Guin Steals The Show At The National Book Awards
In a ceremony that saw both icons and newcomers honored, it was a fiery speech by the science fiction legend that had attendees talking. Also: A Jonathan Safran Foer book gets adapted to ballet.
View ArticleAfter Backlash, Computer Engineer Barbie Gets New Set Of Skills
The 2010 book Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer was highly criticized this week; it shows Barbie designing a game, but relying on male friends to code it for her. So the Internet set out to fix it.
View ArticleMove Over Barbie, 'Frozen' Characters Are More Popular This Holiday Season
A National Retail Federation survey says 20 percent of parents plan to buy toys from the film Frozen for their daughters. As for boys, Legos are the most popular toy this holiday season.
View ArticleHello, Barbie! What Do You Want To Talk About Today?
It's Barbie, but not as you know her. NPR's Scott Simon wonders what the new Hello Barbie might say to kids, and what will happen when the kids talk back.
View ArticleRoundup: Here's What People Are Saying About Barbie's Diversity Makeover
Mattel is rethinking how the Barbie brand could represent women of all colors, shapes and sizes. Some are buying it. Others, not so much.
View ArticleMisty Copeland Inspires A Barbie 'Sheroes' Doll
Misty Copeland says she played with Barbie dolls until she was 13 — the same year she started ballet.
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Dolls With Disabilities Escape The Toy Hospital, Go Mainstream
Longtime toymakers are broadening their horizons — offering dolls and other figures with hearing aids, wheelchairs and insulin pumps in city scenes, not just hospitals. That's a start, activists...
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Mattel Introduces New Diverse Ken Dolls; Hopes To Reverse Sales Slump
The toymaker rolled out 15 new dolls Tuesday with an array of body types, hairstyles and skin tones.(Image credit: AP)
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Shanghai Barbie Palace Closes Doors As Mattel Changes Tack In China
Barbie's six-story flagship store in Shanghai has closed only two years after it opened. Mattel says that the closure represents a change in strategy and that the company learned valuable lessons in...
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Toy Or Trouble? 'Mexico Barbie' Has Passport, Chihuahua
Mattel says its "Barbie Dolls of the World" typically come with a passport and "animal friend." It's had to respond to some criticism from this week from some who say the Barbie Mexico doll plays into...
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Fangs And Fishnets For The Win: 'Goth Barbie' Is Monstrously Successful
Barbie sales have slumped. But Monster High is doing great. That's another line of dolls from Mattel — imagine even skinnier Barbies that look like they've been designed by Tim Burton. And the Monster...
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Book News: Ursula K. Le Guin Steals The Show At The National Book Awards
In a ceremony that saw both icons and newcomers honored, it was a fiery speech by the science fiction legend that had attendees talking. Also: A Jonathan Safran Foer book gets adapted to ballet.(Image...
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After Backlash, Computer Engineer Barbie Gets New Set Of Skills
The 2010 book Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer was highly criticized this week; it shows Barbie designing a game, but relying on male friends to code it for her. So the Internet set out to fix...
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Move Over Barbie, 'Frozen' Characters Are More Popular This Holiday Season
A National Retail Federation survey says 20 percent of parents plan to buy toys from the film Frozen for their daughters. As for boys, Legos are the most popular toy this holiday season.(Image credit:...
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Hello, Barbie! What Do You Want To Talk About Today?
It's Barbie, but not as you know her. NPR's Scott Simon wonders what the new Hello Barbie might say to kids, and what will happen when the kids talk back.(Image credit: Mark Lennihan/AP)
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Roundup: Here's What People Are Saying About Barbie's Diversity Makeover
Mattel is rethinking how the Barbie brand could represent women of all colors, shapes and sizes. Some are buying it. Others, not so much.(Image credit: Courtesy of Mattel)
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Misty Copeland Inspires A Barbie 'Sheroes' Doll
Misty Copeland says she played with Barbie dolls until she was 13 — the same year she started ballet.(Image credit: Mattel )
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