Mattel

Lego records fastest growth in 5 years on back of digital shift

Sets blending physical bricks with Super Mario games propel profits

Toy boom is not a Covid ‘one-off’, says Mattel

Barbie, Hot Wheels power Mattel’s holiday-quarter sales beat

Shares stutter as hopes for post-Covid recovery diminish

Ryanair and Aer Lingus group hit by UK plans for quarantine for arriving travellers

John Collison: ‘It is entirely plausible that you could set up Stripe in Dublin now’

Stripe co-founder on how his billion-dollar company continues to evolve

Only way is up for Stripe as valuation skyrockets

Fintech is in talks on a new funding round that could value it at $100bn

Barbie boom, Trump loyalists and a bond king’s latest battle

Planet Business: Everybody needs good neighbours

Fortnite owner signs multimillion deal to buy Irish ‘kidtech’ firm

Dylan Collins’s SuperAwesome acquired by Epic, games maker best known for Fortnite

Stripe wins more corporate customers, announces Salesforce deal

Fast-growing company’s solutions in demand during coronavirus pandemic

Lego wins lockdown as Danish toymaker grows sales and profits

Other toymakers have struggled but Lego has shrugged off shop closures

Stripe lures Dhivya Suryadevara from General Motors to be CFO

Companies launched on Stripe’s platform since March have generated close to $10bn

Toymaker Hasbro’s board games hit by Covid delays

Factories in Ireland, the US and India closed just as families seek lockdown entertainment options

Irish-founded tech company teams up with WPP to protect children online

SuperAwesome announces partnership with the world’s biggest advertising agency

Apple’s Oscar moment, the Bezos property splurge and a ‘giant flying wing’

Planet Business: The toys are back in town

Irish-founded ‘kid tech’ company SuperAwesome gets Microsoft backing

Microsoft has taken a stake in the group as it raises $17m in a new fundraising round

Irish sisters collaborate on new wheelchair for Barbie

Barbie fans can now accessorise their Barbie’s wheelchair with an Izzy Wheels design

Two positives make a negative for gender bias in Stem

Could girls’ superior reading skills really be what’s holding back gender diversity in Stem?

The untold stories of Toy Story

Woody started out as a jerk, Barbie is a Marxist . . . much like Andy’s toys, the fan theories around the franchise have taken on a life of their own

How to avoid silly mistakes with smart toys

Internet-connected toys have sparked concerns about privacy and security

European shares end the week with a bounce

Iseq mirrors peers with close in positive territory

Fisher-Price recalls baby sleepers after multiple infant deaths

Nearly five million Rock ‘n Play Sleepers after reports link product to dozens of baby deaths

Optimism about potential US-China trade deal peters out

In Dublin Datalex dips after new CFO quits and Kerry falls as Brexit stockpiling revealed

Irish tech entrepreneur raises further $13m for ‘kid tech’ company

Dylan Collins’ SuperAwesome also announces dedicated video-on-demand service

Trade fears end run of weekly gains for European shares

Dublin market follows other bourses lower, with Kingpsan and Aryzta among the losers

Trouble in toyland: Can Mattel’s revival plans for Barbie and friends pay off?

New chairman Ynon Kreiz is focusing on movies and games for some beloved brands

Revealed: Disney’s €35 Ariel doll earns a Chinese worker 1c

Undercover investigation exposes illegally long working hours and low wages

Toy spin-offs aren’t child’s play for content makers

Media & Marketing: Licensed products triumph in the aisles, but not all stories lead to merchandising empires

Tech giants under threat as online privacy for kids becomes a reality

Facebook could lose $35bn in a decade due to tighter privacy laws, says Irish tech veteran

Italy’s economic prospects weigh on European markets

Paddy Power Betfair one of many gambling firms knocked by report of tax crackdown

Demise of Toys ‘R’ Us hurts Hasbro’s sales

Monopoly and Nerf toys maker sees shares fall 9% as shopping trends change

This Week: Retail spending data set to confirm strong first half

Results from Ryanair, Tullow Oil, Ardagh Group, Intel, Amazon and Facebook

Watch your bank account: Scammers up their game

Pricewatch: unsolicited emails from any business asking for personal details always a lie

All eyes on High Court in INM drama

Your upcoming business week: Kingspan to issue trading update while Netflix and Bank of America results due

Toys ‘R’ Us to close US stores as it fails to reach rescue deal

Some 30,000 jobs at risk as company to shut 735 stores in America

Markets welcome US jobs growth but Dublin trading subdued

Market report: INM down 2%, while European steelmakers see a slump

Lego sales fall for the first time in 13 years

Lego saw ‘strong double-digit’ growth in China, whilemarkets in North America and Europe declined

Irish led ‘kid tech’ company valued at $100m

Super Awesome, established by Dylan Collins, reported 70% growth year-on-year

Business Week: Leaders to gather in Davos; Netflix and Intel report results

I Wish events seek to encourage female students to enter STEM industries

Barbie in a hijab: one small step towards embracing toy diversity

‘Shero Barbies’ and the Irish producers bucking imagination-stifling tyranny of toy industry

British political turmoil hits pound and frightens investors

Kingspan flags possible slowdown in orders from UK

Investors buoyed by strong corporate earnings in Europe and US

Weak euro and crisis in Catalonia fail to stem rise of markets

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