Mattel is laying off more than 2,200 workers after Toys 'R' Us went bankrupt

LouC · 2018-07-27T01:32:26.565Z

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Guess I had a pertinent question after all.

LouC · 2018-07-27T01:33:02.947Z

Guvnah:

LouC:

You blew it…a perfect set up…

And I used it.

No. You didn’t.

floydefisher · 2018-10-04T03:40:14.087Z

Mattel shot itself in the foot, and lost a bunch of Disney contracts among other things. This has less to do with Toys R Us, and more to do with companies like Hasbro beating them to the punch.

In other words, those 2,200 workers will be simply moving across the street to make toys for Hasbro and other competitors.

floydefisher · 2018-10-04T03:51:18.519Z

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-disney-princess-hasbro/

This is what’s really going on at Mattel…they are losing touch with the consumer, and companies like Disney are moving their business as a result.

That they are laying off 2,200 people after Toys R Us disappeared is coincidental.

DougBH · 2018-10-04T04:55:50.189Z

mobulis:

WuWei:

LouC:

Thanks to Presidebt Donald Trump!

Try thanks to Apple and Amazon.

Nope, you give trump credit for the good you must blame him for the bad.

The bad in this case is Bezos. Not exactly a friend to Trump.

LouC · 2018-10-04T15:11:23.882Z

DougBH:

mobulis:

WuWei:

LouC:

Thanks to Presidebt Donald Trump!

Try thanks to Apple and Amazon.

Nope, you give trump credit for the good you must blame him for the bad.

The bad in this case is Bezos. Not exactly a friend to Trump.

The bad is Trump and only Trump.

The man is taking sole credit for every job created since he was sworn in, with his fan base agreeing, so he must also be given sole credit for every job lost, since he was sworn in.

It is only fair and equitable.

floydefisher · 2018-10-05T11:45:15.033Z

Did you read anything of what I put up, or are you arguing just to argue?

LouC · 2018-10-05T11:59:19.215Z

floydefisher:

Did you read anything of what I put up, or are you arguing just to argue?

I have read all about it. What is being reported is irrelevant.

If all jobs gained under Trump are because Trump is president, as Trump and Trumpettes will avow, then all jobs lost under Trump should be attributed to Trump as well, regardless the Disney and or doll wars.

tnt · 2018-10-05T12:04:44.925Z

zantax:

Farming is a special case for several reasons, national security being one of them. The irrevocable loss of farm land being another. We need to preserve the ability to feed ourselves in the event world trade goes down, not really applicable to the need to buy toys from a brick and mortar store.

Lol.

Has nothing to do with the fact that farm states are typically republican, right?

tnt · 2018-10-05T12:06:08.907Z

DougBH:

The bad in this case is Bezos. Not exactly a friend to Trump.

If Amazon put Toys r Us under, why wouldn’t they still be buying and selling toys from Mattel?

Makes no sense.

tnt · 2018-10-05T12:08:27.876Z

Guvnah:

I can see Toys-R-Us getting killed by Apple and Amazon, but that shouldn’t have impacted Mattel. The shift in retail outlets just means that Mattel stuff gets sold through different vectors.

TRU wasn’t the only Mattel outlet.

If Mattel sales are tanking, it’s because consumers don’t want their products, and someone else is filling the toy niche.

Could it be our lower birthrate has an impact on companies like Mattel? (I wonder how the disposable diaper market is doing…)

Agree. Can’t balme this on Amazon. Could balm TrU failing because of amazon.

Could blame some of this on apple - kids play on their phones now Not with toys.

CaughtInTheMiddle · 2018-10-05T12:48:51.088Z

tnt:

zantax:

Farming is a special case for several reasons, national security being one of them. The irrevocable loss of farm land being another. We need to preserve the ability to feed ourselves in the event world trade goes down, not really applicable to the need to buy toys from a brick and mortar store.

Lol.

Has nothing to do with the fact that farm states are typically republican, right?

The North Carolina republican super majority is also redistributing sales tax revenue from the rich counties to the rural poor counties. So not only are republicans not family values, not Christian values, not law and order they’re also redistributing wealth to the poor rural areas.

I love Donald Trump and Republican politicians for forcing all the supporters to have to expose themselves.

zantax · 2018-10-06T06:26:16.481Z

tnt:

zantax:

Farming is a special case for several reasons, national security being one of them. The irrevocable loss of farm land being another. We need to preserve the ability to feed ourselves in the event world trade goes down, not really applicable to the need to buy toys from a brick and mortar store.

Lol.

Has nothing to do with the fact that farm states are typically republican, right?

No, it doesn’t.

zantax · 2018-10-06T06:27:21.945Z

CaughtInTheMiddle:

tnt:

zantax:

Farming is a special case for several reasons, national security being one of them. The irrevocable loss of farm land being another. We need to preserve the ability to feed ourselves in the event world trade goes down, not really applicable to the need to buy toys from a brick and mortar store.

Lol.

Has nothing to do with the fact that farm states are typically republican, right?

The North Carolina republican super majority is also redistributing sales tax revenue from the rich counties to the rural poor counties. So not only are republicans not family values, not Christian values, not law and order they’re also redistributing wealth to the poor rural areas.

I love Donald Trump and Republican politicians for forcing all the supporters to have to expose themselves.

Giving to the poor isn’t Christian? That’s a new one.

TheRedComet · 2018-10-06T06:50:05.027Z

I dunno man a starving population is a revolutionary population. Just ask the Russian Provisional Government of 1917. They couldn’t feed the populace despite their insane decision to continue the war against the central powers. When the Bolshevicks promised an end to the war and bread the people waltzed over to their side. And I don’t blame them. Hunger is a major motivator and often an impetus behind revolutionary fervor.

mobulis · 2018-10-06T09:24:47.022Z

zantax:

Giving to the poor isn’t Christian? That’s a new one.

So wealth redistribution is now Christian?

CaughtInTheMiddle · 2018-10-06T12:10:14.770Z

mobulis:

zantax:

Giving to the poor isn’t Christian? That’s a new one.

So wealth redistribution is now Christian?

Suddenly…

floydefisher · 2018-10-08T16:08:04.250Z

Did it ever occur to you that honest to god charity is not the same thing as being strong armed into giving money?

mobulis · 2018-10-08T16:49:22.690Z

floydefisher:

Did it ever occur to you that honest to god charity is not the same thing as being strong armed into giving money?

Yep, strong arming is more reliable.

floydefisher · 2018-10-08T17:16:29.095Z

Keep going, there’s more to this story.