Mattel

As the hard winds of New York City hit my face, I looked up in adornment at the giant gold letters reading, “American Girl Place” for the first time. I faced my father, his giant frame proceeding over my small nine-year-old one, looking into his eyes waiting for the signal that meant I could go in. He smiled at me, took my hand, and led me inside. A burst of excitement filled up inside of me as I walked in and saw the arrangement of dolls lined up inside a glass case. Learning from the helpful…

Most of the girl toys in stores have certain characteristics. These roles portray femininity, beauty, and certain gender roles. One of the most popular toy companies for girls all over the world is Barbie. She has offered young girls dolls, dollhouses, and the accessories that goes with them since 1959. Barbie has been very influential to young girls, affecting how they dress and even act. Unfortunately, the controversy that surrounds Barbie has begun to grasp attention through social media and…

One day, Emily and her mother went to the pet store. Emily saw on adorable kitten; it was all black except for a circle around her left eye, but Emily’s mom said no. “But, Mom!” Emily whined. “I already named it! Jackie if it’s a girl. If it’s a boy I’ll name it—” “No. How many times do I have to tell you no?” How many times do I have to tell you to stop interrupting me? Emily thought. She looked at the kitten directly and Emily said very softly, “I’m sorry, little kitten, but I wish you the…

A 10 year old girl, who underwent heart surgeries is asking her favorite toy company to create a doll that has surgical chest scar, just like hers. Although, the company hasn’t commented about the petition yet, her family is still hopeful that the little girl’s request will eventually be heard, after the firm released a diabetes care kit for dolls. In the Change.org site, Lamaya Sakales explained that she was born with congenital heart defect. She said she has a scar running through her chest,…

Pretty face, nice body, confidence and a drop of cleverness were all it took for her to become the popular doll that she was at the moment. Though, they couldn't deny that when Nicole Jayden would pass the hallways she'd turn some heads indeed. The boys, more exactly, would usually stare longer than they should and they really had a reason to. With those blue eyes which sometimes even shone green, those plump lips and that hourglass shaped body it was a mystery how she didn't attempt to model or…

I will be examining "Antichrist Barbie" and "Sensational Barbie" by Denise Duhamel. These poems show how easily children are persuaded by what they see and have to play with. Susie Orbach's "Losing Bodies" shares themes that are in both of the poems. Duhamel's poems demonstrate dystopian themes and the persuasion that toys have on children. Susie Orbach's "Losing Bodies" and Duhamel's "Antichrist Barbie" both show how people can be persuaded to think a certain way just by their surroundings.…

One of my greatest toys as a child was my battery-powered Cadillac Escalade, an enormous five-hundred dollar car my mother worked so hard to get! My mom and grandpa even went to two different stores just to get it for me, because my mom really wanted me to have it. I remember being three-years-old and waking up to this half-scaled, maroon car and just being in awe at all the features it had! I remember it being roofless, and having a plastic key already in the ignition so that when you turned it…

Thank you so much for choosing me to run this ad campaign, selling the “Oops-I-Did-It-Again” doll. I feel that we have a great product here, and am honored that I was your first choice to sell this revolutionary toy. In this email, I will layout my ad campaign proposal to you using statistically successful techniques, along with analyses explaining why each technique will work to sell our product. I hope you are as excited about what this doll can do for our company as I am! First, we will sell…

The assessment tools I would use on Mattel employees and executives would be cognitive, personality, educational and leadership testing. I believe it is important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of an organization in order to really make an assessment. Assessment and testing helps to ascertain many aspects of an individual’s behavior that is hidden from our natural sight, but influences their actions and decision-making. Mattel will need to know this for every employee on all levels…

2014). An article on Mattel, a leading toy company, shows several circumstances in which the…