Planet Business: Hasbro’s nightmare holiday season, the ascent of Viking Toast and Christmas TV fare
Hasbro
Staff at board games maker accept redundancy offer as number of collective job losses soars in first three months of the year
Monopoly maker also gets price increases to stick after supply costs rise
Iseq follows other European indices higher, closing up nearly 2%
An attic clear-out in the family home unearths the games and toys from simpler times
Tech Tools: Play all your favourite board games with just a touch of the screen
Covid undermines bet on TV and movie production for accelerated growth
Sets blending physical bricks with Super Mario games propel profits
Barbie, Hot Wheels power Mattel’s holiday-quarter sales beat
Dylan Collins’s SuperAwesome acquired by Epic, games maker best known for Fortnite
Other toymakers have struggled but Lego has shrugged off shop closures
Factories in Ireland, the US and India closed just as families seek lockdown entertainment options
Cartamundi Ireland also manufactures games such as Connect 4 and Scrabble
SuperAwesome announces partnership with the world’s biggest advertising agency
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