Sean McGowan (born Sean Paul Michael McGowan; December 21, 1950), is an American activist and writer. (wikipedia)
A rush to judgment will not ease the pain of the people whose lives have been changed forever.
It may be a boon for electronics retailers, but not for toy sellers.
World events may help the success of new patriotic products like Rescue Heroes from Fisher-Price. Yet retailers still see evergreen brands such as Mattel's Barbie and traditional LEGO leading the way off store shelves in the next few months.
If you compared 'Harry Potter' to 'Star Wars,' you're probably in the same vicinity of expected revenue, you know, in the billion-dollar-plus range. And similar to 'Star Wars,' this is something that has been around for some time now and will be around for a long time in the future.
It's all riding on the fourth quarter, you know. (Toy sellers) are looking at products like scooters and electronic dogs to bail them out in the fourth quarter, but they're nervous.
I don't think even a strong holiday season would be enough to offset the weakness we've already seen this year. I wouldn't want my job to depend on an up second half.
The prospects for growth for Mattel seem a little easier. In Hasbro's case, they did well last year with Star Wars, but it's going away.
The people who are obviously most interested in it obviously went out and did it already. He doesn't even talk about it.
I'm not sure why they didn't have the Q&A session today or even a conference call with analysts when they first announced the restructuring,
Kids don't want a walkie-talkie that looks like a cell phone, ... They want a cell phone.
