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Barbie® Launches New Music Producer Doll to Highlight the Gender Gap in The Industry". Mattel News. September 13, 2021 . Retrieved September 20, 2021. Bender, Silke (March 12, 2016). "Widerlegt! Die 10 größten Irrtümer über Barbie". Die Welt (in German). Welt. First Barbie-themed restaurant opens in Taiwan". Daily Times. January 31, 2013 . Retrieved February 1, 2013. [ permanent dead link]

Barbie sold about 350,000 units in her first year, beating market expectations and generating upside risk for investors. Sales of Barbie exceeded Mattel's ability to produce her for the first three years of her run. The market stabilized for the next decade while volume and margin increased by exporting refurbished dolls to Japan. Barbie was manufactured in Japan during this time, with her clothes hand-stitched by Japanese homeworkers. [12] In May 2001, MGA Entertainment launched the Bratz series of dolls, a move that gave Barbie her first serious competition in the fashion doll market. In 2004, sales figures showed that Bratz dolls were outselling Barbie dolls in the United Kingdom, although Mattel maintained that in terms of the number of dolls, clothes, and accessories sold, Barbie remained the leading brand. [122] In 2005, figures showed that sales of Barbie dolls had fallen by 30% in the United States, and by 18% worldwide, with much of the drop being attributed to the popularity of Bratz dolls. [123]

dolls: Barbie Dolls, Monster High Dolls, Moxie Girls, Bratz Dolls, Liv Dolls, DC Super Hero Girls Dolls, Disney Princess Fashion Dolls, L.O.L Surprise, Rainbow High, Ever After High, Skipper Dolls generic plastic fashion dolls In July 1992, Mattel released Teen Talk Barbie, which spoke a number of phrases including "Will we ever have enough clothes?", "I love shopping!", and "Wanna have a pizza party?" Each doll was programmed to say four out of 270 possible phrases, so that no two given dolls were likely to be the same (the number of possible combinations is 270!/(266!4!) = 216,546,345). One of these 270 phrases was "Math class is tough!", which led to criticism from the American Association of University Women; about 1.5% of all the dolls sold said the phrase. The doll was often erroneously misattributed in the media as having said "Math is hard!" [59] [60] In October 1992, Mattel announced that Teen Talk Barbie would no longer say "Math class is tough!", and offered a swap to anyone who owned a doll that did. [61] From the start, some have complained that "the blonde, plastic doll conveyed an unrealistic body image to girls." [134] After Frida Kahlo Barbie Debacle, Licensing Company Sues Artist's Relative". Hyper Allergic . Retrieved December 31, 2020.

Analysts expected the doll to perform poorly due to her adult appearance and widespread assumptions about consumer preferences at the time. Ruth Handler believed it was important for Barbie to have an adult appearance, but early market research showed that some parents were unhappy about the doll's chest, which had distinct breasts. [11]

Weissman, Kristin Noelle. Barbie: The Icon, the Image, the Ideal: An Analytical Interpretation of the Barbie Doll in Popular Culture (1999). In 1999, Canadian nude model Barbie Doll Benson was involved in a trademark infringement case over her domain name, BarbieBenson.com. [117]

Barbie Doll Market" Regional Sales and Future Trends Analysis". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023 . Retrieved July 19, 2023. a b Gilblom, Kelly (February 24, 2021). "How a Barbie Makeover Led to a Pandemic Sales Boom". Bloomberg News . Retrieved February 25, 2021. a b Bates, Claire (March 3, 2016). "How does 'Curvy Barbie' compare with an average woman?". BBC News . Retrieved April 19, 2018. Toma Istomina (March 5, 2020). "Barbie launches doll inspired by Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan". Kyiv Post. Barbie Makes Big Announce With Girls Make Beats Introducing New Doll". Stichiz on iHeartRadio. September 14, 2021 . Retrieved October 1, 2021.

Barbie Has Created A Doll Of Madison De Rozario And It Is So Dang Powerful". Women's Health. Archived from the original on March 15, 2020 . Retrieved March 5, 2020. Barbie was one of the first toys to have a marketing strategy based extensively on television advertising, which has been copied widely by other toys. In 2006, it was estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls had been sold worldwide in over 150 countries, with Mattel claiming that three Barbie dolls are sold every second. [15] In November 2002, a New York judge refused an injunction against the British-based artist Susanne Pitt, who had produced a "Dungeon Barbie" doll in bondage clothing. [109] It also uses fold-over elastic and 4-way stretch fabric, but this leotard pattern is the sleeveless option.

A woman wondered what Barbies would look like in quarantine. Her answer is amazing". Fast Company . Retrieved December 31, 2020. They’re even sweeter to make because they involve upcycling a pair of old toddler leggings–old clothes are one of my favorite types of fabric to repurpose on the cheap . Plumb, Suzie, ed. (2005). Guys 'n' Dolls: Art, Science, Fashion and Relationships. Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery & Museums. ISBN 0-948723-57-2. Mattel v. Tom Forsythe" (PDF). June 21, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009 . Retrieved August 1, 2016. In 2016, Mattel introduced a range of new body types: 'tall', 'petite', and 'curvy', releasing them exclusively as part of the Barbie Fashionistas line. 'Curvy Barbie' received a great deal of media attention [145] [146] [147] and even made the cover of Time magazine with the headline "Now Can We Stop Talking About My Body?". [148] Despite the curvy doll's body shape being equivalent to a US size 4 in clothing, [145] some children reportedly regarded her as "fat". [148] [149]Singer, Melissa (June 15, 2021). " 'It sent a message': Julie Bishop just got her own Barbie doll". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved June 28, 2021. Starting in 1980, it produced Hispanic dolls, and later came models from across the globe. For example, in 2007, it introduced " Cinco de Mayo Barbie" wearing a ruffled red, white, and green dress (echoing the Mexican flag). Hispanic magazine reports that: The pattern includes four sleeve options and a tunic or dress length and uses knit fabrics. (Knits are faster to sew with my serger and more forgiving with tiny doll clothes sizes and seam allowances!) Biederman, Marcia (September 20, 1999). "Generation Next: A newly youthful Barbie takes Manhattan". New York . Retrieved June 4, 2009.