Hasbro
| Type | Public (NYSE: HAS) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Toys and games |
| When it was created | 1923[1] |
| Headquarters | Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA |
| Key people | Brian Goldner (chief executive officer) |
| Money earned |  3.838 Billion USD (2007)[2] |
| Net income | 333 Million USD (2007)[2] |
| Employees | 5,900 (2005) |
| Website | www.hasbro.com |
Hasbro is an American toy company. It is one of the biggest toy makers in the world, only Mattel is larger. Hasbro also makes Monopoly, a popular board game. Their main office is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. The company is best known for their popular 1990's electronic audio game Bop It, which got re-designed in 2008 with a series of designs which one is released each year. Hasbro have also joined up with many other companies such as Tiger Electronics who made the following audio games: Brain Warp, Brain Bash, Brain Shift and Bogoey Ball. They also make a popular memory game called Simon which involves memorizing flashing lights and sounds. The game Simon Swipe was released in 2014 and was copyrighted in 2013. There is also a Micro Series version that was released in 2014.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ History of Hasbro from Hasbro's official website
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Company Profile for Hasbro Inc (HAS)". http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=HAS&page=quotesearch. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
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