An ecosystem services approach also requires robust stakeholder engagement to consider trade-offs in optimizing across a range of objectives and interests, such infrastructural development needs, political expectations or business imperatives, among other considerations.
And the rest was historyâ¦â¦â¦â¦â¦. In 1974, Knickerbocker Toys licensed the Holly Hobbie character for a line of rag dolls, which were a popular toy for young American girls for several years. Knickerbocker produced the Holly Hobbie doll and a line of dolls called Hollie Hobbies friends. They were Carrie, Heather, and Amy.
The result was the Barbie doll (named in honor of the Handlers' daughter), a pint-sized model of the girl next door.. Mattel finally agreed to back Handler's efforts; and the Barbie doll debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York City in 1959. Girls clamored for the doll, and Barbie set a new sales record for Mattel its first year on the market (351,000 dolls, at $3 each). Since then, Barbie's popularity has rarely flagged; and today, with over one billion dolls sold, the Barbie product line is the most successful in the history of the toy industry.