Mattel Skip-Bo. Mattel purchased Fisher-Price, Inc. in 1993, Tyco Toys, Inc. (owners of the Matchbox and Dinky Toys brands) in 1997, and Pleasant Company (maker of the American Girl brand) in 1998. Mattel purchased The Learning Company in 1999 for $3.5 billion, but sold it in 2000 at a loss. The company had a $430.9 million net loss that year. Mattel earned the first grant for Disney Princess doll licenses in 2000. In December 2000, Mattel sued the band Aqua, saying their song "Barbie Girl" violated the Barbie trademark and turned Barbie into a sex object, referring to her as a
Innisfree (brand) company opened its first brand road-shop and opened its 100th in 2007. In 2011, the brand reported over 140.5 billion won ($123.1 million) in sales from over 434 locations in South Korea. Amore Pacific opened the brand's first flagship store in Shanghai on April 25, 2012. The company expanded and in 2013, opened stores in Hong Kong, Singapore and India. The first Indian store was opened in New Delhi on October 10, and its first in Singapore on November 22, 2013, By 2014, the company has been operating over 80 stores in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and India.