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
David Evans (department store) before buying Port Talbot business W J Williams in 1951 and 10 years later opening a brand new store in the town of Cwmbran. In 1958, the Swansea store was expanded and by 1959 included a newly installed Food Hall. In 1977 the business was purchased from the Andrews family by House of Fraser. The Swansea store was closed in 2005 and demolished in 2007, while the Cwmbran store is now home to House of Fraser. David Evans (department store) David Evans was a small department store group based in South Wales with its flagship store located in Swansea. David