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
Roland Mouret a “maison” – 8 Carlos place, which would become his UK Flagship store. In February 2011, 8 Carlos Place, W1 - the house of Roland Mouret –opened its doors for retail business. 2013 saw the launch of the Roland Mouret shoe, bag and bridal collections as well as the continued development of its successful sunglasses line. The website and ecommerce functionality was relaunched in 2014 on rolandmouret.com opening the digital flagship store to Roland fans around the world. The brand announced the opening of the new flagship store on 1006 Madison Avenue, New York in September 2016, the bold move