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Yeah, so I think I can give you maybe a larger breadth of the toy industry just because I've only been here for 3 months or so. So I don't, I don't have all their, uh, the background, but I think that what, what, what I've noticed as a general arc in the toy industry is a reduction in plastic. Back when I worked at, at Hasbro specifically, it was a big push for us to do plastic-free packaging. I was on that, that, uh, team that helped to do that for action figures, for preschool, et cetera. There was a lot of pushback from customers, ironically, like you'd think that people would be like, oh, they're reducing plastic. That's so great. But when you look at kind of the toy packaging industry, a lot of toys are considered collector items. And so they really want that window sheet. They want that blister to hold the figure properly. So then it became a struggle of, well, is it a sourcing issue then? Do we do highly recycled content PET or do we do plant-based PET? Does that, does that gain us anything on the scorecard? And, and at the time EPR wasn't on the table back when I was at Hasbro. Was it, you know, 3, 4 years, I guess 5 years ago now. Geez, it's been a while. So that's kind of one industry. And then when I was at Lovevery for a little bit, we did a lot of all of our packaging was plastic-free. The, the biggest thing we were trying to do at the time was remove poly film coating on things like setup boxes and packaging and things that were going to get disposed because for a long time they didn't have package engineers on staff. They didn't realize that, you know, a poly-coated paperboard box isn't necessarily recyclable everywhere, right? It's very hard to recycle in general. And so that was kind of our big push there was a reduction of, of plastic. Uh, and then a big thing we worked on there too, because we were e-com, was reduction of size. Which then results in reduction of weight. And we tracked all that stuff when I was there. Um, 'cause it was, uh, uh, part of our goals for the year was figuring out how much packaging we reduced.
Speaker A · I Bleeping Love Packaging · S2 Ep3 - Zack Thomas - Account Manager, Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solutions · 2026-08-20I worked on Transformers when I was over at, at, uh, Hasbro and they're, they're a customer who likes to take things outta the box. So they didn't really care as much when we removed plastic and things. It, it wasn't as big of a deal. But the Star Wars team that was like one of my other coworkers, they're a buy one to keep in box, buy one to take outta box and buy one just in case kind of consumer. So they're buying like 3 of the same action figure when they're buying it and they wanted those 2 that were like sealed and mint in box. They want to keep those and squirrel 'em away in their basement for your reason. Exactly. The thing is like, this could be worth big money someday if there's, you know, an explosion of, of retro feel. Right. So yeah, it's interesting.
Speaker A · I Bleeping Love Packaging · S2 Ep3 - Zack Thomas - Account Manager, Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solutions · 2026-08-20Unless it is a remote-controlled car licensed to Hasbro. Now, the RSX— so therefore the RSX prototype didn't happen. Yeah, but this new one, we're not sure.
Doug · THIS CAR POD! with Doug DeMuro & Friends! · A Four Door Mustang? Super Bee and Car Week Reveals! Plus a VW Truck! THIS CAR POD! EP124 · 2026-08-14Yeah. The squishy dumplings people seem most excited about are made by RMS. It stands for really magical stuff. And right now it's one of these up-and-coming toy companies that is kind of shaking up the way big toy makers like Mattel or Hasbro do business. But that wasn't the case back when Zack Barber first started working there in the UK where he's from. As you can tell from my accent, you are the person who made this happen. That's pretty cool.
Erika Barris · Planet Money · What makes a toy go viral · 2026-07-31Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Sarah Ison with Carl Quintanilla and Mike Santoli live from Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange. David Faber's off today. Stocks are aiming for a comeback with tech in the lead as chip names get a boost. We'll talk about whether the major averages can break out of this tight range. Plus, in a crucial week for earnings, we've got 3 CEOs for you coming up that just reported results. Charles Schwab CEO Rick Worcester, Hasbro CEO Chris Cox, and Novartis CEO Vasanara Semon. Also, The Wall Street Journal out today with a big story on Social Security and IRS Chief Frank Bisignano saying he's spied on colleagues while he worked at JPMorgan. The CEO will join us exclusively to respond to that. Also talk some news today on cutting fraud at the IRS. But first, guys, we are knee-deep in earnings season. And so that means that I'm on the lookout for any comments on the consumer and on the macro environment. And we got a trio of the consumer finance companies and all sounded pretty strong when it comes to talking about how they can see the consumer right now. Of course, it's, it's important because they sit at the center of consumer credit. Here's the Synchrony CEO. Nvidia, the proportion of discretionary spend was consistent or higher across customer cohorts throughout the quarter, even as fuel prices rose significantly. Overall, we believe these trends reflect resilient consumer behavior. That's good, especially in light of the higher gas prices. Equifax CEO, we have not seen financial institutions increase their portfolio management views or decrease consumer credit lines, which are actions that would typically take when they anticipate an economic downturn. Also good, Ally Financial, consumers have remained resilient and we are encouraged by the credit performance across the portfolio. Look, I know there's a lot of talk about the K-shaped economy. Adam Parker from Triberiot, who publishes on the equity market, was on yesterday with me in Closing Bell, and he was talking about how, you know, yes, discrepancy between those who have assets like stocks and real estate and they're doing especially well at the high end versus the low end. But he sees it as more of a balance sheet issue, less of an income issue, because what we have seen is not a rise in unemployment and strong earnings, you know, wages, wage growth, and then No surprise maybe that the consumer has held up relatively well in the face of those higher gas prices.
Sarah Eisen · Squawk on the Street · Charles Schwab & Hasbro CEOs on Earnings, SSA Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano Responds to WSJ Report of Misconduct while at JPM 7/21/26 · 2026-07-21Plus, we'll talk to the CEO of Hasbro, fresh off a beat and raised quarter with his read on the state of the consumer.
Mike Santoli · Squawk on the Street · Charles Schwab & Hasbro CEOs on Earnings, SSA Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano Responds to WSJ Report of Misconduct while at JPM 7/21/26 · 2026-07-21All right. Still to come this hour, the CEO of Hasbro is with us just right raising guidance after reporting a Q2 earnings beat. Plus, IRS and Social Security Chief Frank Bisignano will join us after a Wall Street Journal article said he spied on colleagues while serving as JPMorgan's co-CEO. His response when we come back.
Mike Santoli · Squawk on the Street · Charles Schwab & Hasbro CEOs on Earnings, SSA Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano Responds to WSJ Report of Misconduct while at JPM 7/21/26 · 2026-07-21Okay. Thank you, Brandon. The CEO of Hasbro coming up with us after the break with a big jump following a beat and raise quarter. Plus, next hour, don't miss the CEO of Novartis on the back of their results. Several key drug patents set to expire. We'll get more on the outlook there when Squawk on the Street comes right back. Welcome back to Squawk on the Street. Take a look at shares of Hasbro jumping after a beat on the top and bottom lines, also raising its outlook for the year. Helped by the company's digital gaming revenue, which surged 27% year over year. Joining us first on CNBC is Hasbro CEO Chris Cox. Chris, welcome back. It's good to have you.
Sarah Eisen · Squawk on the Street · Charles Schwab & Hasbro CEOs on Earnings, SSA Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano Responds to WSJ Report of Misconduct while at JPM 7/21/26 · 2026-07-21Well, I think you see orders for holiday starting to come in now, certainly direct imports are starting to come in in June, but the majority happens really in August, September, and then you start to see the reorders at the end of October and November. And I think so far so good. You know, certainly our retailers are seeing the demand. I think they're certainly seeing it in those M² kind of older-oriented categories. And, you know, Hasbro is leaning in and we're doing it not just in Mattel Magic: The Gathering or in kind of like our Marvel and Star Wars kind of collectibles. We're doing it much more broadly. We just released last week a new Play-Doh product called Blooms, which is really for older consumers to make beautiful bouquets of flowers that they can build and collect and keep and enjoy. And I think you're going to see us doing more and more of those things. Blooms sold out. Basically in hours when it first started on the shelf. And I think across categories you're going to see Hasbro lean into that. And honestly, I think the toy industry in general.
Chris Cox · Squawk on the Street · Charles Schwab & Hasbro CEOs on Earnings, SSA Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano Responds to WSJ Report of Misconduct while at JPM 7/21/26 · 2026-07-21Thank you, Chris. It's good to have you. Stocks popping 10.3% on top of a nice rally over the last year. Thank you, Chris Cox, CEO of Hasbro.
Sarah Eisen · Squawk on the Street · Charles Schwab & Hasbro CEOs on Earnings, SSA Commissioner and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano Responds to WSJ Report of Misconduct while at JPM 7/21/26 · 2026-07-21Pretty nice action in Hasbro with a beat, revenue up 16%. Jim, the consumer, obviously a big consumer tail.
Carl Quintanilla · Squawk on the Street · 9am Hour: Cramer's Message on Tech, 3M and GM Earnings Beats, "Unlucky 7" for SpaceX 7/21/26 · 2026-07-21Yeah, this stuff— Chris Cox has done a great job. It tends to go down when Mattel says something bad and then when Hasbro says something good, it goes up. I'd rather just listen to Hasbro and not listen to Mattel. As much as I do like, you know, Cries, it's been a tough performer. Mattel versus Hasbro. You put those two together next to each other, you're going to see great, great disparity. Yeah.
Jim Cramer · Squawk on the Street · 9am Hour: Cramer's Message on Tech, 3M and GM Earnings Beats, "Unlucky 7" for SpaceX 7/21/26 · 2026-07-21Yeah, IBM earnings, Alphabet earnings. We'll talk to CEOs like Charles Schwab and Hasbro, get a pulse on what's happening in corporate America with AI and with the consumer.
Sara Eisen · Squawk on the Street · 11AM Hour: UFC's Dana White, Tech Takes a Tumble & Buy the Dip in Netflix? 7/17/26 · 2026-07-17Because the thing in Japan is that they're the— they, they mastered the art form of innovation with animation, with storytelling, and they blended the two together, and they have no problems having both of them live in the same world. And so things like Beyblade or Transformers that came before Bakugan, they all have TV shows attached to the toy. So I said to him, "How would you feel about doing a 52-episode animation?" And he said to me, "Let's do it. It's going to cost $12 million. Do you have sex?" And I said to him, "Let me get back to you." So I went home, spoke to my partners, and eventually came back and said, "Let's give it a try." And that's Bakugan. But I do want to state something because you're going from success to success, and I will say that there is There's a lot of failures along the way and the precursor for Bakugan was Beyblade because 5 years before that, I'd gone to Japan and Beyblade, for the listeners, is a spinning top. It's got a ripcord and it's also a battling toy but they're battling by movement. So, 2 spinning tops in a tray and they're moving around and they hit each other and then when the one top gets— pushed out of the tray in the arena, then the one that's still in there is the winner. And it was— but back in 2001, 5 years before Bakugan, I was pitched the idea from Takara Tomy and I turned it down. And it went on to become a multi-billion dollar franchise, multi-billion dollar toy line. Beyblade. Beyblade that went, went to Hasbro.
Ronnen Harary · EconTalk · From Sawdust to Paw Patrol: The Spin Master Story (with Ronnen Harary) · 2026-07-13We're going over knowing thyself tonight, how to not just buy the right stocks, but the stocks that are right for you. We've discussed the importance of suitability and the essence of what's suitable for the newborns. But what's suitable for the kids? What do you do for them? I think you should do everything in your power to get your kids involved in investing in stocks. Teach them that stocks represent pieces of companies that they might like. Now, let's be honest. These days, most parents probably think they couldn't explain what a stock is to kid, especially a young kid. That's not how I grew up in my house, though. As much as I love sports, and we even had tickets for the '64 World Series— we didn't make it, but we had them— well, to me, stocks were supreme. My father had gotten a tip from his brother who knew a stockbroker he played tennis with. Guy told him to go buy a company, shares in National Video, which for all I know would have made it, if it started right now, as a Facebook Live show. But in the '60s, it was a total bust that cost our family a fortune. Pop would always bring home the Philadelphia Bulletin. They went out of business. The afternoon edition. And he wouldn't give me the sports section. He gave me the business section. He wanted me to learn about stocks. I'd look up closing prices. The market closed early back then. I tried to anticipate where stocks were headed based on moving averages of how they were doing. Straight line, this kind of thing. It was a game of momentum. Game, most of the time I only knew the stocks by their abbreviations in what we call small agate type. Oh, but it was fun game. I kept the ledger to see how I would have done on TEX, which was Texas Instruments, or maybe it was TGS, which was Texas Gulf Sulfur, or LTV or Rockwell. Oh, some companies that have disappeared, gotten acquired, or just still hang out and trade. I also bet on a lot of airline stocks because suckers are always buying those, and most kids are suckers. Eastern and National mostly, but Braniff too. They were household names because of advertising. Of course, most people under 50 have never heard of any of these. I like the stock picking process so much I got my whole 5th grade class at Penn Manor involved. We'd all pick stocks and keep track of the closing prices for a week to see who could make the most money. The problem, of course, is that I was doing the exact opposite of what I should have been doing. Although metaphorically, what I was doing then is is still being done now, just picking stocks by how fast they were climbing and backing away from them if their climb seemed overextended or just slowed in velocity. Instead, I should have been picking the stocks of companies I knew and asking my dad permission to buy actually 1 or 2 shares along with the money to pay for them, which probably would have been a deal breaker. So let's go over what would have been right and what was wrong in the picture I just painted. Think of this as Goofus and Gallant from the Highlights magazines that you always used to find at the dentist's office. Gallant, first of all, would never have taken a tip about National Video from his brother, who'd taken a tip from his tennis partner, who worked, by the way, for the aforementioned Beisch. I learned later my dad had no idea what National Video even did. Imagine that. He bought— he didn't even know what they did. Now you can find out more about it via Google right now than you could learn from Jack the broker back then. National Video, you see, made vacuum tubes. Tubes for TV sets. In the old days, when you had a problem with your television, it was usually because the tube inside had blown. Of course, the technology left National Video behind, so it went bankrupt, closed its doors about 5 years after Pop bought the stock, but it had been going straight down since about 5 days after he bought it. He averaged down too many times to tell, but I know we had many a silent meal thanks to that day's decline in that godforsaken stock of National video. I think we lost most of what we had as a family. There were a host of better stocks you could have picked back in the '60s. Most weren't that good according to the moving average, but they paid generous dividends. In retrospect, what we needed more than anything else was income. Me, the idea of picking stocks simply because they were going up was antithetical to the idea of buying stocks in companies and was more suited to dart throwing. At least I picked the hot ones, many of which were defense contractors that were getting rich as LBJ escalated the Vietnam War. Well, for me, the game was a lot of fun. But in retrospect, I learned the most about stocks from two 3M board games. Yes, they used to have board games. Those board games were called Acquire and Stocks and Bonds. My father sold games for 3M back then. It was his job. Acquire was all about mergers and acquisitions. Stocks and Bonds was a fantastic game about accumulating wealth through risky or conservative stocks. By the way, you can get those. They're on eBay. You can see what I mean. These days we have whole fantasy leagues of stocks, but few of them can teach you more than that one board game, Stocks and Bonds. It holds up. Now let's go back in time and think about what I could have done differently. First, when you're a little kid, you play with toys. It would have been natural to buy shares in Mattel or Hasbro. Now, I'm not asking asking the kids to know what it means to own shares in a company in terms of price earnings multiple or even earnings. I'm simply saying it's a way to teach kids that a company can be owned by the public and you can own a share in that company too. Fake?
Jim Cramer · Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer · Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 6/29/26 · 2026-06-29