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Batman Tops Best-Selling List as Superhero Toy Sales Exceed £200m
Aug 8, 2017The LEGO: Batman movie helped drive sales for Gotham’s hero, propelling LEGO Minifigures to the number one best-selling superhero toy to July 1st this year. The Caped Crusader has trounced his rivals across the DC and Marvel ...
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Shanghai Attracts $18.5 Billion in Overseas Investment
Jan 3, 2017Despite the global economic slowdown and tougher competition to attract capital, Shanghai attracted $18.5 billion in overseas investment in 2016, marking the 17th consecutive year of growth. According to official figures released by the ...
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LEGO CFO John Goodwin to Leave in June 2017
Nov 18, 2016"There is no doubt that John has changed the LEGO Group and that the LEGO Group has changed him," said CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp. LEGO chief financial officer John Goodwin will leave the company on June 30th, 2017. Goodwin joined the ...
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Disguise to Launch LEGO Batman Costumes
Oct 9, 2016The costume firm has partnered with the LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Consumer Products to develop outfits inspired by characters from the upcoming film. Jakks Pacific’s costume division, Disguise, is set to create a new line of ...
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UK's New Flagship LEGO Store to Open on November 17th
Sep 13, 2016Leicester Square site will be the biggest LEGO Brand Retail Store in the world. The UK's new flagship LEGO Store in Leicester Square will open on November 17th. The new landmark store will be the biggest LEGO Brand Retail Store in the ...
Tags: LEGO, Leicester Square, flagship store
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LEGO Sales up 10% in First Half of 2016
Sep 7, 2016Firm attributes the growth to the ongoing success of well established brands like LEGO City and LEGO Ninjago, as well as the strong debut of LEGO Nexo Knights. The LEGO Group has delivered a turnover of DKK 15,692 million in the first ...
Tags: LEGO, LEGO City, LEGO Ninjago, LEGO Nexo Knights
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LEGO Boosted Its Energy Efficiency by 16 Percent From 2013 to 2016
Sep 7, 2016The firm surpassed its aim of an increase of 10 per cent. LEGO has bettered its estimated energy efficiency target for 2013 to 2016. The firm aimed for a 10 per cent increase of energy efficiency from 2013 to 2016 through its commitment ...
Tags: LEGO, increse, energy efficiency target
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LEGO Primed to 'become Number One Toy Brand in China'
Apr 20, 2016To grow sales in China and Japan, the toymaker has updated its play kits to include more Asian characters and settings including a revamped Ninjago range. The LEGO Group has claimed that it is well-positioned to become the number one toy ...
Tags: LEGO brand, CNBC, Jorgen vig kundstrop
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World's Biggest LEGO Store To Open In Shanghai's Disneytown
Mar 22, 2016The 1,000 square-meter shop will mark the first flagship LEGO store in Asia and is expected to open its doors to the public in June this year. The LEGO Group is to open its world’s largest retail outlet in the Chinese city of ...
Tags: LEGO, LEGO store, Disneyland park, Disneytown
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LEGO Puts £4m Into LEGO Professorship At Cambridge University In Campaign For Kids To Learn Through Play
Mar 16, 2016Children should learn mainly though play up until the age of eight, says head of LEGO Foundation Hanne Rasmussen. The LEGO Group has put £4 million into a new LEGO Professorship at Cambridge University to help forward research in ...
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LEGO Sees 19 Per Cent Revenue Growth in 2015
Mar 13, 2016"Across the year, we estimate that 100 million children had a LEGO experience." The LEGO Group has revealed that revenue growth in 2015, excluding foreign exchange impacts, was 19 per cent year over year on a local currency basis. ...
Tags: LEGO Group, Toys
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New Brand Toy
Feb 12, 2015LEGO believes the success of LEGO Star Wars as a property in its own right means the brand will “stay with us forever”. LEGO Group CEO Jørgen Von Knudstorp told ToyNews that Star Wars fit the firm’s remit for ...
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LEGO Eyes Continues to Expand
Feb 10, 2015“I need to build an organisation that’s more diverse, more international and more global,” the LEGO Group’s CEO Jorgen Von Knudstorp tells ToyNews. Everything is awesome for LEGO after a bumper 2014, but the firm ...
Tags: LEGO Movie, LEGO Toy
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Toy Partners
Feb 2, 2015Hasbro, The LEGO Group, Mattel, JAKKS Pacific and Rubies all on board. Disney Consumer Products and Lucasfilm have unveiled the first wave of global licensees for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Nuremberg Toy Fair. Hasbro, The LEGO ...
Tags: Star Wars, Disney Stores, Toys
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LEGO and Warner Bros Confirmed a Partnership to Develop a Collection of Lego Building
Jan 27, 2015Play-sets including The Mummy Museum Mystery, the Haunted Lighthouse and the Mystery Mansion, plus character figures planned. The LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Consumer Products have confirmed a partnership to develop a collection of LEGO ...