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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Callum Jones in New York

Toymaker Hasbro lays off 1,100 staff as holiday season fails to lift sales

board of boardgame with 'hasbro gaming' written on it
Hasbro’s difficulties stand in contrast to the booming fortunes of its rival Mattel, which has been boosted by the movie based on its doll Barbie. Photograph: Thomas White/Reuters

The toymaker behind Monopoly, Play-Doh and Transformers action figures is laying off 1,100 employees as lackluster sales dragged into the holiday trading season.

Hasbro will cut its workforce by almost a fifth, having already cut 800 jobs earlier this year. The group stressed it was taking the decision, announced just two weeks before Christmas, as “a last resort”.

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