Barbie
Ruth Handler created the first Barbie doll in 1959, launching the iconic Barbie brand. Collectors continue to flock to these dolls after six decades. Each year, 58 million dolls are sold, according to Mattel, the firm that creates them. As a result, it sells over a hundred dolls per minute. Mattel’s annual net sales is roughly $1.5 billion. Many people believe that the United States never produced Barbies. The first one appeared in Japan in 1959, amid the country’s post-World War II reconstruction. China, Indonesia, and Malaysia currently house the world’s four remaining plants.
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Huffy
It’s rather impressive that the bicycle supply firm has been in business for nearly a century. Despite its headquarters in Dayton, Ohio, it currently runs a number of regional offices across the country. Gen-X Sports, Royce Union, Huffy Bicycle Co., and American Sports Design Co. are among the companies on the list. George Huffman established the company, which he named after his childhood nickname. It terminated two of its American plants in late 1999 and outsourced the majority of the production a few years later. One is in Taiwan, while the other five are in China. Since then, they’ve been in Celina, Ohio, to meet with their American counterparts.
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