Mattel, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets various toy products worldwide through sales to retailers and directly to consumers. The Company's portfolio of brands and products include girls, boys' entertainment and infant and preschool. Mattel's segments are divided on a geographic basis between domestic and international. The domestic segment was further divided into United States girls (US Girls), United States boys' entertainment (US Boys-Entertainment) and United States infant and preschool (US Infant & Preschool). In February 2003, Mattel announced the consolidation of its US Girls and US Boys-Entertainment segments into one segment, Mattel Brands. In addition, Pleasant Company, which was previously part of the US Girls segment, is now a separate segment for management reporting purposes in 2003.

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