[inaudible] the impressive careers, hobbies, sales or jumping and so is mattel spock.ing a big stream into streaming and moving with mattel bland they have more words live action barbie movie stars ryan gosling as can we are there you buy the popcorn try not to cry but hot will is on fire two, mattel's rolling out premium cars for adult collectors price books in one fell this past week said his mom giving back his old hot wheels collection 1999. now he has a 2 million-dollar hot wheels port for that when he goes to convention he's greeted like the 5-foot six and shaquille o'neal of the hobby. that is one tall shack but one big collection. >> i cannot believe i got rid of my hot wheels you are bumming me out, jack. let's move on to more liquid investment some actionable ideas i will start with you, ben. >> look at american eagle outfitters the stock was up 19% the past three months earnings are just two weeks away. liquid is a logistics ensuring you can compete with the likes of amalek's and it's cheap. to set up looks really good heading into the earnings report for qu

chain following a meeting with the ceos of etsy and kroger and more and speaking with the ceo of the matteln that meeting. we have seen the early parts of the meeting already. >>> let's focus on the big stories this hour. mike santoli tracking the market comeback meg tirrell with the omicron mike, what are you seeing? felt like things would bounce. >> yeah. there's a chance with the sell off hard in reaction to the variant news possibly overestimated. today probably an i would call respectable bounce it is something to quibble with. getting back two thirds of what was loss on friday clearing the first hurdle of the 4630-ish area. the prior low before friday. we basically are within 3% of the all-time highs we did have a little bit of a stall in that zone so have to watch it very narrow. large cap growth stocks doing the work today take a look at what's happened to the inflation reflation trade in the last couple of sessions it's taken the edge off. the infl is an etf that tracks beneficiaries. it is fallen apart that's the russell 2000 small cap. really suffering so you have to watch it. th

the ceo of mattel's joining us next.s is bloomberg. ♪ >> i think domestically we are going to have ups and downs for the next year. >> we are not immune from challenges of supply chain. >> i think over time there is going to be thinking about how do you globalize your supply chain? >> the bottlenecks will not go away tomorrow. >> the international markets, you are looking at at least february, march before anything will change. personally i think it will go long after that. >> there is no objection when it comes to the short and midterm. when it comes to 2022, 2023. >> i wouldn't be canceling christmas yet, christmas is definitely happening just maybe in a different way across the supply chain. taylor: christmas is definitely happening this year, guys. guy: that is good news. taylor: industry executives discussing the supply chain. but all of the barbie dolls off the shelves, leave some for me. or hot wheels. guy: we have a big box of hot wheels at home, which we have built over many years, i must say. a lot of people ar

let's bring in the ceo for mattel, ynon kreiz. sir, great to have you here today.we want to know what our holiday shopping season is going to look like. did the president give you any assurances that he's got this when it comes to the supply chain crisis? >> yes, hi, sandra. i was very encouraged by president biden's commitment to support the private sector, mitigating supply chain disruptions. mattel appreciates the leadership and the focused attention and resources in this important area. we are grateful for the invitation to the white house to share information about mattel's perspective on the supply chain. >> sandra: . i get in there? with a limited time we have, what specifics did the president offer you and other business leaders that they are implementing decisions that will solve this crisis? >> the main focus was on relieving the congestion and putting more focus, more emphasis on all of the constituents to make sure that we pool our resources together to mitigate that disruption. and we are seeing improvement. we are seeing ports be more open and a bette

one was mattel.ie, fisher-price, hot wheels and american girl dolls. and i spoke with their ceo and i asked how he thinks the administration is handling this crisis. >> i was very impressed and encouraged by the keen interest and real partnership that the president and administration as a whole is demonstrating and supporting the private sector and collaborating to make sure that there is enough product on shelves for the holiday season. >> have you seen any changes since this administration took action? walmart's ceo says that he has seen a 26% increase in cargo ships making their way through clogged u.s. ports in the last four week. have you seen similar? >> we have seen reduction much congestion in ports. we're working hard with our partners, they are doing a tremendous job, really good job in making sure together with us that there is enough product at the right quantities at the right time on shelves for the holiday season. and with that, we are confident that there will be plenty of material pr

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it will bring you the news and current affairs that mattel to year he. hello richard, gus brit. you're watching a special edition of the listening post this week. we are focusing on hong kong, the city, and it's transformation. july 1st marked 24 years since the united kingdom handed its colony back to china. with that hand over came a set of promises. bay jang would stay out of hong kong. internal affairs keep its hands of its freedoms, including it's free press. but for many hong kong, the question was not if, but when china's communist party leaders would break that promise. and the answer appears to be. now, over the past 2 years, bay ging has intensified the stamping out of political descent in hong kong through new laws drawn up in the name of security, the jailing of critics and the reigning in of the news media. in the 2nd half of this program, we speak to 3 hong congress whose work and lives have been severely affected by the cities, loss of autonomy. but 1st, johanna who's on how hong kong got here from a city of liberties to one that's under a songs ah. 2 don't go on,

so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that mattel, to you joy africa's largest trade and investment in south africa. intra african trade for it gives you access to more than 1100 exhibitors and 10000 visitors and buyers and more than 5000 conference delegates, more than 55 countries participate in trade and investment deals with $40000000000.00 as business and governments come together to explore business and networking opportunities at the international exhibition brought to you by the african export import back at the premium partners. the i 80 of 2020 was transforming africa lou lo and marianna mozy in london at quick look at the main stories for you now and more than a 120 world leaders are in glasgow. scotland, hearing about the urgent need to tackle the climate emergency delegates had you k prime minister boris johnson say the world was strapped to a doomsday device. new and secretary gentle antonio the terrace, told the captain he sits conference that by failing to respond to the crisis. countries with digging their own graves.

have nate mattel has more from knowing the in the top british were on the bank the yamuna river, which on 1st side looks like it's covered in softball booth with the white substance. you see floating on the river is actually full. that is caused by the tons of household and industrial ways that flows into this river every day. now this is a perennial problem, but deans attention during this time of year. and that's because the yamuna is considered sacred by many who have come here for that. and was for the tip. and today, neither the side of this whole nor the strong tension has discouraged these devotees from taking a deep in this water. you do not got the hug they've got to get motivated mullins up. it's disgusting to see the river floating like this yamuna supposed to read us of our sins. i'm not blaming any government, but they should pay heat. this re, we're symbolized our faith and culture. i mean what, by late the festival happens every year. the government should have taken care of it. we couldn't celebrate last year because it's a pandemic. since cases are down. everyone has c

mattel's ceo said he's seeing improvements.. there are no technological advancements there. but are things improving? 80% will tell you 100%, without a doubt. >> so what is leading to the improve the, why is the bottleneck loosening a bit? >> opening the ports 24/7 did make a difference. we know people are going back to, would. there are public and private partnerships where the government is working with the businesses. the businesses we should be most worried about are the small businesses, joe. >> right. >> walmart owns the supply chain. they can figure this out. >> right. >> walmart, their margins are so big and scale is so big, they don't have to raise their prices but if you run a small mom-and-pop shop, you have to raise your prices. it's hard to get stuff. the businesses that are most concerned about, small retailers. >> we talk about family restaurants, family hardware stores, local businesses because they had to endure the pandemic, they had to deal with that, they had to deal with the disruption. they can't find the

ceos from samsung, walmart, mattel and kroeger's were inside the room there virtually or personally. the idea was to hear the challenges they face. the leaders reported improvements, but they said they need more help. on wednesday the president will address how his administration plans to strengthen the supply chain, lower everyday costs and ensure that shelves are stocked throughout this holiday season. >>> what does it take to bring christmas to the white house? how about 6,000 feet of ribbon? over 10,000 ornaments and almost 80,000 lights. that's along with 41 christmas trees. the theme is gifts from the heart. president biden and first lady dr. jill biden says it's inspired by people they are inspired by people they met around the country this past year. for instance, to honor covid front line workers and first responders they brought in doves and shooting stars. to top it off, a gingerbread white house. >>> musical games are about to be taken to the next level. >> jimmy fallon debuts his new musical game show that's my jam. it features the musical games fallon likes to play with

and i'd say partner mattel's, she joins his life form at new delhi. and it was the government's doing to try and tackle this growing problem of air pollution because causing schools isn't going to .

so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that mattel to years. ah, i am not. i mean, bill didn't. after surviving for days on the pole and belarus border asylum seekers mainly from iraq and syria plead not to be sent back home. ah, hello, i'm marianna massey and london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program. austria's autumn locked down a final taste of freedom before restrictions. return that people are told they must get vaccinated. agirri finds the u. s. teenager not guilty of murdering to men in black lives. massa. protest and indian farm is full of political back down 12 months of protest lead to a prime ministerial you time. ah, welcome to the program, our top story. poland is accused, but a ruse of continuing to help asylum seekers cross into you territory. despite the bell, russian authorities clearing a makeshift camp on the polish border on thursday, bellow russian officials say hundreds of people have moved voluntarily to reception center and what appears to be an attempt to calm the situation. thousands more people,

as being to all correspond probably, mattel, who is my friend in the deli, probably good to see you. i believe that's even smoke behind you. talk with through how about the situation is in new delhi, it's a really desperate situation and what you're seeing is desperate measure of being pos to address it right now. i mean, the quality in the city is dangerously terrible. the pollution levels are dangerously high and they have been up for more than a week now. you know, and during this time, you can usually see a lot of the buildings and landmarks behind me. but right now, if you're seeing a fake layer of small guessing a lot of his and that's because of the pollution levels. now the government has possum emergency measures. schools which just came back for in person. classes will now be online in the city for the this coming week. schools in some of the neighboring cities and states will also be online for the next couple of days construction, which is one of the big polluters in the city has been banned. and government officials will be working from home. now the government is also s

so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that mattel to years. ah ah hello again, the top stories on the al jazeera news, our so don's military leader says he will not be part of the future. government general on the for the hubert han told al jazeera, he's committed to transferring power to civilian leadership. once elections are held in 20236 palestinian rights groups recently designated as quote, terrorist organizations by israel, say at least 3 of their activists had their phones had. they say the spyware tool pegasus was used on their phones for more than a year. the u. s. has lifted a travel ban on a long list of countries including mexico, canada, and most of europe. there was excite.

seizure, but, but for now, and i'm going to kind of step out of the way here and my photographer mattel. push in a little bit. i mean there's really more media than anything. and that's really been the case over the last couple days. you know, any big trial as, as we know is going to get that media coverage. and this one is certainly no different this, this is a story that's been followed nationally, of course, internationally. it's a, it's a case that's polarized many americans, those who supported kyle written house and continued to that he maintaining, as his defense team maintain, that he was defending himself. that it was self defense. that he acted reasonably in light of the situation. and those who wanted a guilty verdict that those who wanted him to go to jail, those who say he acted recklessly, he should never should have been here that night, august 25th, 2020. when the city was on fire, literally, when protests were happening, and he was walking around with a rifle exacerbating and already volatile situation. well, as we know now, he was found not guilty on all counts, a stun

so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that mattel to you. oh, hello and marianne was in london a quick look at the main stories. now. poland is accused. batteries have continued to help asylum seekers cross into a new territory. despite the better russian authorities clearing a makeshift camp on the polish order on thursday. batteries, officials, a hundreds of people have moved voluntarily to a reception center. west and borders of bell always remain essentially sealed. thousands of people, including women and children, have been stuck in freezing conditions at the border for days. the situation out the border o belarus with poland, but also the, during your on the locker is deeply concerning. the new caution, closer seem use or vulnerable people as means to put pressure on other countries or is cynical aren't in her main made. those stands in full sort of out of it with all affected us. we remain vigilant on stand, ready to further help our allies injurious found us teenager, coll rittenhouse not guilty of murdering 2 men and wounding anoth

that's the victory we have seen companies like lego and mattel and spanx, these traditional brands thating to shopify as well. they then become coonsume r favorites. shopify provides them with the infrastructure, we're seeing brands able to grow at paces never seen in retail before. look at gym shark. they weren't around ten years ago and they are rivaling the likes of nike. that's happening on shopify. >> this from october 2021. it shows amazon 39%. shopify 8.6% if you had to eye baball what you're seeing, do you think you could take double digits here? >> we're growing faster in the industry as a whole. consumers this holiday season is voting with wallets to buy direct from brands they love we'll see more and more. it shifts toward independent retail they're the future that's modern capitalism >> i don't care whether black friday was up or down. i care about modern capitalism you're always a joy. i welcome you on the show any time you can be. president of shopify good to see you, sir >> good to see you, jim. >>> we don't necessarily care whether we break records we care which companie

executives from best buy, mattel, kroger, and samsung are tempted to attend in person.s of walmart will attend virtually. hertz has announced a stock buyback program. it went public after -- the company has thousands of locations. the most high-profile black feature in luxury fashion has died. lvmh is start desire -- start -- lvmh's star designer battle cancer for several years. he was 41. he was known for success in sneakers and helping revitalize louis vuitton. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this variant has a number of concerning mutations that resemble some of the other variants we have had. none of the variants escape the vaccine, none of them were like our worst nightmare. we have to go through the process of studying the variant while we continue to be vigilant. tom: joshua sharfstein on the domestic story of a micron and all we have heard about since for -- of all micron and all we have -- of omicron and all

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chief executives from best buy, mattel, kroger, and samsung are expected to attend in person. walmart and cbs will attend virtually. in new york, final jury selection in the opening are bigots -- open organs are set today in the trial of ghislaine maxwell, accused a grooming on during -- grooming underage girls for jeffrey epstein. canada is leaning towards forming a common front with mexico in a fight with the u.s. over the origin of auto parts. the rules are part of the overhauled north american free trade agreement. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. alix: some breaking news for you. jack dorsey, as we reported, stepping down as ceo from twitter. the new twitter is currently the chief technology officer. he has been that since 2017. he has been a twitter for more than decade. so eric agarwal -- so parag agrawal will be the new as well. lots of news with twitter. the stock still halted. before the news it was up about 3%, so giving u

come with a plan to ease the supply chain tensions, some of the companies like best buy, food lion, mattel, this comes as inflation is at a 30-year high. the president received a sampling of reports from brick and mortar stars and online websites. >> we need to talk about how well-prepared are you to have to product you need on your shelves and how you have innovated and hired to overcome these supply chain challenges you have. >> the president met at the white house, ships continue to sit off the california cost waiting to make the deliveries. add that on to a trucker shortage, spells delay for the holidays and a delay in to 2022. black friday sales were up from last year at the height of the pandemic but down 30% from the 2019 level. cyber monday still going on through today. so the numbers clearly not even tallied yesterday. but it will be interested to see the comparison from last year. last year we saw a decent amount of online shopping. now jobless claims are down, economic officials hope the numbers improve. president biden will address the outcome, the strategies from that meeting

the ceo of toy company mattel will join us live.ook is out today "lap laptop from hell, hunter biden, big tech, and the dirty secrets the president tried to hide." she will join us live in moments. come join john and me as we kick off america reports top of the hour. see you then. ♪ ♪ deck the halls with boughs of holly ♪ fa la la la la la la ♪ tis the seasonal to be jolly >> i love christmas music. jill biden has unveiled the and many social media users were not kind. one twitter user slamming the tree where is the color? looks like a giant tree with night lights all over it they wrote. while the media no surprises gushes over biden's decor. the "u.s.a. today" with this headline joe and jill biden's christmas theme inspired by people they met across the u.s. the daily weist getting in a dig at former first lady melania trump holiday decor. jill biden unveils her first white house christmas decorations not a blood red tree in sight. and "the washington post" jill biden's first white house christmas brings back a warmer, simpler vibe

. >> you know, our favorite right now is mattel.ne a good job turning that business around i think it's six, seven quarters in a row, he's far surpassed expectations, brought barbie back to life, doing wonderful things with american girl and fisher-price mattel is an extraordinary value we think here today. >> john he, we spoke with him about a week ago when the earnings were out, but one of the things we talked about was the movie rights that you're mentioning right now has been a great time for toymakers. parents are willing to spend far more money on their kids you think these are more lasting changes, though, right >> i do think they're lasting changes. i was watching, hearing the confidence coming through in his voice. of course we talk every quarter. he's been giving you a sense that he thinking stock is better day, which gives us a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of neglected stocks seem tore orphaned here >> what other stocks do you like >> a couple key favorites, with you that's been week is -- they're the for-profit education com

look at the ceos he's got there today, mattel, etsy. able to hire 200,000 people in the last few months. they haven't had to price prices so much because a store the size and scale of walmart can provide those services, can provide those goods without jacking their prices. and those big retailers have been able to dominate the supply chain. so it's not like santa won't be there for christmas. those who are really suffering are the small businesses who can't do it. so yes, on the one hand this is optics but it's also resetting a narrative. while a lot of people are struggling, there's also record demand. there are people who have money and they're out there spending it. >> what more can the white house do, can the ceos do, actually do, to change the optics? so it doesn't seem as though it's just lip service and trying to tell a story. >> listen, those ceos are pushing this white house, they want those ports open. they want deregulation so they can get goods into their stores as soon as possible. from the white house's perspective, you ca

person, we have a list of the number of companies here look at this list, ceo of best buy, samsung, matteletsy, kroger and in the meeting the president of food lion says that their supply chain has been robust. >> we started with an immense amount of planning to be ready for the business and for customers to be able to buy what they need at our stores and we worked very early with our vendor partners to get clear on our forecast for the business. reporter: she said they worked hard with their vendors to plan ahead and get clear forecasts. now, it has taken time to get the bipartisan infrastructure money out and working. that'll likely be next year sometime. the president, though, still trying to say he can grow the economy. >> early estimates are that black friday sales were up nearly a third since last year, and in-store sales were up by nearly even more than that. reporter: and he's talking about how sales were up, now in my exclusive interview on friday , he said he was hearing over the summer from retailers that they believe the supply chain issue should be worked out by the end of thi

. >> reporter: not even toys are spared nerf maker hasbro and barbie maker mattel are increasing prices. >> the holidays will be different because the cost of everything is higher so i'm going to have to buy less presents >> reporter: consumers are bearing the brunt of higher prices for now. >> i think we'll see some slowdown in inflation as we get into the second half of 2022, even the spring of 2022. the bottom line is inflation is not going to cool enough, not to burn. >> reporter: with consumer spending two-thirds of our country's economy, as it weakens, so, too, will our economic recovery. shep >>> cnbc white house correspondent kayla tausche now. there's real pressure on the white house now to do something about this. >> shep, good evening. the white house has said reversing this trend is a top priority it's studying every option available. and today in baltimore president biden touted the bipartisan infrastructure deal he will sign monday and broader package still being negotiated as the fix. >> along with other plans i'm advancing, this bill is going to reduce the cost of goods

that a lot of toy makers are worried about gluts, double ordering, and maybe a fresh look at -- >> mattel doesn't seem to be worried. >> why not >> they have a lot of supply, what they need they do. there's an important note how costco, target and walmart will have what you want i think that's very important. these companies don't miss i think those stocks will go still higher i'm in awe of costco here. >> we talked a little bit last week about the largest players, home depot, lowe's and that world are able to manage their supply chain a lot better. >> cost to, 475 to 5, big box reta retailers. >> i've been to a target in the last few months. actually, i went the other day i was looking for something, didn't find it i liked it >> didn't john oliver do that with me enough already already will have. >> i know you took note of morgan stanley's mike wilson, eps slow youing, fed tightening, risk of consumer demand flattening and said this could last until thanksgiving, but not much longer than that. >> what a party pooper he is ever since he went any tiff -- i'm going to leave it as he's a nic

brian: samsung, cvs, mattel were all there. it's amateur hour.d market crash on friday and then eight african nations get banned on monday but announce it on saturday, at 11:45 you finally go to the microphone, after 12, at which i'm you make an announcement, no reason to panic, we're not going to have more lockdowns. and then you have 3:45 supply chain and you cancel it, that is embarrassing. that is something that you would think the trump administration who had so many new people in communications, were so short in communications, would have been more susceptible to. steve: well, the white house said it's because he wanted to spend more time with the ceos. brian: didn't he know that? steve: that goes to my larger point, i bet something happened behind the scenes. that's why they had taha summit yesterday, they had to talk about the omicron. that was big story out of white house yesterday. the president did eventually take the podium with. he talked a little bit about it and after a scary couple of days, dr. fauci, the president says we immedia

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