Posts Tagged ‘Mattel’

Mattel Denies Knowing Products Violated the Law – How Will MAT Stock React?

Mattel agreed to pay one of the largest civil penalties in CPSC history, $2.3 million. Perhaps today’s settlement will signal to investors the end of a difficult period for Mattel and a chance to finally move forward. However, the question remains whether today’s settlement will settle the matter in the minds of consumers.

June 5, 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Financial Impact 1 Comment

The Effect of Product Recalls on Stock Performance (Full Post)

A 2005 statistical study published in the Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics analyzed the security prices of non-automotive recalls following the announcement of the product recall in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).[1] [2] The study looked at a sample of 269 product recalls from 1984 through 2003 and reported the mean abnormal returns (MAR) [...]

August 28, 2008 Financial Impact, Recall Statistics & Research 1 Comment