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Background note
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Reference no. 373-036-5
Published by: Cranfield School of Management
Published in: 1973
Length: 23 pages
Data source: Published sources

Abstract

This background note is to accompany the case series 'Lesney Products & Company Limited'. This note describes the structure of the UK toy industry in the latter half of the 1960s. Details of the major companies are given together with a discussion of product types, sources of innovation, marketing approaches, distribution channels and manufacturing processes. The note considers the impact of US toy manufacturers on the UK industry and raises a number of future problem issues.
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Abstract

This background note is to accompany the case series 'Lesney Products & Company Limited'. This note describes the structure of the UK toy industry in the latter half of the 1960s. Details of the major companies are given together with a discussion of product types, sources of innovation, marketing approaches, distribution channels and manufacturing processes. The note considers the impact of US toy manufacturers on the UK industry and raises a number of future problem issues.

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Location:
Industry:
Other setting(s):
1970

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