"Mattel had spent years obscuring Barbie's backstory," Hitt writes. According to the new book, Barbie is actually a "knockoff ...

While toys and games are consistently a popular choice for children, household goods, makeup products, and gadgets have served as favoured gifts for older generations across the globe.

Toy manufacturing is leading the China-plus-one shift. Toy makers are rapidly diversifying production into Vietnam, India, ...