Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) is the second largest U.S. toy company, behind Mattel (MAT) by revenue, with a portfolio of brands and products in the toy market that target traditional trading card and board-game audiences, family game consumers, and educational/developmental toy consumers. Its core brands include the educational toy line Playskool, trading-card and role-playing games Magic: the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons, traditional board and family games Monopoly, Battleship, and trademarked franchises such as Star Wars and Marvel action heroes. The company reported global net sales of $4 billion in 2010 and net earnings of $398 million.^[1]

As a toy company that focuses mainly on delivering traditional gaming experiences through board games and role-playing games, Hasbro faces increased pressures from age compression of its core demographic as children turn to more sophisticated gaming experiences offered by electronic media at an increasingly younger age. The company has increased more of its focus on the entertainment industry and on its popular movie franchises Transformers, Iron Man, and G.I. Joe.

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