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Jul 7, 2023Liked by Kingswell

Jazwares and Squishmallows, I had no idea. 100,000 units at $5 to $30 means a good billion in revenue, crazy.

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Jul 7, 2023Liked by Kingswell

I was so excited by finding this gem, I mis-typed. 100,000,000. That's a lot. They own Nerf, Pokemon, Squishmallows, Cabbage Patch, Cocomelon, and a lot of action figure brands. And they have an office in Bentonville I noticed. My wife is a TK / K (kindergarten) teacher and she says the 4 and 5 year olds are all over this stuff. Grandson has all kinds of Nerf stuff. Yea... I may go buy myself a new Nerf basketball set for my office, went through a few of those as a kid.

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Jazwares is such a cool, unheralded part of the Alleghany acquisition. I’m really excited to see how the company capitalizes on all of its current success.

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Jul 7, 2023Liked by Kingswell

The museum of cool, not so little businesses expands. Kind of like some of the stuff buried within Marmon. Keep up the great work.

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Jul 7, 2023Liked by Kingswell

Great notes, as always! Thoroughly enjoy reading it every week, especially the smaller stories that usually go unnoticed -such as the article on squishmallow

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Thanks! Much appreciated!

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