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Chris in CA's avatar

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

Chris in CA's avatar

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.

Kingswell's avatar

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.

Chris in CA's avatar

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

Willem Braakman's avatar

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

Kingswell's avatar

Thanks! Much appreciated!