Hasbro Inc. DL-Notes 2019(19/29)

Hasbro, Inc. engages in the provision of children and family leisure time products and services with a portfolio of brands and entertainment properties. The firm's brands of toys include Power Rangers, Magic: The Gathering, Monopoly, My Little Pony, Nerf, Play-Doh and Transformers. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Products, Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming, Entertainment, and Corporate and Other. The Consumer Products segment markets and sells toys and game products around the world. It also promotes brands through the out-licensing of trademarks, characters and other brand and intellectual property rights to third parties, and through the sale of branded consumer products such as toys and apparel. The Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment promotes the company's brands through the development of trading cards, role-playing and digital game experiences based on Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast properties. The Entertainment segment develops and distributes entertainment content including film, scripted and unscripted television, children's programming, digital content, and live entertainment. The Corporate and Other segment includes the management and administrative services to its principal reporting segments. The company was founded by Henry Hassenfeld and Hilal Hassenfeld in 1923 and is headquartered in Pawtucket, RI.