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Lego

  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    LexPersonal & Household Goods
    Rise of ‘kidults’ means toys are no longer just child’s play Premium content

    Manufacturers still need to get real kids playing with toys again

    Lego Star Wars sets are displayed on a shelf at a Target store in New Jersey
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    ReviewFilm
    Piece By Piece — Pharrell Williams’ life and musical legacy made in Lego

    The hitmaker is profiled in a documentary that is as polished and smoothed as its chosen medium

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    FT MagazineTim Hayward
    The Lego Mini Chef restaurant, Denmark — review

    In which a meal prepared by tiny plastic people sparks a revelation about hospitality

  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    The relentless rise of second-hand

    From Ikea to Vinted, younger consumers are showing a taste for pre-owned clothes and furniture. But can the sector actually make money?

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Lego’s costly move to recycled plastic underpinned by surging profits

    World’s largest toymaker posts record results thanks in part to video game tie-ups and sports brand partnerships

    Lego characters
  • Sunday, 24 March, 2024
    Lex
    Lego’s corporate model is key to its brick-by-brick success Premium content

    The Danish company has benefitted from being built on a long-term perspective

    A shopper on a pedestrian crossing holds a Lego-branded bag
  • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
    News in-depthNews in-depth15 min
    Building blocks: Lego's next move | FT Film

    What can BrickLink, the eBay of plastic bricks, tell us about Lego's future corporate challenges?

    FT Film: what Lego does next
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    Lego hit by slowest growth for seven years but still outpaces rivals

    Rewards from Fortnite and Harry Potter deals help world’s biggest toymaker beat sector in ‘most negative toy market’ for over 15 years

    People pass a Lego store in Copenhagen
  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2024
    Moral Money
    Can seaweed stop us ingesting microplastics? Premium content

    Sustainable plastic alternatives have so far failed to take off

    A volunteer collects small pieces of plastic from a beach in northwestern Spain
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Business InsightRichard Milne
    Ikea and Lego bet big on the future of the store

    Scandinavian companies to expand physical presence to buck gloomy trends in their industries

    Ikea’s new store in Copenhagen
  • Monday, 16 October, 2023
    The Big Read
    Lego: can the brick behemoth rival Disney?

    With a portfolio of toys, movies and theme parks, and booming revenues, the family business has big ambitions

    Image of the Lego headquarters with a gigantic lego figure sitting outside
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Lego ditches oil-free brick in sustainability setback

    World’s biggest toymaker says new material made from recycled bottles would have bigger carbon footprint

    Jumbled Lego bricks
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Lego suffers steepest fall in profits in almost two decades

    Danish toy group’s sales stagnate after pandemic growth spurt

    A detail from a Lego replica of St Pancras railway station in London
  • Friday, 7 April, 2023
    Lex
    Lego/IPO: more welcoming to day- trippers than investors Premium content

    A listing for the toy group would be a visitor attraction in itself

    A dragon made from bricks of Lego at a Lego store in Beijing
  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Lego bets on collaboration with Epic Games after outpacing rivals

    Revenues at world’s largest toymaker increased 17% in 2022 while net profits rose 4%

    A large display featuring a London Underground train carriage built from Lego bricks at the Lego store in London
  • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
    Lego expects to take market share in economic slowdown

    World’s largest toymaker confident it can grow even as costs take shine off first-half profits

    A Lego customer in New York
  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Lego to expand online ambitions by tripling total of software engineers

    World’s largest toymaker has long feared digital world could erode the appeal of its bricks

    A large display featuring a London Underground train carriage built from Lego bricks at a Lego store in London
  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    LexInvestments
    Kirkbi: Lego owner builds a case for diversification, brick by brick

    Company may have begun shuffling assets faster as it prepares to usher in new chair

    Figurines manufactured by Lego
  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Epic Games Inc
    Epic Games secures $2bn from Sony and Lego to build gaming metaverse

    Deal values Fortnite maker at $31.5bn as groups battle competition from Microsoft

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
    Toymaker Lego assembles record results

    Maker of plastic bricks and figures enjoys strong performance in time of pandemic

    The Legoland Hotel in Dubai
  • Sunday, 19 December, 2021
    Lex
    Lego: old bricks are better than gold bricks Premium content

    Shrewd licensing, smart marketing and strict quality control are key to the group’s success

    A Lego Millennium Falcon from Star Wars set
  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    Lego to invest $1bn in new Vietnam factory

    World’s largest toymaker focuses on local manufacturing to build resilient supply chain

    An employee arranges products at a Lego A/S store in Beijing, China
  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    Lego sales and profits surge to record highs

    Net first-half earnings of $1bn were 10 times greater than at closest rival Hasbro

    Lego store in New York
  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Lego’s lesson in innovation

    The toymaker’s recycled plastic bricks are a worthy achievement

    Finding a new purpose for single-use plastic is a demonstration of how it is possible to solve or at least mitigate environmental problems
  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    Moral Money
    Bank risk officers put climate at top of agenda

    Plus, sustainable golf, minority founders’ funding woes, Lego’s plastic solution

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