每日外刊 芭比能告诉你关于近岸外包的什么

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据英国《太阳报》,“啪姐”杜阿·利帕和西尔莎·罗南也将加盟真人版《芭比》大电影!而且,真人芭比由玛格特·罗比、哈莉·尼夫和伊萨·雷扮演三个不同的版本,而真人版“芭比男友”由瑞恩·高斯林、刘思慕和舒提·盖特瓦扮演三个不同版本!

电影将由《小妇人》、《伯德夫人》的导演格蕾塔·葛维格执导,电影的故事时间设定在现代,玛格特·罗比饰演的“芭比”就像是一个现代版的“魔法保姆玛丽·波平斯”,她用自己的专业帮助他人改变自己的人生。


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What Barbie tells you about near-shoring

芭比能告诉你关于近岸外包的什么

Chuckle if you will but Schumpeter is looking forward to the first live-action “Barbie” film, due out in July. It is directed by Greta Gerwig, maker of “Lady Bird” and “Little Women”, two movies with strong characters. Its trailer is a parody of “2001: A Space Odyssey”, which suggests that, love Barbie or loathe her, she will be treated with a knowing wink.

如果你想的话,就笑吧,但熊彼特可是满心期待着定于7月上映的第一部真人版《芭比娃娃》电影。该片由格雷塔·葛维格执导,她同时也负责《伯德夫人》和《小妇人》这两部角色鲜明的电影。它的预告片是对《2001:太空漫游》的搞笑模仿,暗示无论是爱芭比还是恨芭比,她总会得到一个会心的眨眼。

It is a business turnaround story, too. If the film is a hit, it could crown a comeback for Mattel, one of the world’s biggest toymakers, with brands like Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price in its toy box. Five years ago it was in a funk, having lost three CEOs in four years, and a decades-old licence to produce dolls for Disney to its rival, Hasbro. Under Ynon Kreiz, its CEO since 2018, its cost base, balance-sheet, manufacturing footprint and morale have all improved. Last year, to the joy of staff, it won back the Disney contract. A Barbie red-carpet blockbuster would put icing on the cake.

这也是一个商业转折(逆袭)的故事。如果这部电影一炮而红,它可能会为世界最大的玩具制造商之一美泰公司的回归加冕,这时候它的玩具组合里有:芭比娃娃、风火轮和费雪普莱斯等品牌。五年前这家公司陷入了恐慌,在四年内失去了三位首席执行官,还把过去十几年都为迪士尼生产玩偶的许可证,拱手给了竞争对手孩之宝。在自2018年起担任首席执行官的伊农·克瑞兹(Ynon Kreiz)的领导下,其成本基础、资产负债表、制造足迹和士气都有所改善。去年,令员工高兴的是,它赢回了迪士尼的合同。芭比娃娃红毯大电影也会锦上添花。

So it was with a Ken-like spring in his step that your columnist travelled to Monterrey, in northern Mexico, this month to witness the way Mattel has consolidated its North American manufacturing operations into a single Mexican factory, its biggest in the world. He was hoping that Barbie, as well as becoming a star of the silver screen, could also become emblematic of a hot new trend in trade: near-shoring. Among the brightly coloured toys on the assembly line, there was sadly not a Barbie in sight. The only one on display was a prop in the Barbie Dreamhouse, a Tinseltown-like mansion that is one of the plant’s flagship products. In fact, Barbie is not made in Mexico at all. She is still made in Indonesia and China.

如肯一般矫捷的步伐,你们的专栏作家在本月前往墨西哥北部的蒙特雷,见证美泰公司如何将其北美制造业务整合为一家墨西哥工厂,这是其世界上最大的工厂。希望芭比娃娃在成为银屏明星的同时,也能成为贸易新趋势的象征:近岸外包。在流水线上色彩鲜艳的玩具中,遗憾的是看不到芭比娃娃。唯一展出的是芭比梦工厂的道具,这是一座类似好莱坞的豪宅,是该工厂的旗舰产品之一。事实上,芭比娃娃根本不是墨西哥制造的。她仍然是印度尼西亚和中国制造的。


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文本选自:The Economist(经济学人)

作者:Unknown

原文发布时间:25 Mar. 2023


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