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Chris Cocks

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
617 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

Well, we have Magic the Gathering Arena, which has been a very successful product for us.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

It's probably the most successful onboard to Magic.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

We will be continuing to invest in that platform.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

And certainly, we have probably 10 games in development.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

Magic is certainly an important brand for us inside of that pipeline.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

Well, I'd say politically there isn't a huge difference between Rhode Island and Massachusetts, so that wasn't a real factor for us.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

You know, Hasbro has deep roots across New England, particularly in Massachusetts.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

Milton Bradley was founded there back in 1860.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

Parker Brothers was founded in Salem, Massachusetts, I think, back in the 1890s.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

So we're no strangers to Boston.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

Really what we were looking for is we were looking for a bigger market in terms of the number of people that we could recruit.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

Boston is roughly eight to nine times the size of Pawtucket and certainly Providence where we've been based.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

And then it's just easier access.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

A big part of our business is partnership.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

It's partnership with retailers, it's partnership with licensors.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

We have over 1,000 partners crossing 5,000 collaborations, and it's nice to be in a major travel hub like Boston because it just makes it easier for us to be accessible and easier for us to get to our partners as well.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

Well, I try not to make business decisions based on my personal finances or personal situation.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

You know, moving to Boston had a lot of talent advantages.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

It had a lot of transportation advantages.

Bloomberg Talks
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Talks Grown-Up Toys, Tariffs

And it's just a big, dynamic city.