So how many VP's were shown the door? Cause in my book, Mattel will never be able to sell product at a competitive price as long as the corporation is saddled with the high VP count.
Consumers have learned that the higher price for Mattel products doesn't deliver on the "higher" quality expectation any more. Most of Mattel's product at or below $20 looks like it belongs to the type found at food markets or sundry type of stores.
The cost to maintain all the VP's and their support personnel is one of the major obstacles to getting Mattel back on its feet. If anyone can share the actual percentage of VP's, out of the total in the U.S. facilities, that would be most interesting to see...
To validate all that we suspect based on observation (reserved parking slots go on and on and on).