Lego sales rise on Asia growth, now 2nd biggest toymaker
Sept 6, 2013
Danish toy maker Lego on Thursday reported an 18-percent rise in first-half net profit as revenue grew 13 percent, fuelled by growth in Asia as developed markets stalled.Lego, now the world's second-biggest toy manufacturer behind Mattel of the US, said its largest markets North America, Europe and Japan had experienced a slow start to the year."Despite this tough dynamic, our data indicates that consumer sales of Lego products for the first half of 2013 grew nine percent globally," chief execut