Inside Hasbro’s Digital Transformation Into a Modern Toymaker and Advertiser
Fueled by ad tech, social media and omnichannel marketing
A character from Hasbro's whimsical Hanazuki series that appears on YouTube.
Hasbro
You may sell toys to parents, but you actually market to their children. That was Hasbro’s modus operandi before late 2012, when the maker of Monopoly, Nerf, Play-Doh and many other toys and games got serious about data, eventually transforming its advertising and social media strategies. Indeed, company research showed Hasbro had not adequately been paying attention to “kids of all ages,” meaning moms and dads.
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This story first appeared in the June 5, 2017, issue of Adweek magazine.
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