LEGO Group Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Along with the announcement of the financial results for the first half of 2020, the LEGO Group has today announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer. Jesper Andersen will join the LEGO Group as both as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from October. Learn more below. The LEGO Group appoints Jesper Andersen as Chief Financial Officer BILLUND, September 2, 2020: The LEGO Group today announced the...
LEGO Group Delivers Double-digit Growth In 1H 2020
The LEGO Group has today announced its financial results for the first of 2020 and it’s no surprise that revenue has grown. Despite COVID-19 impacting retail locations and production in some countries, people took to building LEGO® sets in vast number as they stayed at home. This has seen double-digit sales increases in all major regions. One of the most impressive facts is that traffic to LEGO.com doubled, with over 100 million...
LEGO Group Appoints Fiona Dawson To Board Of Directors
The LEGO Group today announced the appointment of Fiona Dawson, the Global President of Mars Food, Multisales and Global Customers, to its Board of Directors with immediate effect. Fiona Dawson has worked for family-owned Mars, Incorporated for over thirty years. In her current role, she sits on the Mars, Incorporated Leadership team and is responsible for Mars Foods’ portfolio of household brands, the various Multi-Segment markets in...
LEGO Braille Bricks To Launch In 20 Countries
After a successful pilot program, LEGO® Braille Bricks are set to be rolled out across 20 countries. The LEGO Foundation and the LEGO Group first announced the introduction of a unique new brick which has been inspired by Braille last year. The concept behind LEGO® Braille Bricks was to create a unique and tactile method of learning Braille and using it in other educational ways. Now toolkits featuring these new bricks are set to be...
LEGO Technic Osprey Launch Officially Canned
There has been a lot of chatter about the previously revealed new LEGO® Technic Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey set in recent days. A small group of people have pressured LEGO in Germany to rethink the set’s launch due to the real-world vehicles use in a military operation. Despite the Technic set being created as a Search and Rescue craft, it’s primarily used by the military. The LEGO Group has now taken the decision to...
Surprise Discovery On How The LEGO Brick Was Created
On this day 100 years ago a man named Godtfred Kirk Christiansen was born. To some, that name may mean nothing but to LEGO® fans it’s legendary. Godtfred is the son of the man who created the company which is now known as the LEGO Group, but he also played a key role in creating the bricks we all love today. Over in Billund, there is a very special building known as the LEGO Idea House, this is where the history of LEGO is kept...
LEGO Pauses Paid Social Media Advertising
The LEGO Group have released a short statement regarding paid advertising on social media platforms including Facebook. Many companies are stopping or pausing advertising on social media as a way to force these platforms to do more to stop the spread of misinformation and hateful interactions. This is the statement provided: We are committed to having a positive impact on children and the world they will inherit. That includes...
LEGO Donates $4m To Educate Racial Equality
The world is a scary place at the moment and especially for many people in the US. In particular for those in the black community, many people and companies have come out to show their support for those currently suffering immense pain at what has occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota towards the end of last month. In the last few hours, the LEGO Group has put out a simple statement on social media in which they show their support and...
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