Sales of U.S.-made toys rise
By on Sep 10, 2007 in Entrepreneur
China’s misfortune may turn out to be Sue Dennison’s holiday gift. The co-owner of Roy Toy (www.roytoy.com), in East Machias, Me., has seen website sales and wholesale orders for her log-building sets soar in the past few weeks, and she’s shipping to U.S. retailers that are further away than ever before. “We’ve written more orders by the last few days than we did for the first and second quarter of 2007,” says the manufacturer, who is going to add colorful “Made in the U.S.A.” stickers to her packaging to ensure that every customer knows the origin of her toys.
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2 Comment(s)
By ybpublishing on Nov 22, 2007 | Reply
I am very suprised that the distributors in the United States and Europe does not have their own staff to inspect the children’s toys. Most of us would assume that the government and distributors were looking out for our children’s best interest- obviously not. The government really needs to take matters into their own hands and ensure that the products that are being shipped from overseas are actually safe for all.
By vtabletop on Nov 26, 2007 | Reply
Yes, I would have expected that after the call back of those Chinese toys. Well, I had heard about the carelessness and lack of quality of the Chinese products even before , but I never could have imagined in my wildest dreams that the cheaper toys could cost some the babies life or health. That’s too much of a price to pay for the little you get to save when buying Chinese toys.There should be a standard that needs to be satisfied before exporting any kind of products globally or perhaps there already is. Then how could it have happened in case of the Chinese toys ?