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JULY
2009 FEATURED SPONSOR
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2009
LAUNCHES/NEWS UPDATES
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-Zutano
Announces Appointment of New Sales
Representative NEW
- -Noodles
Kids Adds Atlanta-based Sales Representative
Lace and
Denim NEW
- -Ottilie
& Lulu Encourages Healthy Grooming Habits
and Self-Confidence Among
Tweens NEW
- -Z.
Daisy Announces New Girls' Accessory
Line NEW
- -Baby
Star Fall 2009 Collection Features Art by
Jennifer
Mercede NEW
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news.
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RETAILERS:
BE SURE AND READ OUR FALL/WINTER 2009
TRADE SHOW REPORTS FOR AN OVERVIEW OF
THE NEW SEASON
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FromTina
Barry: At the May 2009 National Stationery Show
- NEW
- -Pressing
Issues - Part I - Invitations, Thank You Notes, Birth
Announcements, Gift Wrap
- -Pressing
Issues - Part
II - Keepsake Boxes, Paper Dolls,
Games
- -Pressing
Issues - Part
III - Jewelry, Hair Accessories, Tote
Bags
- -Pressing
Issues - Part
IV - Wall Art, Decals
- -Pressing
Issues - Part V - Books
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FromTina
Barry: At the May 2009 International
Contemporary Furniture Fair -
NEW
- -A
Show Overview
- -The
Children's Home Furnishings
Report
FromTina
Barry: At Bubble New York and Children's Club
March 2009 Trade Shows
- -Fall
2009: Fashion Show Rocks On!
- -Fall
2009: We're Not Living Large but We're Dressing
Big
- -Fall
2009: The Fine Art of Editing - Established
Collections at Children's Club - Part
I
- -Fall
2009: The Fine Art of Editing - Established
Collections at Children's Club - Part
II
- -Fall
2009: The Fine Art of Editing - Established
Collections at Children's Club - Part
III
- -Fall
2009 Traditional Collections Seen at Children's
Club and Bubble
- -"Best
in Show Newcomers" for Fall 2009: Peekaboo Beans
(Girls) and Little Maven by Tori Spelling
(Boys)
- -Learning
Season by Season: Established Fall 2009
Collections at Bubble - Part I
- -Learning
Season by Season: Established Fall 2009
Collections at Bubble - Part
II
- -Children's
Club: Young Sophisticates for Fall
2009
- -Bubble
Fall 2009 Newcomers: Always Room for More - Part
I
- -Bubble
Fall 2009 Newcomers: Always Room for More - Part
II
From Marilyn Kirschner: At the Children's
Club and Bubble New York March Trade
Shows
- -ENK
Children's Club: Established Lines Present for
Fall 2009 - Part III
- -ENK
Children's Club: Established Lines Present for
Fall 2009 - Part IV
- -ENK
Children's Club: Established Lines Present for
Fall 2009 - Part I
- -ENK
Children's Club: Established Lines Present for
Fall 2009 - Part II
- -ENK
Children's Club Fall 2009: March
Madness
- -ENK
Children's Club Fall 2009: New Kids on the Block
- Part I
- -ENK
Children's Club Fall 2009: New Kids on the Block
- Part II
From
Tina Barry: At the January 2009 New York
International Gift Fair
- -New
York International Gift Fair: Sustainability -
What It Meant and What it Means - Part
I
- -New
York International Gift Fair: Sustainability -
What It Meant and What it Means - Part
II
- -New
York International Gift Fair: Sustainability -
What It Meant and What it Means - Part
III
From Tina Barry: At the New York Showrooms in
January 2009
- -Fall
2009: In the New York Showrooms - Part
II
- -Fall
2009: In the New York Showrooms - Part
I
From
Tina Barry: At the January 2009 Children's Club
Trade Show
- -Fall
2009: Cheery Shades for a Sluggish Economy -
Part
I
- -Fall
2009: Cheery Shades for a Sluggish Economy -
Part
II
- -Fall
2009: Cheery Shades for a Sluggish Economy -
Part
III
- -Fall
2009: Children's Club Welcomes
Newcomers
- -Fall
2009: New Season
Trends
From
Marilyn Kirschner: At the January 2009
Children's Club Trade Show
- -ENK
Children's Club January 2009: Established Lines
- Part I
- -ENK
Children's Club January 2009: Established Lines
- Part II
- -ENK
Children's Club January 2009: New Exhibitors
Debut
- -Children's
Club January 2009: Peace, Love, 'Barack', and
Roll
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from Pitti Bimbo 68, held January 22-24, 2009 in
Florence, Italy:
- -Fashion
Show & Trade Show
Photos
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-GoPetition: Reform CPSIA HR4040
- -iPetition: CPSIA Impact on the Children's Apparel
Industry
- -AAFA: New CPSIA Product Safety Legislation Needs
Clarification Petition
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CPSIA
BLOGS AND INFORMATION
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-Amend
the CPSIA
- -Fashion
Incubator: Kathleen Fasanella
- -Learning
Resources: Rick Woldenberg
- -CPSIA
Central: Rob Wilson
- -Overlawyered: Walter Olson
- -Business
is Personal:
Mark Riffey
- -Handmade
Toy Alliance: Dan Marshall, Jill Chuckas, Rob Wilson, Cecilia
Leibovitz
- -Reform
CPSIA: Dawn Michelle LaPolla
- -National
Bankruptcy Day:
Kathleen Fasanella
- -The
Coalition for Safe and Affordable
Childrenswear
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THE
AMERICAN APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR
ASSOCIATION'S (AAFA) COMMENTS,
TESTIMONY AND LETTERS TO CPSC RE: THE
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT
(CPSIA)
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-7/9/09: Intertek and the AAFA Petition CPSC for Sensible
Testing Practices
- -6/17/09: AAFA submited comments to the CPSC arguing that
the lead standard should apply to the components
of a product and not to the
sub-components.
- -6/10/09: AAFA submited comments to the CPSC supporting
the "Fashion Producers and Retailers'" petition
requesting an exemption from the lead standard
for all crystal and rhinestone materials.
- -5/14/09: Statement from AAFA
- to
the Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight: "How the CPSIA Impacts Small
Businesses"
- -5/5/09: AAFA Welcomes Consumer Product Safety
Announcements
- -4/27/09: AAFA submits comments to the CPSC regarding
Section 103 of the CPSIA, Tracking Labels for
Children's Products. AAFA requested the
CPSC issue guidance that explicitly enhances
recall effectiveness while permitting
flexibility to accommodate the wide variety of
products and production processes covered by the
new tracking label requirement.
- -4/20/09: AAFA submits comments to the CPSC regarding a
proposed rulemaking on the content required for
mandatory recall notices.
- -4/07/09: AAFA submits comments on the CPSC draft guidance
regarding which children's products are subject
to the requirements of the CPSIA phthalate
standard
- -4/01/09: AAFA President and CEO Kevin Burke, joined by
other consumer product safety stakeholders and
eight members of Congress, participated in a
rally calling for amendments to the
CPSIA.
- -3/24/09: AAFA, as part of the CPSC Coalition, sent a
letter to the CPSC requesting a stay of
enforcement of certain tracking label provisions
of the CPSIA.
- -2/17/09: Joint
submission by AAFA and 29 other trade
associations in connection with lead exemptions,
exclusion process and
inaccessibility.
- -2/17/09: AAFA Comments to CPSC in connection with lead
exemptions, exclusion process and
inaccessibility.
- -2/03/08: Comments submitted by AAFA to CPSC in Support of
Component Level Testing Under CPSIA
- -1/30/09: AAFA led a group of 18 trade associations in
submitting comments to the CPSC reiterating
AAFA's position that lead does not occur in
textiles and should therefore be exempt from the
lead standard under the CPSIA.
- -1/30/09: AAFA led a group of 15 trade associations in
sending comments to the CPSC in response to a
January 27 CPSC letter asking the industry to
provide more details on its request to exempt
fabric from the lead testing requirements under
the CPSIA.
- -1/27/09: Letter
from CPSC asking follow up questions regarding
the data provided at public meeting.
- -1/22/09: CPSC
Public Meeting on Apparel - Industry
representatives discussed product testing
programs and the results of testing for lead,
and provided overviews of industry
practices.
- -1/12/09: AAFA submits second round of comments regarding
the application of the Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act's phthalate ban to apparel and
footwear.
- -1/5/09: AAFA sent a letter to the leaders of the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees
urging Congress to fully fund the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
- -12/31/2008: AAFA organized a letter from the entire textile,
footwear and apparel supply chain urging the
CPSC to clarify several points related to the
CPSC's proposed lead testing exemptions under
the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
(CPSIA) before issuing a final rule.
- -12/30/08: AAFA submitted comments urging the CPSC to
clarify several points related to the CPSC's
proposed lead testing exemptions under the
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)
before issuing a final rule.
- -12/22/08: An AAFA-supported multi-industry group sent a
petition to the CPSC regarding the lead standard
in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
(CPSIA).
- -11/5/08: AAFA submits comments on the implementation
of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement's Act
(CPSIA) lead and lead in paint
regulations.
- -10.29.08: Comments Submitted to CPSC in Connection
with Section 102 (relating to the conformity
assessment certificate) of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).
- -10/10/08: AAFA sent letters to the CPSC urging the CPSC to
immediately issue a formal opinion stating that
children's footwear and apparel are not subject to the phthalate ban under
the Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act.
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CLICK
HERE FOR THE CPSC'S MOST RECENT UPDATES ON
THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
ACT (CPSIA); BELOW RECENTLY PUBLISHED
INFORMATION ON THE
CPSIA
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-The
Washington
Times: Lead-footed safety issues; A time to
question regulatory excess
- -Forbes: I Choose Risk
- -AllBusiness: A Good Law's Bad Consequences for Small
Businesses
- -Roll
Call: Small Businesses Are Being Hurt by New Toy
Safety Law
- -U.S
Senate: Nomination hearing for Inez M. Tenenbaum, to
be Chairman and Commissioner for the
CPSC
- -CNN
Money: Toymakers fight complex new safety
rules
- -National
Journal: Blowback on Lead Limits
- -Snohomish
Times: CPSC Settlement with Mattel and
Fisher-Price
- -Roll
Call: New Toy Regulation Act to Further Protect
Children
- -Roll
Call: Congress Should Return Toy Safety Regulation
to the CPSC
- -Reason
Magazine: Dangerous Toys, Strange Bedfellows; Hipster moms
and conservative congressmen join forces against
the regulatory state.
- -House
Small Business Committee
Hearing: Watch the Hearing Videos on You Tube
- -House
Small Business Committee
Hearing: How the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
Impacts Small Businesses
- -CPSC: Request for Emergency Stay of Enforcement of
Tracking Label Requirement (Record of Commission
Action)
- -Roll
Call: Science Vs. Politics: the CPSIA's Impact on
Child Safety
- -The
Hill: Consumer Safety - Toy Story 3: Emperor Uncle Sam
Puts You Out of Business
- -CPSC: Handbook
for Resale Stores and Product
Resellers
- -ABC
News: President
Obama to Nominate SC Dem to Head Beleaguered
CPSC
- -Bloomberg: Obama Nominates Tenenbaum to Safety Commission,
Boosts Budget
- -Wall
Street
Journal: CPSC to Allow Youth ATV Sales
- -CPSC: Stay of Enforcement of the Lead Content
Limits for Certain Youth Motorized Recreational
Vehicles, May 1, 2009
- -Congressional
Research
Service: "CPSIA implementation is not going
well"
- -The
National Law
Journal: Consumer bill sets off a furor
- -U.S.
Senate: Senator Pryor Sends Letter, co-signed by 28
other Senators, to CPSC Acting Chairman Nancy
Nord. Letter Says Commission has CPSIA
Enforcement Discretion
- -Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Journal-Sentinel: Lead law leaves small businesses in a
lath
- -Wall
Street
Journal: CPSC Won't Enforce Lead Laws on Youth
ATVs
- -CPSC: Statement of Acting Chairman Nancy Nord on the
Request for ATV and Motorized Bike Exclusions
from the Lead Content Limits of the CPSIA, April
3, 2009
- -Wall
Street
Journal: Obama Urged to Fill Product-Safety Post as
Complaints Mount
- -CPSC: Nancy
Nord Responds to Sen. Durbin's
Letter
- -U.S.
Congress: Sen.
Durbin Criticizes CPSC Chair for Comments on
CPSIA
- -U.S.
Congress: Rep. Dingell sends letter to President Obama
regarding the CPSIA.
- -Wall
Street
Journal: Pelosi's Library Quarantine; The CPSC is left
cleaning up the House Speaker's messy
child-safety law.
- -GLG
News: Food Safety Reform - Can We Learn from Product
Safety Reform?
- -The
Washington
Post: Book Dealers Told to Get The Lead
Out
- -CPSC: Letter from Commissioner Moore to Representative
John D. Dingell about the CPSIA implementation,
March 20, 2009
- -CPSC: Letter from Acting Chairman Nord to
Representative John D. Dingell about the CPSIA
implementation, March 20, 2009
- -USA
Today: Motorbike sale to defy lead law
- -Townhall.com: An Interview With CPSC Chair Nancy Nord About
The Consumer Products Safety Improvement
Act
- -National
Review: Between a Rock and a Barbie Dream House;
Congress paves the road to hell with good
intentions.
- -Politico.com: Dems dragging feet on consumer bill
- -The
Hill: Congress, CPSC pointing fingers on toy safety
bill
- -U.S.
Congress: Radanovich, Barton Renew Call for Hearing into
Misfiring Consumer Protection Law
- -U.S.
Congress: Dingell Wants CPSC to Explain Problems with New
Children's Product Safety Law
- -Reuters: Gymboree shares down 40 pct on Q1 outlook;
regulatory changes related to CPSIA will impact
sales and gross margins in the first half of
2009.
- -Wall
Street
Journal: Makers
Are Pushing Back on Toxic-Toy Law
- -Providence
Business
News: Lead ban threatening jewelry
manufacturers
- -Traffic
World: CPSC Publishes Draft Product Testing
Rule
- -Rush
Limbaugh: Where's the Lead Law Uproar?
- -New
York Times: Is That Fabulous New Toy Safe?
- -Wall
Street
Journal: Retailers Urge Rollback of Children's Safety
Law
- -CPSC: Guidance on the Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act (CPSIA) for Small Businesses,
Resellers, Crafters, and Charities
- -CPSC: Commission Issues Guidance For Complying
With Phthalates Requirements In New Child Safety
Law
- -CPSC: Commission Spells Out Enforcement Policy For
New Lead Limits In Children's Products Effective
February 10, 2009
- -CPSC: Statement of Acting Chairman Nancy Nord re:
Commission's Lead Limits Enforcement
Policy
- -Wall
Street
Journal: Toys for Congress - New lead rules hit next
Tuesday. Whammo.
- -CPSC: Commission Denies Stay Request of National
Association of Manufacturers
- -Journal
of
Commerce: CPSIA phthalates deadline upheld
- -Journal
of
Commerce: Senate bill seeks delay of CPSIA
- -Assoicated
Press: Confusion Over Anti-Lead Law; CPSC Chief
Blamed
- -Forbes: The Regulatory Farce Under The CPSIA; Using a
bazooka to kill a gnat.
- -USA
Today: Safety
rules on lead in kids' products perplex and
polarize
- -Los
Angeles
Times: Clothing and toy makers make new push to
delay lead rules
- -ABC
7 New York: Controversy over new lead
regulations
- -Yahoo
News: NYC protesters - Lead regulations will kill
jobs
- -BusinessWeek: When will regulation fit the size of
business?
- -Washington
Post: Officials Delay New Toy-Testing
Standards
- -Los
Angeles
Times: Children's product sellers get 1-year reprieve
on lead testing
- -Publisher's
Weekly: CPSC Delays Enforcement of CPSIA Testing
Requirements for One Year
- -Wall
Street
Journal: CPSC to Stay Some Product Testing
Requirements
- -Seattle
Post-Intelligencer: Delayed law gives handmade sellers a
break
- -CPSC: Agency Grants One-Year Stay of Testing and
Certification Requirements for Certain Products
- -CPSC: Statement on One-Year Stay by Acting Chairman
Nancy Nord
- -CPSC: Statement on One-Year Stay by Commissioner
Thomas H. Moore
- -U.S.
Senator Jim
DeMint: Congress
Must Keep Overreaching CPSIA from Harming Small
Businesses, Families
- -The
Examiner: Washington toy story shows why regulation helps
the big guys
- -The
Vancouver
Voice: Dangerous safety laws
- -Journal
of Commerce
Online: NAM asks CPSIA rules delay
- -National
Association of
Manufacturers: Request for Emergency Stay of Effective Date re:
CPSIA
- -New
York Post: How 'Child Safety' May Kill NYC Jobs
- -Forbes: Scrap The Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act - Part III
- -CPSC
Public Meeting on Apparel,
1/22/09: Industry representatives discussed product
testing programs and the results of testing for
lead, and provided overviews of industry
practices.
- -Forbes: Scrap The Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act - Part II
- -California
Apparel
News: CPSIA Ruling Goes Forward
- -Bloomberg: Mattel, Wal-Mart Test Toys as Small Firms
Struggle
- -Providence
Business
News: New
lead law worries jewelers
- -January
21, 2009: A letter from Republican members of the Energy
and Commerce Committee to Congressmen Waxman and
Rush calling for CPSIA hearings
- -NewsChannel
8: Portland
small businesses question new lead testing
law
- -U.S.
News & World
Report: History Suggests That Overreaction Is
Perhaps Most Dangerous
- -PR.com: "Save Small Business from the CPSIA" Places in
the Top Ten Ideas for Change on Change.org
- -InjuryBoard.com: Mom-Based Garment Industry May Be Hardest Hit By
New Safety Regs
- -January
16, 2009: A Letter from Congress to the CPSC regarding
implementation of CPSIA
- -The
Los Angeles
Times: Children's clothing makers in a frenzy over
lead testing
- -Forbes: Scrap
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act
- -Publisher's
Weekly: The Very Latest on CPSIA and Books
- -The
New-Times: Don't touch that book!
- -The
Christian Science
Monitor: Uncle
Sam vs. your favorite toys; The Consumer Product
Safety Information Act will crush the life out
of children's product
- -Wall
Street
Journal: Pelosi's Toy Story
- -Business
Week: Misinformation
and the CPSIA
- -Handmade
Toy
Alliance: A
letter to the CPSC from Congressman Anthony
Weiner of New York
- -Digital
Journal: Homecrafters head for Capitol Hill to object
to lead-testing law
- -WBIR: New children product safety laws trouble
small businesses
- -The
Journal of Commerce
Online: Customs
Update - More on CPSIA requirements
- -Los
Angeles
Times: Regulators rethink rules on testing
children's clothing and toys for
lead
- -Consumer
Affairs.com: Toymakers, Craftspeople Up in Arms Over New
Safety Law
- -The
Fashion-Incubator: The National Association of Manufacturers has
submitted its response to the CPSC's request for
comments regarding the Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act (CPSIA).
- -The
Christian Science
Monitor: A new law hurts small toy stores and toymakers;
New regulations banning harmful chemicals in all
children's items has had unintended consequences
for small businesses and crafters.
- -Fibre2Fashion: Textile industry seeks CPSC clarification on
new lead standard
- -KVAL: Retailers worry new toy testing laws will put
them out of busines
- -WFCR: Consumer
Safety Law Worries Toy Makers and Retailers
- -Los
Angeles
Times: New safety rules for children's clothes have
stores in a fit
- -Poynter
Online: Handmade
Manufacturers Say New Regs Will Jeopardize
Business
- -The
Washington
Post: Toymakers Assail Costs of New Law
- -Los
Angeles
Times: For some manufacturers, rules to protect
kids may be toxic
- -The
Ann Arbor
News: Law
alarms toy companies
- -The
Grand Rapids
Press: New safety law no fun for retailers
- -Boston
Herald: Small
toy stores fear new U.S. regulations
- -Flathead
Beacon: Legislating
Montana Small Businesses Out
of Busines
- -PR
Newswire: Handmade Toy Alliance Decries CPSIA Legislation
That Harms Small Toymakers
- -The
Patriot
Ledger: New law to put thousands out of work
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