kid or an adult. It distributes a range of toys‚ puzzles‚ and craft-based products worldwide but enjoys greatest success in North America‚ where Mega Bloks is one of the top 10 toy brands. In 2003‚ MAGNETIX® products were introduced to consumers and were a hit. Kids were engaging in building the construction sets for hours at a time. However‚ this popularity would not last long‚ when a mother claimed that her kid choked on a magnet that fell from the toy and died. In this paper I am going to concentrate
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The Kader Toy Factory Fire -Thailand- Introduction The Kader toy factory fire should be an example to factories all over the world‚ from which they should learn how important safety standards are. The employees earned between 80-105 pounds a month making dolls and soft toys. It is considered to have been one of the worst factory fires in history. The fire broke out in the afternoon of May 10th 1993‚ making the whole factory burn to the ground in only 15 minutes. Consequences According
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Jessica Callis Crook Eng102-24130 November 13‚ 2014 Toys vs. Technology: A Rhetorical Response to Roland Barthes’ Toys Children’s toys‚ from generation to generation have no doubt changed. I’ve seen the sock monkeys‚ rubber-band guns‚ and blinking baby dolls pulled from dusty boxes in the attic which at one point in the ancient past had been the favorite toys of my parents when they were kids. Somewhere stashed away in my own attic lays my Fisher-Price Music Box Record Player‚ my Barbies‚ and my
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Mattel has been criticized heavily for having to recall not once but thrice in 5 weeks 20 million toys manufactured in China with lead paint and/or loose‚ potentially dangerous magnets. Clearly Mattel does not have sufficiently tight quality control procedures in its supply chain to compensate for the extra risks of outsourcing to Chinese subcontractors and clearly there are design flaws in the toys with the magnets that could come loose. Although many observers give the company credit for responding
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Otis Toy Trains Company of Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ was extremely popular in the 1960’s‚ 70’s‚ 80’s‚ and somewhat the 90’s‚ however since then they have struggled to meet sales that cover their total costs. This lead to a proposal by the Joyous Luck Prosperity Toy Company (JLPTC) of China‚ who offered a price per unit of production to be between 40 and 60 percent lower than their current costs. When considering the attractiveness of this proposal‚ Otis Toy Trains must look at more details than just
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Lombrozo 1 Claire Lombrozo Film and Media Studies 70 Diana Pozo‚ Wed. @ 3 11 March‚ 2013 Failed Attempts at Gender Neutrality and Acceptance in the Toy Industry In recent years‚ toy industries have made an effort to manufacture toys that are “gender neutral” and “accepting” of all types of children. Nowhere is this more evident than the actual toy aisles‚ which in previous years boasted pretty pink Mattel Barbies in the girls ’ aisle‚ the epitome of the “Cult of True Womanhood”‚ and action figures
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stakeholders who claim both legal and ethical rights. A.B. Carroll‚ (1991). In this paper I will discuss the issue of toy safety in reference to Mattel‚ Inc.‚ one of the world’s leading toy makers. Mattel had ordered a series of recalls of children’s playthings that had been found to be coated with lead paint. The toy recalls had alarmed parents and consumer activists‚ as well as the toy industry‚ retailers who marketed their products‚ and product safety regulators. I will address the following circumstances
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1. What is the current economic climate of the globe and consumer perceptions that play in this perception? The global financial crisis led to a long-term economic depression since 2008. Especially‚ the wave started from subprime mortgage in the U.S. Most of countries have been trying to get out of the long depression and it’s getting better than few years before. The global economy is turning into a smoother and less volatile period compare with 2008. According to the article‚ it asserts that “Overall
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How to select toys for young children There are right ways and wrong ways to select toys for different age groups. In this essay I will explain what some of the appropriate ways are. First off be sure to know what toys you are looking for (age group‚ developmental level and safety). Observe the age group for a bit and see what kind of toys they are most interested in. Do they like building blocks‚ dolls‚ and dress up‚ reading books or coloring? This will give you more of an idea of what is
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UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI EKONOMSKA FAKULTETA SPECIALISATION THESIS Tatjana MEDIC UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI EKONOMSKA FAKULTETA PODIPLOMSKI STUDIJ SPECIALISATION THESIS International Business Strategy Of Toys“R”Us For The Norwegian Market Ljubljana‚ May 2002 Tatjana MEDIC Conformation Tatjana Medic‚ a student of the University of Economics in Ljubljana‚ hereby confirms to be the author of this specialisation thesis written under the guidence of Professor Tone Hrastelj. Pursuant to
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