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Toy of the Year Award Winners Announced
he Toy Industry Association gives the Toy of
the Year Awards annually. The TOTY
Awards salute the creativity, success and playful
spirit of the toy industry by honoring the best
toys developed by the international toy industry for
North American consumers.
Among the 2008 winners are: Toy of the Year,
Air Hogs Havoc Heli Laser Battle, Spin Master,
Ltd.; Girl Toy of the Year, Littlest Pet Shop:
Display & Play Round & Round Pet Town
Playset, Hasbro, Inc. and Troop Groovy Girls,
Manhattan Toy; Boy Toy of the Year,
Transformers Movie Deluxe Figures, Hasbro, Inc.;
and Game of the Year, Rubik’s Revolution,
Techno Source.
Product Safety was Top Issue at Hong Kong Toy Fair
roduct safety is everybody’s business and
should be regarded as a shared responsibility
throughout the supply chain, according to toy
industry leaders attending a product safety seminar
at the Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair, Asia’s
largest toy show.
The seminar, “Latest Product Safety Directives
of the Toy Industry and Good Practices in
Achieving Safety Standards,” attracted more than
700 people, including senior players from Hong
Kong, the Chinese mainland and the United
States.
Travelers Representing Endangered Species Chocolate Return to West Africa
his month, representatives from Endangered
Species Chocolate will travel to the Ivory
Coast and Nigeria to fulfill part of the company’s
mission to produce ethically traded chocolate
bars and help support humanitarian efforts.
Nick Lee, Mark Waddell, Kelly Meinken and
Renee Sweany will travel to the Kobenan Yaokro
and Amélékia Villages in the Ivory Coast to visit
cacao farms and document sustainable farming practices
and ethical working conditions.
From the Ivory Coast, Meinken and Sweany will
travel to Nigeria to join a nonprofit’s medical mission
in Uromi, Nigeria.
Lord’s International and The Mike Feinberg Company Join Efforts
wo of the largest wholesalers in the United
States, Lord’s International, the preferred
distributor of Kodak consumer imaging
products to the travel and leisure industry, and the
Mike Feinberg Company, have partnered together.
Now travel and leisure customers can get virtually
every product they would need including cameras,
batteries, sundries, snacks, gift items and more. The
relationship gives customers the advantage of ordering
all of their products from one source. Shipping
from both the East and West coasts provides an
additional advantage to clients.
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