CPSC Votes to Require Third-party Testing for Children’s Products

Late last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) passed a series of regulations finalizing the requirements for testing children’s products. The CPSC voted 3-2 to require independent, third-party product testing for manufacturers, importers and private labelers of products “designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger.”

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Distributor to Supplier: Is this Product OK for Children?

I received a call last week from a distributor concerned about an order she had recently shipped through an industry supplier for a children’s event.

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5 Tips on Selling to Small Businesses (from Someone that Runs One)

Learn how to sell better to small businesses, plus get pointers on holiday self-promotion and designing a better web store.

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Obama Signs Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama

President Barack Obama signed three free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama on Friday. The deals are the largest free trade measure passed since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993, and bring the number of countries that have free trade agreements with America to 20.

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