Economy: Mattel Recalls More Toys Made in China
September 6th, 2007
This is a “story” that is getting old…
Mattel Recalls More Toys Made in China
Morning Edition, September 5, 2007 · Mattel Inc., the world's largest toy maker, was forced to announce another recall of products made in China because of excessive amounts of lead paint, dealing a blow to its reputation on the eve of the critical holiday season.
The recall of some 800,000 toys in the Barbie, GeoTrax and Bongo Band lines was announced late Tuesday.
It covers 675,000 Barbie accessories sold between October 2006 and August of this year. No Barbie dolls were included in the action.
The recall also included 90,000 units of Mattel's GeoTrax locomotive line and about 8,900 Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys, both from the company's Fisher-Price brand. The Big Big World products were sold nationwide from July through August of this year while the GeoTrax toys were sold from September 2006 through August of this year.
Mattel's last recall, announced on Aug. 14, covered about 19 million toys worldwide. They included Chinese-made toys that either had excessive amounts of lead paint or had small magnets that could easily be swallowed by children.
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With more than 80 percent of toys sold worldwide made in China, toy sellers are also concerned shoppers will shy away from toys this year's holiday season.
The sector has struggled for years to maintain market share as children abandon toys at a younger age in favor of electronic products such as computer games, MP3 players, etc.
Coupled with recalls, the toy industry comes under greater strain.
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