RC2 is a designer, producer and marketer of toys, collectibles, and infant products targeted to consumers of all ages. Co.'s infant, toddler and preschool products...
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- RC2 Corporation (http://www.rc2corp.com/) announces that its Learning Curve Brand has signed a master toy license for Super WHY!. Learning Curve is developing an extensive line of original products based on the reading-powered superhero characters from EmmyR Award-nominated Super WHY!, the innovative...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last summer, the RC2 Corp., maker of Thomas the Tank Engine toys, had to recall 1.5 million products it imported from Chinese suppliers. It was discovered that the toys contained lead paint. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina disrupted the ocean-borne supply of polyethylene foam used in furniture...
To: RETAILING EDITORS Contact: CPSC Media, +1-301-504-7908 WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below,today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumerproduct. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediatelyunless otherwise instructed. (To access color photos of thefollowing recalled products,...
To: RETAILING EDITORS Contact: CPSC Media Contact, +1-301-504-7908 WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below,today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumerproduct. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediatelyunless otherwise instructed. (To access color photos of thefollowing recalled...
LATE ONE AFTERNOON in October 2006, Carolyn and Ghassan Daher took Brayden to a party near Seattle. Kids got goody bags filled candy; a favorite were the yo-yo water balls, liquid-filled spheres attached to long, stretchy cords. Brayden and his friends hit the kiddie the balls over...
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior analyst Sean P. Smith, who discusses Mattel (NYSE: MAT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Hasbro (NYSE: HAS), JAKKS Pacific (Nasdaq: JAKK) and RC2 Corp. (Nasdaq: RCRC). A synopsis of today's Analyst Interview is presented below. The full...
The past few months have seen a series of stunning recalls--not from the auto industry, but from childrens' toy manufacturers. Mattel--maker of Barbie and Fisher Price brands--called back more than 18 million toys this summer after discovering numerous safety gaffes, including the use of lead-based paint and...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FOLLOWING THE SUMMER OF THE RECALL, a reliance on Chinese suppliers may get more costly if the political response to recent food and toy debacles gains traction. At press time, members of Congress were hard at work on legislation to increase fines to...
WASHINGTON AFP — US retailing giant Target Corp. announced a voluntary recall of Chinese-made toy gardening tools and children's lawn furniture containing "excessive levels of lead," the company said in a statement Wednesday. The recall affects some 350,000 toys bearing the "Happy Giddy Gardening Tools" and "Sunny Patch...
Extensive Retesting Helps Assure Safety of Existing Toys; RC2 Announces Multi-Check Toy Safety System to Strengthen New Toy Safety OAK BROOK, Ill. -- RC2 Corporation (NASDAQ:RCRC) today announced that it is voluntarily recalling five Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway items due to levels of lead...
WASHINGTON AFP — A Fisher-Price recall of nearly one million Chinese-made toys, the latest in a series of similar scandals, is ratcheting up already high American resentment against the offshoring of jobs. Mattel's Fisher-Price announced late Wednesday it was recalling 967,000 toys made in China that are suspected...
Federal lawsuits demand RC2 provide medical monitoring for kids who may have ingested lead paint from its toys. The Oak Brook toymaker recalled some of its Thomas & Friends products, but the toys were still on some retailers' shelves two weeks later, the Tribune reported. RC2...
For Curt Stoelting, growing RC2 Corp. is anything but kid's stuff. In an industry in which overall growth is essentially flat, growing toy maker RC2 has been acquiring companies that can add to topline performance and provide a platform for organic growth. And RC2's growth has been impressive. Its...
Byline: Michael Sean Comerford mcomerford@@dailyherald.com Callers and walk-ins at the Learning Express Toys store in Lake Zurich on Thursday asked about the massive 1.5 million toy recall of Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway items. Store owner Richard Derr said...
WASHINGTON AFP — A US importer is recalling 1.5 million "Thomas and Friends" wooden train toys made in China because of paint containing lead, the company and US government regulators said. Wooden wagons and other train-set parts of the toy popular with young children were being voluntarily recalled...
M2 PRESSWIRE-14 June 2007-US CPSC: RC2 Corp. Recalls Various Thomas & Friendstm Wooden Railway Toys Due to Lead Poisoning HazardC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13062007 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today...
Byline: Sarah A. Klein NO. 40 rc2 corp. oak brook The toy business is a fickle one. Tastes change quickly and competition is intense. The businesses that succeed are nimble in adapting to kids' interests and able to transform themselves on ...
RC2 expands into travel gear business OAK BROOK - RC2 Corp. on Thursday said it has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Compass, a developer and marketer of infant and toddler travel gear. The Kings Mills, Ohio, company is best known...
Corn Products profit doubles, stock soars WESTCHESTER - Corn Products International Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit more than doubled as prices for sweeteners increased. After raising its 2007 earnings forecast to a range of $2.10 and $2.30 a share, shares hit a new...
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