Starting Out Right From the time we start preparing a room for a new baby, we are making choices about the child's environment. Many people get ready for a new child by painting, papering, and carpeting a baby's room with conventional ...
Toy companies are being called on to produce more goods for children with special educational needs. The Good Toy Guide, the review website for parents, retailers and suppliers, wants to review more toys that can be used by all kids, ...
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Dr Amanda Gummer discusses niche markets and how to make the most of them. With margins on mass market products being cut to the bone due to tough competition, it’s worth looking at some of the niche markets which aren’t quite ...
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Where you deliver your baby is a big factor in determining whether you'll have a Cesarean section. Researchers who looked at nearly 600 hospitals nationwide found that C-section rates varied widely, from a low of 7 percent of all deliveries ...
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Vivid's AniMagic has got off to a great start to 2013 - it's secured the number one spot within the Special Feature Plush category, with a 14.9 per cent share. Following another strong growth year in 2012 with Newborns, Tessie Goes ...
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As part of its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 earnings announcement, Gap Inc. announced that it plans to open as many as 20 more Old Navy stores in Japan in 2013. Old Navy opened its first store outside of North America in Tokyo in ...
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Carter’s, Inc. the largest branded marketer in the United States of apparel exclusively for babies and young children, reported its fourth quarter and fiscal 2012 results. Fiscal 2012 compared to Fiscal 2011 Consolidated net sales ...
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Horsetail embroidery is a traditional handicraft of Shui minority women in Sandu Shui Autonomous County, Guizhou Province. As its name suggests, horsetails are used to make embroidery. As a traditional art form of Shui women, it is ...
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VMG Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in investing in and building branded consumer product companies in the lower middle market, today announced the promotion of Wayne K. Wu to Principal. "As we continue to grow and build ...
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The results were based on a study on more than 30,000 people. It found that the general population’s exposure to the chemical was too low to have any toxic effects. Experts have claimed that range of human disorders including ...
Remember when Mattel used a giant iPad to showcase its app toys? Now it's gone one step further - the firm's Fisher-Price label showed off a Giant Baby Bouncer at the 2013 Baby Show this weekend. It also had its new Apptivity app ...
Don't rush things. That's the bottom-line advice to expectant mothers from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Family Practitioners. Asked to identify five tests or procedures that were ...
Think your kid really needs antibiotics for that sore throat? That a Pap smear every year is a good idea? That testosterone will restore your love live? The answers for most people: nope, nope, and nope. That's the word from, ...
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Happy Family, a US-based organic food brand, has unveiled modern packaging for its products which features a more playful and vibrant look. The company's new packaging is being introduced at stores across the country, such as Target and ...
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Women can create a time-lapse video of their pregnancy – and get health tips along the way – through a new, free, interactive iPhone app called CineMama available from the March of Dimes. Time-lapse pregnancy slideshows and ...