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China: Toy industry body to inspect factories
The International Council of Toy Industries is to begin inspecting factories, mostly amongst the 10,000 factories in China, to ensure they meet health, labour and safety codes.
UK: Littlewoods and Argos hit by Hasbro's 'Responsible Approach'
Littlewoods and Argos, two of the major UK retailers, have been hit with record fines by the Office of Fair Trading after toymaker Hasbro blew the whistle on a cartel in which it was itself involved.
Toy industry adopts new standards to stop sweatshops
The international toy industry has agreed to introduce tough new standards to stop sweatshop labour conditions.
China's toy workers subjected to toxic sweatshops
New research has suggested that the 10 year campaign to improve workers conditions in the toy industry of China has barely begun to have an impact.
UK: Toymaker Hasbro fined for price fixing
Hasbro Inc has been fined a record $7.7m by the UK's Office of Fair Trading for preventing distributors from selling its toys and games below prices fixed by the company.
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