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...Water Ball, this summer's fad toy, has consumer-safety advocates alarmed. They warn that the rubber toy poses a strangling hazard for kids. Some parents say their children have managed to swallow the liquid inside, which in some cases has proved to be flammable and toxic. Consumer-protection officials in New York and Massachusetts are urging the product's removal from stores. Peter Tiger, CFO of Imperial Toy Corp., one of several wholesalers marketing the toy, says his company has sold almost 10 million of the yo-yos and insists they are safe. --By Nadia Mustafa
Gina watched the friendship unfold, watched a stuffed owl and a toy ginger cat arrive in the mail as gifts. "I couldn't believe it when the first e-mail arrived, but what I really couldn't believe was that they kept it up," she says. "This wasn't a once or twice 'I heard a little girl was sick, and I sent a get-well note.' To me it was a relationship. I don't know what Jo was thinking, but she was taking time out of a very, very busy schedule to write precious e-mails to Catie...
...crying not for the Bruno Magli shoes or credit-card points toward a Disney vacation but for fancy train sets and the latest Legos. In May, Saks--the Birmingham, Ala.--based owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, Parisian and other regional department stores--bought a $5 million stake in upscale toy retailer FAO. Saks plans to add an FAO boutique to 22 of its stores by September and FAO displays in 245 of its locations for the holidays. "FAO should have done this long ago," says Jeffrey Van Sinderen, a specialty retail analyst for B. Riley & Co. Leveraging another chain...
...balling" on the street, has pushed U.S. sales of custom wheels up to $3.2 billion last year, from $1.2 billion in 1991, and every company from Toyota to Mattel is trying to get in on the action. Two years after Mattel started licensing miniature rims for its Hot Wheels toy cars, the firm will unveil a line of wheels for real cars. Rimmakers are also expecting a boost from this summer's sequel to the 2001 surprise-hit movie The Fast and the Furious, which opens June 6. Amid all the over-the-top street-racing scenes, there...
...perform for them," says Clive Cashman, the chain's U.S. public-affairs manager. A space designed for a young woman in a small apartment might feature a gate-leg table and chairs that can be hung on the wall; for a single parent, the store will show toy storage that is accessible to kids but can be easily stowed when there are adult visitors. "You can see the light go on as people discover solutions that are relevant for them," Cashman says. The Container Store has a prop shop that does nothing but provide set dressing matched to customers' tastes...