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WeMakeItSafer Releases Consumer Product Recall Statisitcs
Whether you are trying to assess recall risk, identify important market segments or calculating the impact of recalls on businesses, this data will be crucial to your successful navigation of the recall landscape.
WeMakeItSafer.com is LIVE!
Tell all your friends – especially those with kids at home or those with senior family members living alone – to stop by http://WeMakeItSafer.com and peruse our simpler than ever recalled-product gallery to make sure there aren’t any items in their homes with safety defects. Unfortunately, nearly everyone owns dangerous, recalled products without knowing it.
And, don’t forget – never buy or sell another secondhand item without running a search at WeMakeItSafer first.
“Healthy People in a Healthy Environment”
The 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference will take place October 26-28 in Atlanta, GA. From the conference website: “The conference aims to develop and encourage innovative strategies for addressing existing and emerging issues in addition to being a forum for CDC [Center for Disease Control]/ATSDR [Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry] and its [...]
Company Costs of a Product Recall: Incentives to Fix or Ignore Recall Effectiveness Problems (Summary)
When I speak with consumers about possible ways to make locating recalled products easier for manufacturers, many balk at the idea, positing that companies would never have any incentive to improve recall effectiveness. For these individuals, the belief is that companies would rather not do everything possible to locate and retrieve defective products in order [...]
The Effect of Product Recalls on Stock Performance (Summary)
In my paper, The Effect of Product Recall on Stock Performance, I discuss findings with regard to how much a company’s stock price changes with the announcement of a product recall. I also discuss studies that show how negative impacts can be mitigated. The full text of the post can be found by clicking the [...]
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