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		<title>‘Melissa &amp; Doug’ Scores High Marks in Toy Safety</title>
		<link>http://wemakeitsafer.com/blog/2011/05/melissa-doug-score-high-marks-n-toy-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 21:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer P. Toney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago we asked a question on our facebook page: “In your opinion, which brand makes the safest toys?” Admittedly, it was not a very scientific survey, but there was a clear winner &#8211; Melissa &#38; Doug. We decided to take a closer look at this toy company to find out more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Brands be Responsible for Products they DON’T Make?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer P. Toney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s recall of Pampers branded pacifiers raises some interesting questions.   Pampers was neither the importer nor the manufacturer, but licensed their brand to Key Baby, LLC to be placed on the pacifiers.  Key Baby imported the pacifiers from Chinese manufacturer, Tahoe Enterprises. Because Pampers is the most recognizable name involved, Pampers, a Procter &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Company Costs of a Product Recall: Incentives to Fix or Ignore Recall Effectiveness Problems (Summary)</title>
		<link>http://wemakeitsafer.com/blog/2008/10/company-costs-of-a-product-recall-incentives-to-fix-or-ignore-recall-effectiveness-problems-summary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer P. Toney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Company Costs of a Product Recall: Incentives to Fix or Ignore Recall Effectiveness Problems (Full Post)</title>
		<link>http://wemakeitsafer.com/blog/2008/08/company-costs-of-a-product-recall-incentives-to-fix-or-ignore-recall-effectiveness-problems-full-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer P. Toney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are numerous costs involved in conducting a product recall.  Many of these costs vary greatly depending on factors such as the type of product being recalled, the cost and price-point of the product, the number of units recalled, the geographic location of the companies involved and even the demographics of the end-user.  This article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Effect of Product Recalls on Stock Performance (Full Post)</title>
		<link>http://wemakeitsafer.com/blog/2008/08/the-effect-of-product-recalls-on-stock-performance-full-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer P. Toney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 2005 statistical study published in the Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics analyzed the security prices of non-automotive recalls following the announcement of the product recall in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).[1] [2] The study looked at a sample of 269 product recalls from 1984 through 2003 and reported the mean abnormal returns (MAR) [...]]]></description>
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