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American International Toy Fair Largest Toy Trade Show in Western Hemisphere Grows in 2012
21 February 2012
The 109th American International Toy Fair opened its doors to colossal crowds last week as nearly 27,000 industry professionals from more than 100 countries converged in New York City to scout 100,000+ fun and innovative products at the largest and most successful U.S.-hosted toy trade show to be held in recent years.
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New Start Date Improves Internationality of the Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair
10 February 2012
Altogether 77,500 buyers and retailers from all over the world poured into the 63rd Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair Nrnberg (2011: 79,243). The share of international visitors increased to 55 per cent, which is also attributed to the new start date of the fair. This year's International Toy Fair started on Wednesday, a day earlier than previously.
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Spanish Toy Research Institute Proposes Common Iconography for Toys
06 February 2012
The Spanish Toy Research Institute (AIJU) announced plans at the Nuremberg Toy Fair (Feb. 1-6, 2012) to design a free, universal iconography for the global toy industry in order to improve consumer understanding of labels on toys and to simplify the packaging and labeling process for manufacturers.
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What is the
ICTI CARE Process?

The CARE (Caring, Awareness, Responsible, Ethical) Process is the International Council of Toy Industries' (ICTI) program to promote ethical manufacturing, in the form of fair labor treatment, as well as employee health and safety, in the toy industry supply chain worldwide. Its initial focus is in China, where 80 percent of the world's toy volume is manufactured. Its intent is to provide a single, fair, thorough and consistent program to monitor toy factories' compliance with ICTI's Code of Business Practices (the "Code").

Latest Headlines from ICTI CARE

• ICF Governance Board Meets in Hong Kong During Toy Fair
• Factories Participate in Third Annual ICTI CARE Process Survey
• Joint GIZ/DVSI/ICFAL Pilot Worker Training Program Successfully Completed
• ICF and GIZ to Host Panel Discussion at Nuremberg Toy Fair
• First ICTI CARE Process Audits Conducted in Sri Lanka and India
• ICP Factories Conclude Joint Survey with Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Members
• Increasing Audit Transparency Through On-Site Record Inconsistency Disclosure