India’s stricter toy safety standards have not only reduced consumer complaints but also helped domestic manufacturers expand exports, according to officials at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).BIS Director Adbhut Singh said Indian norms, designed around local weather and usage patterns, surpass global benchmarks like ISO and IEC in areas including chemical, physical, and electrical…
President Trump’s China tariffs are threatening Christmas. Toy makers, children’s shops and specialty retailers are pausing orders for the winter holidays as the import taxes cascade through supply chains. Factories in China produce nearly 80 percent of all toys and 90 percent of Christmas goods sold in America. The production of toys, Christmas trees and…
NEW DELHI: Indian toy exporters are looking to tap into a “golden opportunity” created by the US imposing high tariffs on Chinese goods, as more American buyers search for alternative suppliers to reduce their dependence on China.“The US is a big market for toys and we will be benefited if China is subjected to high…
NEW DELHI: Starting this summer, travelling to Shimla in toy trains from Kalka will be more pleasant and fascinating as railways plans to run five more trains with Vistadome coaches that will have large glass windows and roofs for passengers to get full view of hills and forests during the trip.The trial run of trains…
At the biggest toy industry trade show in the Western Hemisphere this weekend, toy makers, as usual, displayed seemingly endless rows of stuffed animals, action figures and puzzles, hoping to entice retailers to pick their products. But this year, the chatter at Toy Fair New York was dominated not by the next Barbie, but a…
NEW DELHI: Ajit faction NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday took a veiled attack on the party president over his exclusion from the new council of ministers and said that after rejecting his demand for a Lok Sabha seat, the party offered Rajya Sabha seat “Am I a toy?”Amid speculation over his “Jahan nahi chaina,…