The research that you found is quite interesting. As a child – Disney has always been American iconic for me – and I would always cherish my purchased items from there – but now it seems like our own country can’t manufacture own American goods?
I can understand for clothing industry – like GAP as example
but Disney? Where little girls always dream Cinderella, Snow White, Belle speak English but their merchandise is made overseas?
This just makes me sick!
I can’t remember what toy company was being manufactured over in China – but there was a huge recall – I think tainted paint.
What happens if that happens with Disney products?
I rather have something made in the USA (which seems hard to come by)
Great job! Kudos to you for standing up to this Fleming.
We should join forces. I’ve recently decided to give up China (with wiggle room of course because everything is virtually made in China). My reasons for doing so are too numerous, but I know that big corporations like Disney are using the Chinese for their cheap labor. It’s an excuse to not make products here, but I will say that many consumers would rather have a cheap product made in China than one that’s made here in the US. People don’t really check labels and manufacturers don’t have to say the country of origin. I would hope that bigger corporations would have better faith in consumers that we would support a slightly higher in cost product if it were made closer to home. As one person commented, more and more consumers are looking for quality over cost and because regulations for products are more loose when made in China than in Europe or the US, safety has been the cornerstone.
What’s really keeping me up at night is the food market. Right now very limited amount of food from China is coming in. Fish and seafood has always been mostly Chinese but lately I’ve been seeing children’s food (for toddlers and infants) being made in China. Toys are one thing, but now food? If the tainted pet food scared pet owners, imagine what will happen if someone’s child dies from Chinese food. But maybe I’m being paranoid.
Just found you. Kudos for the attention you are bringing! Wondering why the prez would request you send the info to parents for ethical marketing? I follow them on fb and they had a rant recently about the whole marketing in hosiptals to mothers who have just given birth. Wondering if you were actually tweeting with who you thought? It also makes me wonder if maybe I have been the one dupped by following something I thought was one thing and isn’t… let me know…
Jill, sorry for the confusion. I suggested that the Disney prez send the info to Parents for Ethical Marketing because that’s my organization! Make sense?
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The research that you found is quite interesting. As a child – Disney has always been American iconic for me – and I would always cherish my purchased items from there – but now it seems like our own country can’t manufacture own American goods?
I can understand for clothing industry – like GAP as example
but Disney? Where little girls always dream Cinderella, Snow White, Belle speak English but their merchandise is made overseas?
This just makes me sick!
I can’t remember what toy company was being manufactured over in China – but there was a huge recall – I think tainted paint.
What happens if that happens with Disney products?
I rather have something made in the USA (which seems hard to come by)
Great job! Kudos to you for standing up to this Fleming.
We should join forces. I’ve recently decided to give up China (with wiggle room of course because everything is virtually made in China). My reasons for doing so are too numerous, but I know that big corporations like Disney are using the Chinese for their cheap labor. It’s an excuse to not make products here, but I will say that many consumers would rather have a cheap product made in China than one that’s made here in the US. People don’t really check labels and manufacturers don’t have to say the country of origin. I would hope that bigger corporations would have better faith in consumers that we would support a slightly higher in cost product if it were made closer to home. As one person commented, more and more consumers are looking for quality over cost and because regulations for products are more loose when made in China than in Europe or the US, safety has been the cornerstone.
What’s really keeping me up at night is the food market. Right now very limited amount of food from China is coming in. Fish and seafood has always been mostly Chinese but lately I’ve been seeing children’s food (for toddlers and infants) being made in China. Toys are one thing, but now food? If the tainted pet food scared pet owners, imagine what will happen if someone’s child dies from Chinese food. But maybe I’m being paranoid.
For lead recall information: http://www.leadtoyrecalls.com/
New York Times article about Chinese products and safety http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/business/worldbusiness/19toys.html
Sorry if I’m blabbing to much. You’ve just hit the nail on the head for me so to speak.
Thanks Deltaflute. All good info. I had never considered that food was being made in China. Yikes.
Just found you. Kudos for the attention you are bringing! Wondering why the prez would request you send the info to parents for ethical marketing? I follow them on fb and they had a rant recently about the whole marketing in hosiptals to mothers who have just given birth. Wondering if you were actually tweeting with who you thought? It also makes me wonder if maybe I have been the one dupped by following something I thought was one thing and isn’t… let me know…
Jill, sorry for the confusion. I suggested that the Disney prez send the info to Parents for Ethical Marketing because that’s my organization! Make sense?