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Hopeful retailers have until this Friday to submit their entries for the industry awards

The body looked at the US Public Interest Research Group's 2015 "Trouble in Toyland" report and W.A.T.C.H's 2015 "10 Worst Toys" list and found the data to be unreliable.

To kick off the partnership, Fundamentally Children founder Dr. Amanda Gummer will provide a series of articles based on her book Play for The Genius of Play’s website.

"The early registration numbers are an encouraging sign that Toy Fair continues to be a productive and not-to-miss event for buyers, licensors, trend spotters, and other play lovers.”

“India poses exciting opportunities for toy manufacturing, but it remains a relatively high-risk country from a responsible sourcing perspective," said Carmel Giblin, CEO and president, ICTI CARE.

“Our goal is to create an event with a fresh, two-year format that will deliver best-in-class content and speakers that are relevant and inspiring to inventors and designers, marketing and PR professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives.”

New for 2016, retailers will get the chance to submit three testimonials from suppliers.

The free app allows users to save their favourite play ideas and share them with friends via social media, text or email.

Committed Brands PLUS for Toy SMEs provides instant access to ICTI CARE's searchable database of over 1,300 toy factories.

Titled Subcontracting in the Toy Industry: Hiden Risks and Fake Factories, the webinar will examine how ITI Care evaluates and monitors subcontracting in the industry.