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Tom Pelletier, owner of the Flooring America Store in Woodbury, Connecticut, has announced that Kitchen Elegance, formerly of Middlebury, has moved into the Flooring America showroom on Route 6 in the Sherman Village shopping center.

Instant access to Reliability Reports now available through smart phones and WiFi

Whether on paper or plastic – read fine print

The HTA urges parents and grandparents to give handmade gifts to the children in their lives this holiday season. This year more than any other, small batch makers of toys, clothes, and accessories need their customers' support.

Layaways making a comeback, helping consumers buy and retailers sell

Dr. Scott Boden, a board certified hair transplant surgeon with the Hair Restoration Center of Connecticut, recently donated his services to restore the eyebrow of a young cancer survivor.

Simple tips and home inventory documentation helps prevent property loss

Cooperate, but be on the lookout for census worker imposters

“Scareware” computer attacks may even come from legitimate Web sites

After a full year of efforts trying to save their small businesses from the mandates of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), the Handmade Toy Alliance (HTA) met two important milestones yesterday.

Sunporch Structures of Westport is the recipient of Connecticut BBB’s most prestigious award, the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, presented at BBB’s 81st annual meeting and awards banquet, Thursday evening, October 29, 2009.

The Handmade Toy Alliance (HTA), along with thirty nine other trade associations, is calling on Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas to hold an open hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee on the unintended consequences of the CPSIA.

“Free trial” offers wiping the smiles off angry consumer’s faces

Learn why this is the best year ever to build a new home at an informative workshop this November 4th at 7pm in Newington CT.

Biggest red flag simple to spot: We hear about consumers and businesses losing money on a regular basis by wiring money in a variety of schemes, however the encouraging news is that it is relatively simple to protect yourself.”

A growing number of customers defrauding businesses to get items for free

Defaulting on car loan payments can have serious repercussions beyond loss of mobility

Most Americans have no documents spelling out their wishes in the event of their death

The Hair Restoration and Aesthetic Medicine Center of Connecticut is seeing an increase in hair restoration procedures and recent survey results show that treatments for hair loss are up 26 percent worldwide.

Some hide user fees and cheat on minutes used

Take advantage of deep 50% option discounts on new construction homes. Simply Additions announces that they have a huge Fall promo for CT home buyers, which ends soon. Connecticut home buyers can expect to save tens of thousands!

Most homes have hundreds of square footage waiting to be salvaged into useable space by savvy homeowners. Today these homeowners can get project costs and ideas online; huge timesaver.

Most home buyers don’t think to look for builders capable of building energy star certified homes, because it’s just too easy to go on the internet and browse stockpiles of already built houses online.

iJango promises easy money – but methods raise red flag

Con artists looking for a fast buck are taking advantage of unemployed job seekers

Rental properties listed in online classified ads being used to cheat people looking to rent

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HTA Board members Jill Chuckas (CT) and Kate Glynn (MA), attended a hearing in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection on Thursday addressing issues regarding the CPSIA.

Connecticut Better Business Bureau offers advice to prevent and repair ID theft problems

While long awaiting a hearing in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Products, HTA members are frustrated that no one representing the unintended consequences of the CPSIA on small businesses has been invited to testify.

Beware of promises of quick and easy "credentials"

The CPSC continues to issue guidance on several areas of theCPSIA, which requires all children's products to be tested by 3rd party labs. Except for toys made by Mattel, who recalled 12.7 million toys for safety hazards or lead paint since 2007.

Consumers unwittingly lose thousands of dollars through three common cons

Within the last few months, Mr. Dimon and the Chase executives have decided to recoup their BAD investment losses by sucking the life's blood out of Chase credit card holders.

Scammers’ actions point to mass data breach including Social Security and bank account numbers

Job hunters cautioned about getting burned by offers to make “quick and easy” money

Tax breaks available for energy-saving renovations

Dishonest operators use fear, high pressure tactics and lowball estimates to cheat consumers

The CPSC issued guidance today on the tracking label requirements of the CPSIA. This statement of policy and enforcement comes just 3 weeks before manufacturers will be required to begin marking their products with batch tracking labels.

Beware of fly-by-night driveway paving companies and unlicensed contractors

Door-to-door salespeople are peddling problems involving expensive alarm systems and monitoring services

Snippets of Sensitive Information Can Be Used Create Profile for Identity Thieves

Tail of the Lion, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of a new website, Discount-CabinetHardware.com, enabling virtually any homeowner to renovate with success - for less.

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Ads on craigslist.com offer phony BBB “buyers protection”

The HTA calls for a quick confirmation of Inex Tenenbaum to the Chair of the CPSC. Her repeated calls for common sense implementation and cooperation were met with considerable optimism by HTA membership.