He is drafting a similar army at Newell to swarm all over Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe's and Toys "R" Us.
Children's toys can also serve as home to dust mites, so if they're not machine-washable, put them in bags in the freezer for five hours at a time to kill the invisible bugs.
It is more than three times larger, when measured in sales, than the next-largest retailer, Carrefour. (Carrefour has more stores.) Wal-Mart is the largest, or among the top three largest, sellers of many categories of goods, including groceries, family clothing, toys, personal care products, home electronics, magazines and others.
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Yet retailers stand to benefit from one fallout of the Great Recession this holiday: Adult children have been returning home to shack up with their parents, which is expected to boost sales of home products, outshining everything from consumer electronics to toys, clothing and jewelry, according to an IBM study.
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Daniel Watson said he was at home with his children when his wife called from the Toys "R" Us store, where she and her mother were shopping.
"Toys, broken presents and unused electronics in the home were witness to this drive to acquire new possessions, " say the researchers.
"We have been frugal people, and we have tried to save as much as we can, and that is one of the reasons why I have been able to stay home with Max, " said Chris, who builds wooden toys for his son.
Amid other mementos in his home are his children's books, pens, pencils and toys.
His wife was at home Thursday, packing up their belongings, including important documents, family photos, clothes and toys, he said from work.
All three homes were demolished: Christmas ornaments, children's toys, clothing, household items and just about everything else that makes up a home were strewn about.
People who took out home-equity loans before the crash and put the cash into conservative savings vehicles instead of toys in effect hedged themselves against disaster.
People are also trying to get rid of dangerous microbes at home, especially when it comes to food packaging, plastic furniture and their children's bath toys.
Neither have the handmade wooden toys, glass ornaments or marzipan bars on which we spent a small fortune for family members back home.
The idea of actually having a tea party, at least at home, has long been relegated to the world of little girls, as a social occasion with dolls, stuffed toys and perhaps a semicooperative pet or two.
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