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- BUSINESS, Page 64Business NotesTOYSA Slap On the Wrist
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- It looks like a 9-in. cloth-covered ruler, but a quick
- downward flick will send it curling around your wrist. And
- before you can say Slap Wrap, you are wearing the newest preteen
- craze. The bracelet's manufacturer, Connecticut-based Main
- Street Toy, sells nearly 500,000 a week (retail price: $2 to
- $2.50).
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- Consumer officials in Connecticut urged retailers to recall
- a cheap knock-off of the toy last month after the imitation's
- sharp edges cut a four-year-old girl. The real Slap Wrap, which
- carries its name on the bracelet, was excluded from the warning.
- This snappy fad is making some kids downright slaphappy.
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