Black Friday is the traditional time for retailers to offer sales. This day after Thanksgiving shopping spree is a chance for retailers to finally make enough money to break even for the year and start seeing a profit (retail is a hard business, despite the rumors that we are all making a killing!). This year, [...]

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Bottom Feeders: The recession has created a boom in the cloth-diaper business-even for used diapers. by J. Lester Feder (The Big Money)

What a fabulous article by J. Feder!  Bottom Feeders sheds a very realistic light on the cloth diapering community and the culture behind it.  Feder writes “cloth diapering has long been a counterculture lifestyle [...]

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Cloth Diapering Boutique to Giveaway Almost $1,000 in Prizes Including a Nintendo Wii Console and Wii Fit Game 
WATERFORD, Maine, April 1, 2009 – Kelly’s Closet, Inc., an online cloth diapering boutique based in Maine, today announces that it’s officially celebrating its 8th anniversary in style! 
To celebrate, Kelly’s Closet’s owner is giving away nearly $1,000 in [...]

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This just released as News from CPSC 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 30, 2009
Release #09-115
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously (2-0) to issue a one year stay of enforcement for certain testing and certification requirements for manufacturers and importers of regulated products, including products intended for children 12 years old and younger. These [...]

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Today I was checking the Cloth Diaper News StatCounter to see how traffic is doing and where you all are coming from.  One of the “recent came from” sites led me to SpringWidgets and a new widget for Cloth Diaper News!!  This was very exciting.  Thank you to “smidge” for creating it.  Widgets provide a [...]

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As a large marketplace for handmade artisans, HyenaCart sent out an email statement to HyenaCart sellers addressing the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).  HyenaCart has nearly 40,000 registered shoppers all interested in buying handmade items.  The CPSIA may largely impact their marketplace and their email works to calm some of the excitement around this issue.  Here is their statement:
“By now, many of [...]

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The Boston Globe recently reported on Salina Gonzales Fraiser and her Somerville retail store, Diaper Lab.  The article dubs Salina “The Diaper Genie” and details her family’s journey from wanting to reduce their carbon footprint and diapering costs to advocating for cloth diapers and opening her own store.  The article quotes her,
 ”There’s all this great stuff out there but no [...]

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I have to admit, I get a special thrill when I see cloth diapers in mainstream media.  The more people see and hear about cloth diapers, the more likely parents will think about the alternative choices they have when diapering their babies. 
Bumkins All-in-one diapers are mentioned on page 28 in the Dec / Jan 2009 [...]

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LAFAYETTE, La., November 24, 2008 – FuzziBunz cloth diapers today announces that it has been awarded the prestigious Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Media Inc’s Seal of Approval for excellence in parenting products.  FuzziBunz were the only cloth diaper awarded this year’s Seal.
Being honored with an award from PTPA Media Inc. is a great achievement [...]

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In response to our article on The Palmer Family, Cloth Diaper News is coordinating auctions to benefit The Palmer’s and their move to Uganda.  Please read and pass along the press release below:
Tulsa, OK (November 20, 2008) – In 2005, Michelle and Adam Palmer were moved to adopt a little boy, Francis, from Uganda.  After [...]

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