Quality Assurance Facts

  • QA tested over 300 sets of pots/pans in 2005 (~6 per week).
  • QA drop tested over 190 dinnerware items in 2005.
  • QA takes a walk on ~40 treadmills every year.
  • QA played with over 100 toys in 2005, including 25 remote controlled cars, planes, boats, and hovercrafts.
  • QA fit 583 sheet and comforter sets in 2005.
  • QA put its best paw forward when testing 151 pet items, including the fitting of pet clothes and bathing/brushing on our own QA Pets.
  • QA "cleaned up" when testing 80 vacuums in 2005.
  • QA put on its holiday spirit when testing 199 Holiday items including Christmas trees, lights and decorations.
  • QA measured up in 2005, measuring 5,045 garments
  • QA performed on-site product quality inspections in vendor factories and warehouses for 3,348 PO's
  • QA keeps it clean by washing 2,232 garments, using nearly 200 pounds of detergent in 2005
  • QA sent out 547 garments to a local drycleaner in 2005
  • QA sent 192 leather and suede garments to a professional leather cleaner in 2005
  • Jewelry QA evaluated over 8000 different jewelry items in 2005
  • QA tried on over 2300 different styles of rings
  • QA looked at 470 different pieces of diamond jewelry
  • QA evaluated over 1600 gold necklaces and bracelets, which represents over 15 pounds of gold.
  • 2 professional QA fit models tried on over 5,200 garments in 2005, equating to 2,600 per model
  • QA rejected approximately 320 items in 2005
  • QA required vendors to rework and resubmit approximately 16,000 items via corrective action reports