ACCESSORY TESTING MANUAL

2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

￭ Introduction

￭ Policy Statement

￭ COC document and instructions

￭ Document and Lab Test protocol

￭ Testing Team Contact Information

INTRODUCTION

This Testing Manual provides the administrative procedures and testing requirements for

Accessory product. Destination Maternity Corp. is committed to delivering qualitymerchandise to its customer. These guidelines are based on the mandate that all accessory merchandise purchased by DestinationMaternity Corp. must have applicable proof of care provided and must meet all

applicablelaws and regulatory requirements, in addition to ensuring compliance with

DestinationMaternity Corp. customer satisfaction and acceptability.

Regulatory, Performance and Consumer standards are used as a guideline for the

evaluation of it’s accessory product acceptability. Test methods and test procedures are

originated from:

￭ CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission)￭ CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act)￭ FTC (Federal Trade Commission)￭ California Proposition 65￭ ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials)￭ AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists)

POLICY STATEMENT

In order for an Accessory product to qualify for purchase; the following requirements must be met up front:

-Bulk production quality product sample is provided to DMC Merchant-COC document and corresponding lab test reports are e-mailed to Merchant with Testing

Director oncopy.

NOTE:

• If a vendor does not have testing available the style will be placed on HOLD until such a time as COCdocument and lab tests can be provided for formal review.

• Any exceptions must be agreed to in advance with Destination Maternity Corp. For approval contact the Testing Director prior to submitting COC document for approval. mkowalski@destinationmaternity.com

The COC document and lab testing or any subsequent result does not limit Destination Maternity

Corporations rights or diminish or remove buying representative or vendor’s responsibilities andobligations under the Purchase Order Terms and Conditions.

Document and Testing Protocol

All accessory product purchased by Destination Maternity Corp. must be tested for applicable FTC, CPSIA, Cal Prop 65, Care labeling regulations. Vendors must be knowledgeable in regards to their

productand must be able to provide current year lab testing documents as well as fill out a Certificate of

Conformityproving their product is passing for all requirements and that the proper documents and contact

persons areavailable in the event a problem occurs with a particular product. All vendors who meet the above

protocol should follow belowsteps when submitting information to DMC:

Log onto the Mothers Work Web wwot.DestinationMaternity.com and do the following:

• Click here to view the Destination Maternity Corp. Testing Program Requirements. • Click: ACCESSORY TESTING MANUAL & COC DOCUMENTS• Click: Certificate Instructions and read all directions within this form• Click: COC Document and save it to your desktop for repeated use. Fill out the form in it’s entirety for each

style being purchased• Make sure to Check all the boxes that apply to your product on the top portion of the form. **Not all boxes

apply to all products – only choose the one (s) that apply.• Make sure to list out all lab tests run on your product on the bottom portion of the form• Make sure all information is correct and accurate.• E-mail the COC document, lab test reports directly to the Merchant and CC testing Director:

mkowalski@destinationmaternity.com• Once document and lab tests are received Merchant will pass product sample to Testing Director for

review and approval.

Failure to comply to the above procedure will result in product HOLD.

TESTING TEAM CONTACT INFORMATION

Director Testing: Mari Alessi-Kowalskie-mail: mkowalski@DestinationMaternity.comPhone 215-873-2200 ext. 2838

Testing Associate: Endia Johnson: e-mail: ejohnson@DestinationMaternity.com Phone 215-873-2200 ext. 2839

For all other issues / questions related to Accessory Testing please contact your merchant directly via:∙E-Mail▪Phone @Destination Maternity Corp. Main Number (215)-

873-2200 + extension