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Doc McStuffins and a father’s quest for this holiday’s hottest toy
This story starts about a month and a half ago. That’s when my wife handed my daughter Caroline the Toys R Us catalog and asked her what she wanted for Hanukkah. There were circles around a mermaid...
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Toys ‘R’ Us ready to do battle in the holiday toy wars
Toys "R" Us is honing in on the holiday season with a plan to change the look of its stores and revamp a loyalty program with more generous offers to entice the retailer’s most active shoppers. On...
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Toys ‘R’ Us pulls meth-wielding ‘Breaking Bad’ dolls after complaints
Toys “R” Us has pulled the “Breaking Bad” doll collection from the toy retailer’s shelves, a move that comes after a Florida mother petitioned to stop sales of the adult-themed line in a store mostly...
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Toys ‘R’ Us to open at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving
Toys “R” Us will open its stores at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving this year, the same time as last year and a sign the toy retailer is showing some restraint when it comes to the so-called “Black Friday...
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Toys ‘R’ Us says early Black Friday demand is strong
Toys “R” Us said it is seeing strong early demand for the Black Friday weekend, with more than 2,000 shoppers lined up outside the toy retailer’s flagship Times Square store on Thanksgiving and...
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Ten banks fined $43.5 million over Toys ‘R’ Us IPO conflicts
Ten banks have agreed to pay $43.5 million to settle allegations that they allowed their equity research analysts to solicit investment banking business and offer favorable research coverage to Toys...
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Hudson’s Bay names former Toys ‘R’ Us chief to CEO role
Hudson’s Bay, the owner of the Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue department stores, has named Jerry Storch, the former top executive at Toys ‘R’ Us, to serve as its new chief executive. The...
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Why Disney’s ‘Frozen’ is the hottest toy of the year
More than a year after its release, the hysteria around Frozen is showing no sign of thawing. The royal sisters Elsa and Anna have pulled in an impressive $1.3 billion at the box office, and the hit...
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Toys ‘R’ Us may move out of Times Square
Updated 10:25AM: Added a statement from Toys ‘R’ Us spokesperson. A report in The Commercial Observer, part of the New York Observer network, says that Toys ‘R’ Us’ 110,000-square-foot location in the...
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Toys ‘R’ Us says it will stay in Times Square — for the right price
Toys “R” Us says it will “gladly” remain a Times Square tenant if negotiations with the toy retailer’s landlord result in a rent that the company deems reasonable. The toy retailer has called its...
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Toys ‘R’ Us names pizza executive as new CEO
Toys ‘R’ Us has named a former Domino’s Pizza executive with no toy retailing experience to steer the company as it continues to confront tough online competition in a slow-growing business. David...
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Gap taking over Toys ‘R’ Us’ Times Square flagship store
Toys “R” Us is set to abandon its flagship megastore in the heart of New York City’s Times Square, as Gap GPS has signed the lease for the gigantic 110,000-square-foot space, the companies confirmed...
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Toys ‘R’ Us leans on itself for the next big toy hit
Big blockbuster movies are expected to do big business in the toy aisle this year. But the U.S.’s largest toy retailer - Toys ‘R’ Us - doesn’t plan to fully rely on toys tied to hit film properties to...
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Force Friday: A Star Wars bonanza for toy makers, retailers
When the original Star Wars hit theaters in 1977, unprecedented demand for action figures tied to the blockbuster movie caught toy maker Kenner Products off guard, and it was forced to sell IOUs to the...
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Toys ‘R’ Us is hiring fewer holiday workers this year
Toys ‘R’ Us plans to hire 5,000 fewer seasonal workers for the upcoming holiday season, though the toy retailer says the employees it will hire will work more hours on a weekly basis. Overall, Toys ‘R’...
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Here’s how many workers Walmart is hiring this holiday
It’s still technically summer, but retailers are already laying the groundwork for the all-important holiday season. Walmart on Thursday released its plans for hiring seasonal workers, saying it...
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The important lesson the toy industry has learned
The $22 billion toy industry is making strides towards gender neutrality as more and more retailers discard “boys'” and “girls'” labels, the New York Times reports. Marshal Cohen, a chief industry...
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The Kid With the Coolest Job in Canada is Retiring
Toys R Us Canada’s Chief Play Officer, Alex Thorne, is stepping down. This week, Thorne performed the last toy test of his three-year career, though he will officially retire in December, according to...
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Toy Retailers Want to Prolong Black Friday Excitement
The holiday season has become a confusing time for shoppers. Cyber Monday deals can last an entire week. Doorbusters that were traditionally planned for Black Friday debut in early November. While...
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Fortune Live Nov. 27th 2015: Black Friday Episode
Join us this afternoon for Fortune Live, our weekly business show hosted by assistant managing editor Leigh Gallagher. To celebrate Black Friday, we’ve decided to re-air last week’s ‘All Things Retail’...
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