Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Toys R Us is following in the footsteps of the biggest toy manufacturers and creating entertainment content to grow its brand.

What Happened To Toys ‘R’ Us? Founded in Washington, D.C. in 1948, Toys “R” Us began as a children’s furniture store under the name Children’s Bargain Town until shifting its focus ...

WHSmith is bringing vinyl back into 80 of its high street stores across the UK following “growing customer demand” for the product.

Toys R Us could be forced to go into administration later this week at a time when the UK toy industry is booming, according to an expert. But what has gone wrong and what is behind its fall from ...

Seven years after Toys "R" Us declared bankruptcy, a deal to put a substantial amount of housing on the site of the company’s former New Jersey headquarters is finally moving forward.

NORRIDGE, Ill. – It’s the return of a former retail giant. The line for the Norridge Toys ‘R’ Us started forming at 4:45 a.m. Saturday. Moms and dads were feeling nostalgic. “For me it does.

The licensing and brand management firm that controls the Toys R Us brand is bringing back another member of the R Us family. It plans to open a Babies R Us flagship store at American Dream mall ...

If you don't want to grow up, if you're a Toys 'R' Us kid, there are again a million toys you can play with in greater Chicagoland. Geoffrey the Giraffe is back. Toys 'R' Us opened its first ...

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“We’re trained to use toys as tools—that’s what separates us from a typical playgroup,” she explained. “We break child development down into many steps, small pieces of big milestones.

Many toys were different in the past. Let’s look at what they were like 100 years ago. This may be when your great-great-grandparents were alive. Image caption, A bedroom with toys from 100 ...