Retail Dive

JULY 15, 2021

Toys R Us went bankrupt years ago and hasn't really been replaced. Here's how others are designing experiences for a digitally enabled generation

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Retail Touch

AUGUST 23, 2021

The news of the Target-Disney expansion comes on the heels of Macy’s announcement that it will be bringing famed toy destination Toys ‘R Us back to life, in the form of shop-in-shops at 400 locations and online beginning in 2022.

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Kinder Surprise Natoons range will be available from September in 20g (99p) and 60g (£2.56) packs, featuring 16 different animal toys to collect. Each toy can be scanned to unlock a set of activities for children to complete on the.

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Retail Touch

JULY 29, 2021

Remember Toys ‘R’ Us? A toy shop that gave the world Barbie, Mr. Potato Head and other wonderful creations. The toy seller, which at its peak had more than 1,500 stores around the world, was part of the fabric of American childhood for more than half a century.

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Retail Touch

AUGUST 19, 2021

Toys ‘R’ Us will make its latest attempted return to brick-and-mortar with 400 store-in-store shops at Macy’s locations and online at macys.com/toysrus, slated to roll out in 2022. Even though Toys ‘R’ Us has been all but absent in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2018

Toys ‘R’ Us. Following the announcement, KB Toys returned from six feet under, announcing its plans to make a comeback in the wake of the demise of Toys ‘R’ Us. With Toys ‘R’ Us accounting for approximately 12% of U.S. toy sales in 2017 , according to NPD Group, there will definitely be a fight for its market share going ahead. Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief: As sad as it may be that Toys ‘R’ Us is gone, this was inevitable.

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Retail Touch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Target is partnering with famed toy retailer FAO Schwarz on an exclusive 70 -piece toy collection for the holiday season. With deals starting this month, shoppers will find toys starting at just $20. News Briefs Target fao schwarz holiday 2020 Toys for Tots

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Retail Dive

AUGUST 19, 2021

The department store retailer hopes to lure in millennial parents who shopped at the famed toy store as kids

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Salsify

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Selling toys online isn’t all fun and games. While the expansion and evolution of technology makes it easier than ever for companies to get ecommerce sites up and running, this same IT evolution means increased competition across an already crowded space. Trend Watch

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Salsify

JANUARY 6, 2020

For toy and baby brands, innovative strategies are the keys to success. While the closure of toy giant Toys "R" Us led to a decrease in sales in early 2019, things are looking up. Digital Commerce Trend Watch PXM Toys & Games Baby

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Retail Touch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Tru Kids has closed the two Toys ‘R’ Us outlets it opened in 2019, according to Bloomberg. The company will still operate its ecommerce site, which directs shoppers to Amazon to make purchases, and license the Toys ‘R’ Us brand to stores in non-U.S.

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Steve Dennis

JULY 26, 2019

As it turns out, reports of Toys ‘R’ Us’ death may have been greatly exaggerated. The iconic toy retailer—which filed for bankruptcy in 2017 after piling up more than $5 billion in debt—closed its more than 800 U.S. Yet last week, Toys ‘R’ Us’ new parent company (Tru Kids Brands) announced that two new stores—one in Houston, the other in Paramus, New Jersey—would open in time for the holidays.

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Salsify

MAY 7, 2020

Toy sales in the U.S. Digital Commerce Trend Watch Toys & Games COVID-19increased by 26% year-over-year in March, according to analytics firm NPD, with categories like jigsaw puzzles (up 228%), building sets (up 76%), and crafts (up 70%) driving some of the most significant spikes.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The absence of Toys ‘R’ Us headed into the holiday season has created a scramble in two ways: one, to grab a larger share of the toy market, and another for additional physical space. all have expanded their toy offerings ahead of the season, and old favorite FAO Schwarz is reopening its flagship New York City store in November. Toys ‘R’ Us stores tended to be in good retail locations — it was a crippling debt load, not bad real estate, that doomed the chain.

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RetailDive

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The collection includes 70 items, and the iconic toy brand will also offer 300 of the mass merchant's products at its New York flagship

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2018

If you’re still looking for proof that we’re living in one of the most transformational times in retail since the 2008 financial crisis, look no further than the recent demise of Toys “R” Us. Ripples have been felt throughout the retail industry since news of the company’s bankruptcy broke in mid-March after the toy giant struggled to refinance $400 million of its $5 billion debt. Toys 'R' Us Foko Retail Marc Gingras Gen Z big box store associates

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Wiser

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Toys ‘R’ Us was a traditional toy powerhouse in retail. Where would all of Toys ‘R’ Us’ shoppers go to buy toys? Find out what they said in a new report on holiday toy-buying in a post-Toys ‘R’ Us world. This report includes data such as: Whether shoppers prefer online or in-store toy-buying. Which retailers stand to gain Toys ‘R’ Us shoppers. Retail News Report Toys R Us Wiser data

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Ecommerce Platforms

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

If you're here reading this blog post, you probably want to know how to sell toys online. Either way, the toy niche can be incredibly lucrative. In fact, in 2019, the toy market was worth a whopping $90.7 How to Sell Toys Online: The Facts. Does the toy have a warranty?

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RetailDive

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The category, struggling since the death of Toys R Us, has gotten a boost this year as desperate parents try to keep their kids entertained

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Salsify

JANUARY 8, 2020

Enter Toys “R” Us. The toy retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2017 after decades as a successful retail chain — beloved by children and Wall Street alike. Digital Commerce Syndication Toys & Games Baby

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Profitero

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Toys are big business in the run-up to the holidays, second only to Clothing and Accessories when it comes to planned expenditure: Deloitte’s annual holiday survey shows that toys will account for 18 percent of shoppers’ total holiday allocation this year. But while everyone’s talking about Fingerlings and Cozmo robots, our analysis reveals that more than half (58%) of the Top 100 best-selling Toys & Games on Amazon.com are actually priced below $20.

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TalkingRetail

MARCH 24, 2021

Waitrose is to step up its efforts to reduce single-use plastic by no longer selling children’s magazines containing disposable toys. Many children’s magazines contain free plastic toys which have a very short lifespan and cannot be easily recycled.

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Retail Touch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Walmart is pivoting its toy promotion strategy for an e-Commerce-heavy holiday with the launch of its Walmart Wonder Lab , a site that lets kids unbox and play with toys digitally. The tool will let kids try out the season’s most popular toys without needing to leave their homes.

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Salsify

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Keeping up with continually shifting retailer requirements is a daunting task, which only seems to amplify when you factor in the industry trends and evolving consumer demands for toy and baby brand manufacturers.

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BigCommerce

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The iconic Mr. Potato Head toy was first manufactured in 1952. The toy’s popularity resulted in further members of the Potato Head family being introduced, as well as the character’s appearance in films such as the Toy Story franchise, Burger King advertisements and on children’s television shows. These two simple ideas have been applied ever since, and still inform the format of many televised children’s toy advertisements today. Photo: Pixar. Wikia.

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Salsify

APRIL 10, 2019

The demise of Toys R Us in mid-2018 presented a major opportunity for other retailers to capture a portion of the defunct chain’s $11.5 billion in annual toy sales. For toy brands, it also meant that other large national retailers, including Amazon and Walmart, would become even more important sales channels in order to recoup lost Toys R Us revenue. Toy consumers have quickly shifted a lot of their spending to these already well-known retailers.

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Retail Dive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The two retail names are betting on each other in a shop-in-shop rollout, but branding alone won't make their partnership work

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RetailDive

MARCH 15, 2021

WHP Global is taking over management of the famous toy retail brand with an eye on global growth, not long after Tru Kids closed its only two U.S. stores

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Steve Dennis

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it turns out, reports of Toys ‘R’ Us’ death may have been greatly exaggerated. The iconic toy retailer—which filed for bankruptcy in 2017 after piling up more than $5 billion in debt—closed its more than 800 U.S.

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RetailDive

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The collection includes 70 items, and the iconic toy brand will also offer 300 of the mass merchant's products at its New York flagship

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Salsify

APRIL 24, 2018

The March 2018 announcement closing of 800 Toys R Us stores around the country left many dismayed for a variety of reasons: nostalgia for childhood, confusion about how this could’ve happened to such a prominent retailer, and where does one shop for toys now? Most critically, how does this impact the sale of toys and baby items from now on?

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RetailDive

AUGUST 21, 2020

The e-commerce giant has apparently taken over a role that Target stepped into during the holiday period last year

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Sailthru

JANUARY 17, 2020

After shuttering hundreds of stores and filing for bankruptcy , Toys R Us rose from the ashes with a few experiential stores that opened in time for the holiday season. TruKids CEO Richard Barry is the former chief merchandising officer at Toys R Us.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Poorly executed promotional displays, combined with under-staffed retailers and low stock levels, meant that toy brands like Hasbro, Disney, and Mattel missed millions in sales over the holiday weekend. Research reported by Bloomberg noted toy aisle traffic was in line with expectations , with those expectations a direct result of the summer shuttering of Toys ‘R’ Us stores nationwide. Merchandising Black Friday store operations Toys

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Retail Wire

MAY 10, 2021

Mattel has launched a toy takeback program designed to turn materials from Old Barbie, Matchbox and Mega brand products into new items. The toy maker plans to eventually add more old toys to the list of products it will accept back from consumers in an effort to reduce the amount that winds up in landfills

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Salsify

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Case Study Salsify Chat Sports Toys & Games

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

McDonald’s announced that it would significantly reduce the amount of plastic used in making its Happy Meal toys by 2025. The company is looking to make changes such as switching from plastic wrapping to plant-based and certifed fiber packaging. “Our entire supply chain has to change with this,” said Amy Murray, McDonald’s vice president of global marketing enablement. “It It has been a massive undertaking, and we’re really just changing the way we do our Happy Meals.”.

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