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Companies

Amazon takes a page from Toys ‘R’ Us with a holiday catalogue

In a drive to win the business up for grabs after the demise of Toys R Us, Amazon is going conventional with plans to publish a holiday toy catalogue

2 min read4 Jul 2018
Industry

World’s biggest toymakers aren’t having much fun

Big toymakers don't have much skin in the fast-growing mobile-games sector, which already commands 20% of the $187 billion global toys and games market

5 min read29 Mar 2018
Companies

Toys ‘R’ Us goes out of business, 30,000 jobs at stake

Toys 'R' Us will shutter or sell its stores in the United States after failing to find a buyer or reach a deal to restructure billions in debt, putting at risk about 30,000 jobs

3 min read15 Mar 2018
Industry

Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy hangs over toymakers as holidays approach

Mattel's sales plummeted 22% in North America, and the company said half of that drop came from fewer shipments to the toy chain and delays on payments

1 min read28 Oct 2017
Industry

Toys ‘R’ us creditors saw a game of chicken turn into dominoes

After sustaining a crushing load of debt for more than a decade following its 2005 buyout, Toys 'R' Us succumbed to what it called a 'dangerous game of dominoes'

3 min read20 Sep 2017
Companies

Toys ‘R’ Us stokes nostalgia by breaking into song in bankruptcy filing

Toys 'R' Us Inc.'s bankruptcy filing included its iconic jingle from the 1980s, signalling the company isn't going anywhere

1 min read19 Sep 2017
Industry

Toys ‘R’ Us seeks bankruptcy, crushed by online competition

Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy as the retailer, loaded with debt in a buyout more than a decade ago, fails to keep consumers from going to online competitors

3 min read19 Sep 2017
Companies

Toy shop Hamleys to increase India store count to 32 in 6 months

Hamleys CEO Gudjon Reynisson says India is a very successful and important market for Hamleys toys retail sales that is rapidly growing

2 min read13 Oct 2016

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