BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$11.2B
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Toys & Games Retailer; Joint Venture of Vornado Realty Trust (33%); Bain Capital, LLC (33%); Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (33%)
Number of Employees 59,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores: 451120
Recent Events
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Two Nintendo DS games for $40 + $6 s
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RIGHT AT HOME: The nursery gets back to basics
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Social Networking Sells
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• Cyber Monday: Hope for disappointed stores
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TRU Introduces Gaming Hardware Trade-In Program
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Retailers entering toy price war for holiday shopping season
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Getting back to basics
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Wal-Mart begins annual holiday price war
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At 40, 'Sesame Street' is in a constant state of renewal
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Summer Infant profit jumps 22%
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Frugality is a given this holiday season
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Pop-up stores help fill mall space during economic slump
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Toys "R" Us + Hot Topic + Twilight
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Toys R Us adding FAO Schwarz boutiques to its stores
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Toys R Us opens FAO Schwarz boutiques
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Toys R Us to open FAO Schwarz boutiques
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Toys “R� Us to open 585 in-store FAO Schwarz boutiques
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The nursery gets back to basics
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Toys R Us opens Houston superstore
News & Analysis
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Celebrity endorsements. (Hot Spots).(most effective commercials and celebrities discussed)(Brief Article)
Major celebrities accounted for 11 of the top 20 most-effective commercials in 2002, if you include GEOFFREY THE TALKING GIRAFFE, the TOYS R US pitchman. Excluding Geoffrey--who was featured in three of the top four ads-celebrities who actually bre Major celebrities accounted for 11...
Ad Age/IAG's Top Spots; #1: Toys R Us.(News; ratings of current television ads)
Toys R Us ranks No. 1 as the most recalled ad for the weeks Oct. 14 through Oct. 27, with a spot from its "press conference" campaign. The Sprint PCS campaign continues to connect with TV viewers, with its latest ad featuring a monkey landi Toys...
Ad Age/IAG's Top Spots; #1: Toys R Us.(News)(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
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Holiday crunch time: Toys R Us ad touts price cuts; Retailer challenges rivals with risky tactic.(News)
Byline: ALICE Z. CUNEO Byline: ALICE Z. CUNEO
Toysrus.com's $25M ad budget - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Toysrus.com, getting in fighting shape for the holiday season, has awarded its $25 million advertising account to D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Los Angeles.
Milberg Weiss Files Class Action Suit Against Toys R Us Inc. Alleging Invasion of Privacy and False and Misleading Advertising
Business Editors
Toysrus.com Taps D'Arcy/Los Angeles as Advertising Agency
Business Editors/High-Tech & Retail Writers
Toys paving way.(e-commerce expected to gain popularity)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Competition is fierce in hot segment According to research firm Jupiter Communications, consumers were expected to spend a total of $6 billion on-line during the recent holiday season, a time of year when toy retailers do up to 50% of their ...
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