BNET Industries

Toys R Us Inc.

is in the Retail Industry

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

Contact Information

1 Geoffrey Way

Wayne, New Jersey 07470

www.toysrus.com

(973) 617-3500

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores: 451120

Company News

Recent Events

Hammes to take helm at Kirkland & Ellis

12/08/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Two Nintendo DS games for $40 + $6 s

12/01/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
RIGHT AT HOME: The nursery gets back to basics

12/02/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Social Networking Sells

11/25/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
• Cyber Monday: Hope for disappointed stores

11/29/09 - Site Opening - View Story
TRU Introduces Gaming Hardware Trade-In Program

11/20/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Retailers entering toy price war for holiday shopping season

11/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Getting back to basics

11/12/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Wal-Mart begins annual holiday price war

11/07/09 - Site Opening - View Story
At 40, 'Sesame Street' is in a constant state of renewal

11/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Summer Infant profit jumps 22%

11/04/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Frugality is a given this holiday season

11/04/09 - Planned Site Openings - View Story
Pop-up stores help fill mall space during economic slump

10/29/09 - Site Opening - View Story
Toys "R" Us + Hot Topic + Twilight

11/06/09 - Planned Site Openings - View Story
Toys R Us adding FAO Schwarz boutiques to its stores

11/07/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Toys R Us opens FAO Schwarz boutiques

10/30/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Toys R Us to open FAO Schwarz boutiques

10/27/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Toys â€œRâ€? Us to open 585 in-store FAO Schwarz boutiques

10/27/09 - Planned Site Openings - View Story
The nursery gets back to basics

11/02/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

nintendo gamecube and toys r us inc. - All News and Analysis

Jumping to console conclusions: Xbox, GameCube look like sure bets.(Nintendo of America to introduce GameCube; Microsoft Corp. to offer Xbox)(Brief Article)

- 2001-11-12

Rising unemployment and recession fears are not expected to impact holiday sales of either Nintendo of America's GameCube or Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox, according to major videogame retailers contacted one week before each system's launch. In fac Rising unemployment...

Tags: console, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo GameCube, retail company, Toys R Us Inc.
Gifted ideas. (Holiday Style).

- 2001-11-01

A WORLD OF WONDER KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES of 8 and 12 will still enjoy fantasy play, whether maneuvering the highly anticipated Nintendo GameCube, performing Half- Pipe tricks while "riding" the Play TV Snowboarder, practicing wizardr A WORLD...

Tags: Mattel Inc., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo GameCube, Toys R Us Inc.
GameCubes fly at ToysRUs.com.(Brief Article)

- 2001-10-15

Preorders of Nintendo's GameCube sold out on ToysRUs.com in four minutes last week, better than the 30 minutes it took the site to sell all its preorders for the Xbox in September, the e-tailer said. However, Play-Station 2 still holds the record-- Preorders of...

Tags: console, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Toys R Us Inc.