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• Toys"R"Us Joins Walmart, Kmart in Holiday Exclusives After Thwarting Macy's

  BNET - 2009-10-02

  Getting its own exclusive kids deal going for the holidays, Toys“R”Us is partnering with LEGO Systems in establishing "Bricktober," a month-long event at the retailer's stores across the United States and online, saluting the bricks that kids still use to build skyscrapers, planes, trains and even intergalactic warships. ...

  Tags: Macy's Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., K Mart, Retail Company, LEGO Co., Toys R Us Inc., R, Retail, Mike Duff

• ON THEY MONEY.

  - 2005-04-01

  Byline: Thomas J. Ryan DISNEY PUTS NEW STRATEGY INTO PLAY Disney Stores opened its first outlet store in late March, a sign of a new strategy. Since acquiring Disney's U.S. stores late last year, Children's Place ...

  Tags: Disney Corp., FINANCE, Investment, merger, Retail, Saks Fifth Avenue, strategy, Toys R Us Inc.

• Product safety warning for pool toys.

  - 2002-12-19

  M2 PRESSWIRE-19 December 2002-ACCC: Product safety warning for pool toysC1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12192002 Families have been warned to carefully check pool toys known as noodles for indelible safety warnings after an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission survey has led to...

  Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, MARKETING, professor, Retail, survey, Toys R Us Inc.

• The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Retail Column.

  - 2002-07-15

  By Leigh Dyer, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 15--TOYS R US CHANGES INCLUDE UPDATE, CLOSING, OPENING: Big changes are in store for Toys R Us in the Charlotte region. The toy store on Independence Boulevard just past...

  Tags: Lowe, Retail, salon, Toys R Us Inc.

• Brick-and-Mortars Post Big Holiday Online Gains

  - 2000-12-11

  Call it revenge of the brick and-mortar retailers. Though the busiest week of the holiday shopping season is still ahead, early results find traditional retailers eclipsing many pure plays in securing site traffic. An insignificant Web threat last holiday season, the brick-and-mortars have posted a 67 percent gain in...

  Tags: Branding, comScore Media Metrix, INTERNET, MARKETING, NetRatings Inc., Retail, Toys R Us Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• FEATURE/TOY WISHES: The Ultimate Toy Buying Guide Unveils Exclusive ``Not to be Found Anywhere Else'' Pokemon Trading Cards

  - 1999-09-23

  NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES--Sept. 23, 1999-- Magazine Available Exclusively at toysrus.com on Sept. 28 Hits Newsstands on Oct. 5 To make every Pokemon card collector's holiday a little bit brighter, the editors at TOY WISHES, the first-ever consumer magazine about toys, toys and more toys, have created...

  Tags: Business Wire, newsstand, Retail, Silver, Toys R Us Inc.

• Business World

  - 1999-04-29

  Cutting ties in Texas CORPUS CHRISTI NYT -- Ties remain "illegal" on South Padre Island at the tropical tip of Texas, and now socks have been added to the list of "outlawed" clothing. Since June 1997, when offensive neckwear was banned, Island police have issued polite warnings to...

  Tags: Airbus S.A.S., Associated Press, Boeing Co., Denver, Disney Corp., Manufacturing, MARKETING, network, NETWORKING, NYT, Retail, SALES, Texas, Toys R Us Inc.