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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

• Target's departure from Amazon creates IT risk; Opportunity for GSI Commerce?

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  Target plans to leave Amazon's e-commerce platform to build its own site ahead of the 2011 holiday season. The transition is going to be one of the more visible IT projects in the next two years. Amazon will take a bit of a profit hit from the Target move. Target...

  Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Target.com, GSI Commerce Inc.

• Toys'R'Us Identifies Four Key Trends That Will Define Summer Play

  - 2008-05-12

  Backyard Bands, Nature First, Get Your Move On, and Techno-cation Will Influence How Kids Stay Active and Engaged this Summer

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• Your Money: wwwebwatch

  - 2008-05-04

  www.savebuckets.com COMPARE prices in hundreds of High Street shops, including Asda, John Lewis, PC World and Toys R Us.

  Tags: PC World, Toys R Us Inc.

• ToysRUs to Begin Ridding Shelves of Toys Containing Toxic PVC Plastic

  - 2008-02-15

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS To: NATIONAL EDITORS

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• Schools, Parents and Kids Favorite Nap-Time Product - Rollee Pollee is Now Available at Toys R Us

  - 2007-12-11

  LOS ANGELES -- Just in time for Christmas, the Rollee Pollee[R] is available at Toys R Us Stores.

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• Advocates Flag KKR Role in Lead Toy Controversy; Call on MN SBI to Push KKR to 'Get the Lead Out' of Toys Sold in Minnesota

  - 2007-12-03

  To: RETAILING EDITORSContact: Renee Asher of SEIU, +1-202-255-4251 ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SEIU, along with MN community organizations will attend the Minnesota State Board of Investment Meeting on December 5th to urge the SBI to press its partner, KKR, to make toys safe in Minnesota. The SBI...

  Tags: Dollar General Corp., Toys R Us Inc.

• HHS Secretary to Visit Toys'R'Us to Discuss Import Safety, Preview Trip to China

  - 2007-11-24

  To: RETAILING EDITORSTo: RETAILING EDITORS

  Tags: Toys R Us Inc., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Fortune 500 Executive Elected to AMA Board of Trustees

  - 2007-11-13

  To: STATE EDITORSContact: Melissa Smith of AMA Media Relations, +1-312-464-4443 Christopher Kay to become the only non-physician member of the AMA boardHONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Christopher Kay, former chief operating officer of Toys R Us, Inc., has been newly elected to the American Medical Association AMA Board of...

  Tags: American Medical Association, board, Toys R Us Inc.

• CKI Recalls Children's Decorating Sets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard; Sold Exclusively at Toys 'R' Us

  - 2007-10-04

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (To access color photos...

  Tags: INTERNET, Toys R Us Inc., U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission