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Toys R Us is making another comeback — this time in Macy's stores

1:25pm July 19, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Macy's is making room for Toys R Us shops within its own stores ahead of the holiday season. After struggling financially, the longtime toy chain shuttered its stores in 2018.

Prompted by layoffs of thousands of Toys R Us employees, New Jersey's governor this week signed into law measures providing extra protections for workers.

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New Jersey Mandates Severance Pay For Workers Facing Mass Layoffs

8:26pm January 22, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"Workers' performance and workers' dedication to the company were secondary. Now, they'll be moved more to the forefront," state Sen. Joe Cryan, a co-sponsor of the bill, said.

The retailer is rebranding itself with smaller stores and a focus on events and activities.

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Toys"R"Us Is Coming Back But With A Different Approach

9:57pm July 18, 2019

by Dani Matias

More than a year after filing for bankruptcy, the chain is relaunching in Texas and New Jersey. Its new stores will feature spaces for toy demonstrations and events.

MGA Entertainment CEO Isaac Larian has launched a campaign to try to save Toys R Us through a GoFundMe campaign.

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Maker Of Bratz And Little Tikes Seeks To Save Toys R Us

5:05am April 10, 2018

by Heidi Glenn

Toy mogul Isaac Larian, head of MGA Entertainment, has launched a $1 billion GoFundMe campaign to save the bankrupt toy chain. "I will make Toys R Us a fun place again," he tells NPR.

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Numerous locations of Toys R Us, including this one in London, are offering going-out-of-business sales.

Game Over For Toys R Us: Chain Going Out Of Business

7:09pm March 14, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

Toys R Us plans to close or sell all U.S. stores. The chain has struggled through a bankruptcy process, facing heavy debt inherited from a 2005 buyout and intense competition from Walmart and Amazon.

A bankruptcy court judge approved a plan for Toys R Us to pay its top executives millions in bonuses, even as the company struggles to stay afloat.

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Struggling Toys R Us Plans To Pay Executives Millions In Bonuses

3:53pm December 07, 2017

by Amy Held

The nation's largest toy retailer filed for bankruptcy in September but said it wants to motivate its top brass to turn around sales in the critical holiday shopping season.

The Toys R Us Times Square Holiday Shop held its grand opening last month in New York City. The largest U.S. toy store chain filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday, but most stores are operating as usual.

Ahead Of The Holiday Season, Toys R Us Files For Bankruptcy Protection

11:32am September 19, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The largest U.S. toy chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Monday. Toys R Us plans to use $3 billion in bankruptcy financing to buy merchandise from vendors and fund operations.

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Toy Fair Shows Off What's New As Toys R Us Cuts 250 Corporate Jobs

9:13am February 21, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

A day before the International Toy Fair opened in New York, Toys R Us announced it was laying off between 10 and 15 percent of its corporate employees.

A Lego figure in a wheelchair was introduced at the 67th International Toy Fair in January 2016. He comes in the "City" set, a community of figures shown playing and working in an urban park setting.

Dolls With Disabilities Escape The Toy Hospital, Go Mainstream

11:08am December 18, 2016

by Neda Ulaby

Longtime toymakers are broadening their horizons — offering dolls and other figures with hearing aids, wheelchairs and insulin pumps in city scenes, not just hospitals. That's a start, activists say.

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UPDATED: After Controversy, Toys R Us Pulls 'Breaking Bad' Action Figures

7:45pm October 21, 2014

by Sam Sanders

One Florida mom started a petition calling on the retailer to stop selling action figures based on drug dealers in its stores. Toys R Us had said the Breaking Bad toys were meant for adults.