Toys "R" Us
American international toy
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| 2024 | Opened a new store at Harlem Irving Plaza in Norridge, Illinois. |
| May 10 2024 | Announcement made that Babies 'R' Us will open 200 store-within-a-store locations inside Kohl's, with these locations set to open in the fall of 2024. |
| April 2024 | WHP Global extends its contract, planning to open 30 more Toys "R" Us concessions in WH Smith stores during the summer. |
| January 2024 | Toys "R" Us Canada announced plans to revive the HMV brand as a store-within-a-store concept, with departments launching in the Greater Toronto Area and expected to expand throughout the year. |
| November 2023 | Opened a second flagship store inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. |
| September 29 2023 | WHP announced plans to open 24 new stand-alone physical stores in the United States, as well as smaller stores in airports and cruise ships. |
| July 2023 | Babies 'R' Us reopens with a new flagship location inside the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey. |
| 2022 | Toys "R" Us opens branded concessions inside nine WH Smith stores. |
| 2022 | Online store reopens in the UK. |
| 2022 | All remaining Toys "R" Us stores in Poland were closed, with only the Łódź store remaining in operation. |
| August 7 2022 | Toys "R" Us opened new locations in nine states inside Macy's stores, ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 square feet. |
| July 2022 | Italian business Prenatal Retail Group purchased Toys "R" Us Iberia under a long-term agreement with WHP Global, continuing to operate stores and website under the Toys "R" Us brand. |
| July 2022 | Smyths purchased PicWicToys, which had previously absorbed the Toys 'R' Us stores. |
| May 2022 | PicWicToys went into receivership. |
| May 2022 | Toys 'R' Us France went into receivership. |
| April 2022 | Toys "R" Us Iberia filed for bankruptcy. |
| February 2022 | The Toys "R" Us website in Poland was shuttered. |
| 2021 | Transferred online order fulfillment to Macys.com. |
| 2021 | Toys "R" Us closed seven stores in Poland to cover the cost of debts and losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | The last Toys "R" Us stores in the United States were closed. |
| 2021 | Doug Putman of Putman Investments announced the purchase of Toys "R" Us Canada from Fairfax Financial, at which point the chain comprised 81 locations. |
| December 16 2021 | Toys "R" Us opened a two-story flagship store of 20,000 square feet at American Dream Meadowlands mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey. |
| October 28 2021 | Toys "R" Us announces plans to reopen in the UK, initially through online purchasing from its Australian arm. |
| August 19 2021 | WHP announced partnership with Macy's to sell toys on their website and open store-within-a-store locations at 400 department stores. |
| March 15 2021 | WHP Global acquired a controlling interest in Tru Kids, becoming the parent company of Toys R Us, Babies R Us, and Geoffrey the Giraffe brands. |
| January 26 2021 | Paramus, New Jersey Toys "R" Us store closed due to financial losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 15 2021 | Houston Toys "R" Us store closed due to financial losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Switched online order fulfillment to Amazon. |
| 2020 | Toys 'R' Us chain closed several stores due to profit losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Revived Toys "R" Us website in partnership with Target, redirecting online orders to Target.com. |
| December 7 2019 | Opened a second location at The Galleria in Houston, Texas. |
| November 27 2019 | First new Toys "R" Us retail store opened at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey. |
| July 2019 | All Toys 'R' Us and PicWic stores were rebranded as PicWicToys following the merger. |
| June 5 2019 | Toys 'R' Us relaunched in Australia through a partnership between Tru Kids and Hobby Warehouse, reviving the brand's online presence. |
| April 2019 | Jellej Jouets sold the Toys 'R' Us stores to Luderix International, owners of rival chain PicWic. |
| January 2019 | Acquisition of Toys 'R' Us AG by Smyths was completed, and stores began rebranding to Smyths shortly after. |
| January 20 2019 | Company emerged from bankruptcy as Tru Kids, with plans to open smaller stores around 10,000 square feet. |
| January 10 2019 | All Toys 'R' Us stores in Scandinavian countries closed following Top Toy's bankruptcy. |
| 2018 | Toys 'R' Us Inc. files for bankruptcy, ending its long-standing charitable partnership with Toys for Tots foundation. |
| 2018 | Continued bankruptcy proceedings resulted in further store closures across multiple countries. |
| December 30 2018 | Top Toy, the independent operator of Toys 'R' Us stores in Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden), filed for bankruptcy due to poor holiday sales. |
| November 16 2018 | Toys "R" Us Asia is sold to Fung Retailing and multiple Toys "R" Us lenders for US$900 million (later revised to US$760 million), with Fung Retailing becoming the lead shareholder. |
| October 2018 | French company Jellej Jouets purchased the Toys 'R' Us France franchise. |
| September 28 2018 | The Eastern District of Virginia bankruptcy court issued an order for Fung Retailing to drop its court order delaying the sale of Toys 'R' Us Asia. |
| August 2018 | Toys "R" Us Iberia, which includes stores in Spain and Portugal, was sold to Green Swan. |
| August 5 2018 | Completed closure of all 44 Toys 'R' Us stores in Australia. |
| July 2018 | Toys 'R' Us France went into receivership, seeking a buyer for its 44 stores. |
| June 2018 | Toys "R" Us closed all of its Express and outlet stores in the United States during the summer, marking the end of this retail strategy. |
| June 2018 | Toys "R" Us closed all U.S. locations following its bankruptcy proceedings. |
| June 20 2018 | Announcement made that all Toys 'R' Us stores in Australia would be closing. |
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