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Toys "R" Us

American international company and toy, clothing and baby product retailer, now down to 7 stores (1948-2021)
Organization clothing_store_chain Q696334
Toys "R" Us
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Summary

Toys "R" Us is a clothing store chain[1]. It draws 17,828 Wikipedia views per month (clothing store chain category, ranking #21 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: toy store chain[4], baby goods shop[5]
  • Founder: Charles Lazarus[6]
  • Owned by: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts[7]
  • Headquarters location: Wayne[8], New Jersey[9]
  • Chief executive officer: David Brandon[10]
  • Child organization or unit: Toys "R" Us Japan[11], Toys "R" Us Canada[12], Toys "R" Us United Kingdom[13], Toys "R" Us Spain[14]
  • Commons category: Toys "R" Us[15]
  • Industry: trade[16]
  • Inception: 1948[17]
  • Location of formation: Washington, D.C.[18]
  • Parent organization or unit: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Toys "R" Us[20]
  • Product or material produced: toy[21], clothing[22], infant equipment[23], video game[24]
  • Employees: 66,000[25], 64,000[26]
  • Replaced by: Tru Kids, Inc.[27]
  • Legal form: limited liability company[28]
  • Different from: Toys "R" Us United Kingdom[29], Toys "R" Us[30]
  • Merged into: PicWicToys[31], Smyths[32]
  • Social media followers: 1,914,731[33], 1,886,753[34], 88,600[35], 1,868,443[36], 94,500[37], 102,000[38], 111,000[39]

Why It Matters

Toys "R" Us has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Australia Austria France Germany Kohlberg Kravis Roberts New Jersey Switzerland United Kingdom United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Ziv · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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