 1948: Charles Lazarus begins selling baby furniture at his father's bike shop

in Washington, D.C.; toys are soon added to the stock, and the shop is
renamed Children's Supermart.
 1952: Lazarus opens his first Baby Furniture and Toy Supermarket.
 1957: Lazarus begins operating his discount toy supermarkets under the Toys
"R" Us name, with an outlet in Rockville, Maryland, being the first so
christened.
 1966: Lazarus sells his four Toys "R" Us stores to Interstate Stores Inc., but
he continues to manage the chain.
 1974: Interstate is forced to declare bankruptcy; at the time there are 51 Toys
"R" Us outlets.
 1978: Having shed most of its other retail units, Interstate emerges from
bankruptcy with 63 toy stores; the company, now led by Lazarus, is renamed
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
 1983: Company opens its first Kids "R" Us children's apparel stores; sales
surpass $1 billion.
 1984: First international stores open in Canada and Singapore.
 1996: The Babies "R" Us chain is launched.
 1997: Toys "R" Us acquires Baby Superstore, Inc. for $376 million; its 78
stores are converted to the Babies "R" Us format.
 1998: Company begins selling toys online and launches a huge restructuring.
 1999: The Imaginarium educational toy store chain is acquired.
 2000: Strategic alliance is entered into with Amazon.com to combine the two
companies' toy and video-game online stores.
 Jumlah karyawan: 64,000 before liquidation
 Organisasi induk: Interstate Department Stores (1966–1978)
 Pendiri: Charles Lazarus
 Didirikan: Juni 1957, Washington, D.C., Amerika
 Kantor Pusat: Wayne, New Jersey, Amerika
 CEO: Dave Brandon (Jul 2015–)

Former type Private

Industry Retail

 April 1948; 70 years ago

Founded
 Washington, D.C.,
 United States
(as Children's Supermart)
June 1957; 61 years ago (as Toys "R"
Us)
October 2018; 1 month ago(as Geoffrey's
Toy Box)

Founder Charles Lazarus

Defunct June 29, 2018 in the United States.

Headquarters Wayne, New Jersey, United States

Number of 807 (August 2018)

locations

Area served International

Products  Toys
 Clothing
 Baby products
 Video games

Revenue  US$ 12.4 billion (2014)[1]

Net income US$ -36 million (2016)

Total assets US$ 6.908 billion (2016)

Owner  Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

 Bain Capital
 Vornado Realty Trust
 Fairfax (Canada)
 Green Swan (Portugal and Spain)

Number of 64,000 before liquidation[2] (2017)

employees

Parent Interstate Department Stores(1966–1978)

Divisions  Babies "R" Us (1996–2018)

 Kids "R" Us (1983–2004)