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2. Lionel Kiddie City - Wikipedia

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   Kiddie City Toy Stores were started around 1957 in Philadelphia as toy supermarkets. By the early 1970s, Lionel had purchased the chain and grew it to 150 stores, under the names Lionel Kiddie City, Lionel Playworld, and Lionel Toy Warehouse (rebranded as Lionel Kiddie City in 1990). For a time it was the second-largest toy store chain in the ...

3. Toys "R" Us - Wikipedia

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   trukidsbrands.com (corporate) Toys "R" Us in Macy's Philadelphia flagship, February 4, 2024. Toys "R" Us[nb 1] is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer owned by Tru Kids (doing business as Tru Kids Brands) and various others. The company was founded in 1948; its first store was built in April 1948, with its headquarters located ...

4. KB Toys - Wikipedia

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   K·B Toys (also known as Kay Bee Toys) [1] was an American chain of mall-based retail toy stores. The company was founded in 1922 as Kaufman Brothers, a wholesale candy store. The company opened a wholesale toy store in 1946, and ended its candy wholesales two years later to emphasize its toy products. Retail sales began during the 1970s, using ...

5. Smyths - Wikipedia

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   Revenue. c €2 billion. Owner. Smyth family [1] Website. smythstoys.com. Smyths Toys Superstores is an Irish multinational chain provider of children's toys and entertainment products with over 275 shops throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, and Netherlands. The business is owned by the Smyth family.

6. FAO Schwarz - Wikipedia

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   1910 F.A.O Schwarz Advertisement. FAO Schwarz was founded in 1862 in Baltimore under the name "Toy Bazaar" by German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz.. In 1870, Schwarz opened a New York City location known as the "Schwarz Toy Bazaar" at 765 Broadway, which moved to 42 E. 14th Street in Union Square in 1880 and operated at that location until April 28, 1897, when it took over two vacant ...

7. Child World - Wikipedia

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   Child World was an American toy retailer founded in 1962. It grew to 182 sites and revenues of $830 million (~$1.62 billion in 2023) before failing in 1992. It was known for the distinctive stylized castle store exterior adopted after its 1975 purchase of the Children's Palace store chain.