Toys R Us has unveiled what it claims is the first-ever brand film using OpenAI’s new text-to-video tool, Sora. However, creatives are criticizing the move, saying it could be a sign that artificial intelligence (AI) is encroaching on their territory. The short film, “The Origin...
Toys R Us is set to undergo a major expansion. Its parent company, WHP Global, has announced a partnership with Go! Retail Group to roll out Toys R Us flagship stores nationwide in the U.S. starting in 2024, the companies said in a Friday (Sept. 29) press release. Additionally, WHP...
Youth fashion brand Claire’s and Macy’s are partnering to create 20 new store-in-store locations. According to a Tuesday (Nov. 29) company press release, the new shops are set to open this month in select department store locations and will feature hair accessories, jewelry, cosmetics and...
For 60 years, Walmart’s stores have dotted the American landscape, its cavernous Supercenters serving as the one-stop-shop of choice for value-minded consumers, often in rural or modest communities that offered few other choices. Fast forward to the present, and a year of rising prices fueled...
July 06, 2018
We admit, it may seem a strange time to declare toys sizzling — since, about a week ago, the nation’s largest purveyor of toys, Toys R Us, switched off the lights and closed its doors for the last time at locations nationwide. Geoffrey the Giraffe is, sadly, no more. Though millennial parents were hit with […]
September 29, 2023
Toys R Us is set to undergo a major expansion. Its parent company, WHP Global, has announced a partnership with Go! Retail Group to roll out Toys R Us flagship stores nationwide in the U.S. starting in 2024, the companies said in a Friday (Sept. 29) press release. Additionally, WHP Global plans to bring Toys R Us to the travel […]
November 29, 2022
Youth fashion brand Claire’s and Macy’s are partnering to create 20 new store-in-store locations. According to a Tuesday (Nov. 29) company press release, the new shops are set to open...
July 18, 2022
Buoyed by a successful relaunch of nostalgic toy store brand Toys R Us online in the past year, Macy’s said Monday (July 18) it is bringing Toys R Us to...
December 01, 2021
Toys R Us announced on Wednesday (Dec. 1) that it’s opening a flagship store with a two-story slide, ice cream parlor and more than 10,000 toys in New Jersey’s American...
