TOYS R US Toddler Girls Textile Sandals

Charles Lazarus had a hunch. Newly returned from World War II, he knew he wanted to go into business, He opened Children’s Bargain Town, in Washington, D.C. in 1948 Specializing in baby goods, it only began selling toys. Those instincts helped originate Toys ‘R’ Us. Once a retail juggernaut, the store dominated the entire toy industry— children’s imaginations—by driving its competitors out of existence Toys R Us once controlled 25% of the world’s toy market, worth $12 billion in 1990.