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The company was founded in ; its first store was built in April , with its headquarters located in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey , in the New York metropolitan area. While originally considered a category killer , [ 1 ] the rise of mass merchants and online retailers cost Toys "R" Us its share of the toy market. The company was further hampered by a significant debt load, the result of a leveraged buyout organized by private equity firms, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , Bain Capital and real estate firm Vornado.

Operations in other international markets such as Asia and Africa were less affected, but chains in Canada, parts of Europe and Asia were eventually sold to third parties. In April , Charles P. The focus of the store changed in June , and the first Toys "R" Us, dedicated exclusively to toys rather than furniture, was opened by Lazarus in Rockville, Maryland.

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The store chain grew successfully and built a brand which was recognizable to many children born from the s to the s, and it shared in the success of the birth of popular culture successes of action figures Star Wars , G. Toys "R" Us became a privately owned entity after the buyout. In December , eight days before Christmas, Toys "R" Us announced their stores in the United States would stay open for 87 hours straight.

In , Toys "R" Us announced its "TRU Transformation" strategy, which concentrated on efforts to fix foundational issues affecting future growth, including making stores less cluttered, improving the customer experience, clearer pricing strategies and promotions, and tighter integration of its retail and online businesses.

Although the " retail apocalypse " was a factor, some analysts cited that the rapid increase in debt occurred under its private equity ownership. It was initially stated that only the U.