Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us opening 11 new stores in Canada
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Toys 'R' Us is opening 11 new stores, including the first two dedicated Babies 'R' Us stores this summer across Canada, and the mega retailer is hiring.
Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us are expanding with 11 new stores and they are hiring 30 to 40 employees at each location. This summer there will be nine new 25,000-square-foot Toys “R” Us stores and two new 24,000-square-foot Babies “R” Us stores.
“Our first two dedicated Babies ‘R’ Us stores will open in Edmonton in former buybuy Baby locations, filling a big gap left in the market when buybuy Baby closed,” said Doug Putman of Putman Investments.
All of the new Rooms + Spaces home and décor stores will have a 1,500- to 2,500-square-foot Toys “R” Us shop. This expansion totals more than 300,000 square feet of retail space, and brings the total number of Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us locations across the country to 107.
The new Calgary locations are Brentwood Village, 3630 Brentwood Rd. and Township Calgary, 80 Longview Common SE.
“Our new locations will have an elevated in-store experience with bigger retail shops from our vendor partners,” said Putman.
Since 1984, Toys “R” Us has been the go-to place for kids’ gifts and baby products. The nostalgia of the Toys “R” Us commercials, catchphrases and songs are engrained in the minds of baby boomers and millennials alike.
The specialty retailer is now making a comeback after closing 180 stores in the United States in 2018 after filing for bankruptcy protection in Canada and the U.S.
The retailer says in addition to the new store openings, two existing Toys “R” Us stores in Burlington and Newmarket, Ont., will open new 6,000-square-foot expanded books and gifting sections for adults this June.
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