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Charles Philip Lazarus (October 4, 1923 – March 22, 2018) was an American entrepreneur, executive, and pioneer within the retail toy industry. Lazarus founded the Toys "R" Us retail chain, which evolved from a children's furniture store he originally opened in Washington, D.C. in 1948.
Mar 22, 2018 · By Michael Corkery. March 22, 2018. Charles P. Lazarus, who founded Toys “R” Us, the toy store chain that for decades captured the hearts of American consumers but that eventually faded and...
Mar 22, 2018 · Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toy R Us, has died at age 94, a week after the iconic chain he started six decades ago announced it will shut down its...
Mar 22, 2018 · Charles Lazarus, who transformed his father’s Washington bicycle business into Toys R Us, a retail giant that rivaled Santa Claus’s workshop as one of the world’s largest...
Mar 22, 2018 · Charles Lazarus, who combined supermarket-style service with touches of whimsy in creating Toys “R” Us Inc., a retail success that fought high debt and fierce competition and finally succumbed just last week, he died. He was 94.
Mar 22, 2018 · NEW YORK (AP) — Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toys R Us six decades ago and transformed it into an iconic piece of Americana, died Thursday at age 94, a week after the...
Mar 22, 2018 · Charles Phillip Lazarus was born Oct. 4, 1923 in Washington. He grew up helping his father refurbish and resell bicycles. He served in World War II as a cryptographer, returning from overseas...
