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The company had 277 mall locations, 114 KB Toy Outlet stores, 40 KB Toy Works stores, and 30 KB Toys Holiday stores, for a total of 461. It was the largest mall-based toy retailer in the United States at the time, operating in 44 states, as well as Guam and Puerto Rico.
It was changed in 1977 to Kay-Bee Toy and Hobby Shops Inc. From ’73-’79 they went from 26 to 170 chains. By 1981 they had 210 retail stores and the Melville Corporation purchased the company from the Kaufman Brothers for 64 million dollars.
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The chain began going-out-of-business sales that month. At the time, the company had 10,850 employees, including approximately 6,500 seasonal workers. The company had 277 mall locations, 114 KB Toy Outlet stores, 40 KB Toy Works stores, and 30 KB Toys Holiday stores, for a total of 461.
Unlike the giant free-standing outlets run by its major competitor, KB's chain consists of approximately 1,300 smaller mall-based toy stores in all 50 states, the American Territory of Guam, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
After filing for bankruptcy in September, Toys R Us announced on March 15 that it would liquidate, closing 735 stores and leaving 31,000 employees out of work.
Mar 21, 2018 · KB Toys is counting on it. Strategic Marks, which owns the KB Toys name and brand, announced that it plans to open 1,000 pop-up KB Toys shops this year for Black Friday and the holiday season, according to CNNMoney.
Nov 26, 2019 · What happened: Musicland Group, Inc., which owned and operated Musicland and Sam Goody stores, was purchased by Best Buy in 2001, but falling sales led to a second sale within just a few years....
