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   Charles Lazarus. Charles Philip Lazarus (October 4, 1923 – March 22, 2018) [1] 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. [2] [3] [4] He opened his first ...

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2. www.entrepreneur.com › leadership › charles-lazarusCharles Lazarus | Entrepreneur

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   Oct 10, 2008 · By Entrepreneur Staff • Oct 10, 2008. Share. Rob Hainer / Shutterstock. Charles Lazarus. Founder of Toys "R" Us Inc. Founded: 1957. "Listening to the customer is probably the best thing in the ...

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2018/03/22 › obituariesCharles P. Lazarus, Toys ‘R’ Us Founder, Dies at 94

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   Mar 22, 2018 · 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 succumbed to ...

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5. www.history.com › news › toys-r-us-closing-legacyInside the Rise and Fall of Toys ‘R’ Us | HISTORY

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   Mar 19, 2018 · In 1994, Charles Lazarus stepped down as the company’s CEO after nearly a half-century of selling toys to enraptured children. Toys ‘R’ Us faced other challenges over the years, like the ...

6. www.washingtonpost.com › local › obituariesCharles Lazarus, who turned a Washington bike business into ...

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   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 distributors of ...

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   Who was Charles Lazarus?

   • Charles Lazarus in his office in an undated photograph. He opened his first Toys “R” Us store in 1957. Jacques M. Chenet/Corbis, via Getty Images 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 succumbed to bankruptcy, died on Thursday.

   Charles P. Lazarus, Toys ‘R’ Us Founder, Dies at 94

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   How did Charles Lazarus die?

   • Charles Lazarus began selling toys in 1957 in large supermarket-style shops after he returned from World War II military service. His death comes after the company announced it would close all US and UK shops and seek bankruptcy protection. The "heartbreaking" news of his death was tweeted on Thursday by the firm.

   Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus dies at 94 as his company folds - BBC

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   Why does Charles Lazarus like Toys 'R' Us?

   • Charles Lazarus Mention the name Toys "R" Us, and children's faces immediately light up. And that's just the way Charles Lazarus likes it. The first retailer to mass-merchandise toys at across-the-board discount prices, Toys "R" Us Inc. has been called one of the biggest success stories in retailing in the past 20 years.

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   How did Lazarus make money?

   • So Lazarus made sure parents knew exactly where to find them, and at discount prices: Toys "R" Us. In 1966, Lazarus had four stores that together sold about $12 million worth of toys each year. To finance further expansion, he sold the whole operation to Interstate Sales for $7.5 million in cash.

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8. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-43505064Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus dies at 94 as his ... - BBC

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   Mar 22, 2018 · The man who founded Toys R Us - the children's toy retailer - has died aged 94, one week after his company announced it was closing its doors. Charles Lazarus began selling toys in 1957 in large ...

9. apnews.com › article › business-1954dd7fcda449e7a281Toys 'R' Us founder Charles Lazarus dies at 94 | AP News

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   Charles Phillip Lazarus was born Oct. 4, 1923, in Washington, the son of Frank and Fannie Lazarus. From an early age he helped his father refurbish broken bicycles and sell them. “I always wondered why we didn’t sell new bicycles,” he said. “My father said it was because the big chain stores could sell them so much cheaper than we could.”

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