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Zany Brainy was an American retail store chain subsidiary of FAO Schwarz. Its merchandise consisted of educational toys and multi-media products aimed at children ages 4–13, such as games and puzzles, infant development toys, books, audiocassettes, CDs, videos, arts and crafts, building toys and trains, computer software, electronic learning ...
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From what we’ve heard you may agree that Zany Brainy was the most important toy store in America. Based on the strong demand by Zany Enthusiasts who are all grown up now, we are proud to share a small glimpse of the past that provided so much joy to a generation of Zany Brainy kids.
- KB Toys
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- Etoys.Com
- S&H Green Stamps
- Zany Brainy
- Warner Bros. Studio Store
- The Sears Catalog
- Montgomery Ward
- Woolworth's
- Toys R Us
Do you have fond childhood memories of racing through the mall, parents in tow, to Christmas-shop at KB Toys? Founded in 1922 as a candy store in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, every kid’s refuge from the adult world grew to become the second-largest U.S. toy retailer behind Toys R Us until a 2009 bankruptcy ended the fun. But in 2018, the company that...
In 1870, a German immigrant named Frederick August Otto Schwarz founded his iconic toy store in the heart of New York City with one simple premise: Toys should be fun, engaging and captivating. Realizing the wisdom of hitching onto Santa’s sleigh, Schwarz launched an annual pre-holiday exhibition in 1869, a holiday catalog in 1876 and proclaimed hi...
Think holiday shopping can be rough? Try holiday selling, which proved fatal for startup internet retailer eToys.com. Christmas 2000 was the first holiday test for the Los Angeles company whose stock was on a rapid rise. Unfortunately, when word spread that eToys was failing to make deliveries on time, online shoppers switched back to brick-and-mor...
Long before credit cardsreplaced cash for Christmas shopping, another form of green was a popular form of holiday payment: S&H Green Stamps. Supermarkets, department stores and gas stations dispensed the little trading stamps, which you licked and affixed into 24-page Saver Books, redeemable for toys and other merchandise at S&H stores and partner ...
The short-lived Zany Brainy, which sold educational toysand electronics for kids ages 4 to 13 from 1991 until 2001, was perhaps best known to adults for the brightly-colored playscape architecture of its 184 U.S. locations around the U.S. The stores were admired for their kid-friendly workshops, author appearances and concerts to underscore the fun...
Following the lead of the Disney Store, the Warner Brothers studio launched its own retail outlet in 1991 to sell clothing and merchandise based on its TV shows and films, including its Batman, Harry Potter and Lord of the Ringsfranchises. Ten years later, following a merger between its parent company Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting, Warner Bro...
Arguably, during much of the 20th century, the Sears Christmas Wish Book had only one major competitor in delivering Christmas toys: a bearded chap with a reindeer sleigh. In fact, the 1886 debut of the original mail order catalog designed by Richard Sears to sell watches and jewelry has been likened to the advent of Amazon. Over the years, Sears c...
Chicago traveling salesman Aaron Montgomery Ward realized a pressing holiday need among his customers: Rural folks couldn’t easily shop city stores. So he decided to address their need by launching a dry goods mail-order business in 1872. Customers picked up their Christmas orders at the nearest train station. His catalog quickly became known as th...
Few retail stores have achieved the worldwide success of Woolworth’s, whose very name is now synonymous with “five-and-dime” or “dime store” merchandizing. Founded in 1878, the humble brainchild of brothers F.W. and Charles Woolworth set the standards worldwide for retail chains in the 20th century. Among its innovations, Woolworth’s was the first ...
The holiday season of 2018 will be remembered as the first without Toys R Us, the 70-year-old perennial U.S. toy kingpin that caved to bankruptcy and shut down all of its storesin the U.S. and the U.K. The company lots its competitive battle against the likes of Amazon, Walmart and Target. But already, Toys R Us is making a comeback, at least a mod...
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Zany Brainy's 100-plus stores in 26 states are stocked with over 20,000 educational toys such as science kits, puzzles, and learning games. Using the slogan 'a zillion neat things for kids,' Zany Brainy markets toys that are nontoxic, nonviolent, multicultural, and gender-neutral.
