John Eyler
John Eyler
John M Eyler is an eminent author, academic and historian. He has an Emeritus position at the University of Minnesota...
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This is the most interesting toy store because it is not just a place where there are just a bunch of boxes on shelves. You come in here and it is very entertaining, very interactive, and very fun.
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Margin pressures were intense in the fourth quarter due to the weighting of video products in our sales mix as well as the highly promotional retail environment, ... These pressures will ease somewhat as the current video cycle matures,
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In line with the plans we previously described, the investments we are making throughout our business will negatively affect our financial performance during the first three lower revenue quarters of the year, ... However, we are confident that the improvements being made will deliver substantial benefits to Toys 'R' Us by this year's more important holiday season and will allow us to better grow and enhance our business well into the future.
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During the course of our strategic review, we redefined our business model and sharpened our competitive position, ... We believe that our new financial partners will help us build on this momentum and we look forward to a successful future as a leading toy and baby products retailer.
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I look forward to working with the Toys 'R' Us family to help the company reach its potential of being the premier retailer for toys and children's products,
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It's the most important release in our 137 years, and so far we're not disappointed,
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There has been significant media focus on the sale of our toy business, ... While that is a possibility, our focus remains on running the business. Our U.S. business is profitable and is generating cash.
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We believe this is a very strong, stable company, ... We are strengthening our balance sheet to ensure there's no question on the strength, liquidity and viability of this business.
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We continue to make very good progress on executing our strategic initiatives. During the quarter we continued our plan to invest heavily in remodeling and enhancing the customer experience in our U.S. toy stores, ... We remain confident that the improvement being made will deliver substantial benefits to Toys 'R' Us beginning with this year's holiday season and will allow us to better grow and enhance our business well into the future.
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We're clear that there is demand in the market for a specialty toy retailer and we're trying to answer that demand.
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We are very pleased by our results in the second-quarter. Despite the lack of hot toys that drove sales in the year-ago period, we reported strong revenue, thereby indicating the strength of our underlying core business,
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We are pleased with the early signals this year,
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We are reevaluating and rethinking all aspects of this business,
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With the holidays now upon us, everyone throughout our global toy organization is focused on maximizing our performance during this season, ... We have begun to execute our holiday strategies, and we believe consumers are clearly recognizing that we have the widest assortment of toys available.