Babies R Us

13-year-old Alysa Liu became the youngest competitor to win the the U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Championship.

There may be a second act for Toys R Us, the retail wonderland for children that turned out the lights at hundreds of stores for what was thought to be the final time over the summer. After joining the parade of retailers that never recovered from the recession and radical changes in the way Americans shop for toys and everything...

Toys R Us is closing its last U.S. stores by Friday, the end of a chain known to generations of children and parents for its sprawling stores, brightly colored logo and Geoffrey the giraffe mascot.

A husband accused his wife of “putting voodoo on him” before he used a box cutter to stab her numerous times at a Babies R Us in Lauderhill, police said.

Still have a Toys R Us gift card? Since announcing last month it was going out of business, Toys R Us customers have been scrambling to spend that last bit of store credit before the toy chain stops accepting gift cards on April 21. And with Toys R Us and Babies R Us retail websites already shut down, shoppers who...

Toys R Us is planning to close up to 182 stores across the United States as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plans. The Wayne, New Jersey-based retailer filed court papers late Tuesday outlining its plans to close 20 percent of its stores in the coming months. Going-out-of-business sales are slated to begin in February with closures continuing through mid-April, Toys...

More than half a million animal-shaped pacifier and teether holders are being recalled because the snap that attaches to pacifiers and teethers can fray and detach, posing a choking hazard. Sixty-seven reports of the ribbon on Dr. Browns Lovey pacifier and teether holders fraying and the snap detaching have been reported to Handi-Craft Company, which distributed the toys in the...

Toys R Us is headed toward shuttering its U.S. operations, jeopardizing the jobs of some 30,000 employees while spelling the end for a chain known to generations of children and parents for its sprawling stores and Geoffrey the giraffe mascot. The closing of the company’s 740 U.S. stores over the coming months will finalize the downfall of the chain that...

Toys R Us is considering liquidating its operations in the United States, sources told CNBC. But the situation remains fluid, according to one of the sources. In September, the popular toy retailer filed for bankruptcy with nearly $5 billion in debt. But in February, after a disappointing holiday season, CNBC reported that it was at risk of breaching the covenant...

Bankrupt Toys R Us has received court approval to move forward with its plans to shutter about 180 stores, under both the Toys R Us and Babies R Us banners, across the U.S. The liquidation sales at those locations are beginning as soon as Wednesday, the company said. Discounts on items will be as much as 30 percent off, to...

There’s some trouble in toyland, and companies are blaming Toys R Us. Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, reported disappointing third-quarter results late Thursday and said it was hurt by Toys R Us’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last month. Hasbro, the maker of My Little Pony and Monopoly, had also blamed weak results on the Toys...

Skip Hop has issued a recall for its Moonlight & Melodies Nightlight adapter in the Owl Soother and Elephant Soother models.

About 3.6 million clear plastic plates with designs like superheroes, giraffes and cars are being recalled because the clear plastic layer over those graphics can peel off and pose a choking hazard. Playtex has been made aware of 372 instances of that layer bubbling or peeling, 11 reports of that plastic in children’s mouths and four of children choking on...

Toys R Us, the big box toy retailer struggling with $5 billion in debt and intense online competition, has filed for bankruptcy protection ahead of the key holiday shopping season — and says its stores will remain open for business as usual. The company based in Wayne, New Jersey, said late Monday that it was voluntarily seeking relief through the...

A 39-year-old old Uzbek man confessed Tuesday to ramming a stolen truck into a crowd in Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15, his lawyer said. The Stockholm District Court ruled that police could detain Rakhmat Akilov for a month after he admitted in court that he drove the stolen beer truck into a crowd outside an upscale department store...