<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.toysrusinc.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Toys "R" Us, Inc. is an international toy, clothing, video game, and baby product retailer founded in April 1948, with its headquarters located in Wayne, New Jersey, in the New York City metropolitan area . </P> <P> Founded by Charles Lazarus in its modern iteration in June 1957, Toys "R" Us traced its origins to Lazarus's children's furniture store, which he started in 1948 . He added toys to his offering, and eventually shifted his focus . The company had been in the toy business for more than 65 years and operated around 800 stores in the United States and around 800 outside the US, although these numbers have steadily decreased with time . </P> <P> Toys "R" Us expanded as a chain, becoming predominant in its niche field of toy retail . Represented by cartoon mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe from May 1965, Toys "R" Us eventually branched out into launching the stores Babies "R" Us, Toys "R" Us Express, and Kids "R" Us . </P>

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