biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1923– )
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| biography:
| Retailing executive, born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. As a young man he persuaded his father's Washington retail store to sell only toys, and went on to create the Toys ‘R’ Us chain, which became the country's largest toy retailer by using a sophisticated centralized information system to manage large inventories of discounted quality-brand toys. He survived bankruptcy reorganization (1978) to diversify into Kids ‘R’ Us clothing stores (1983). |
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