Toys 'R' Us
also referred to as: toys "r" us · toys r us
1 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 25, 2024 by Isaac Larian · said 47 times in 10 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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brought up most by Carlton Calvin (20), Isaac Larian (7), Guy Raz (7), John Osher (6), Joan Barnes (2), Chris Ruder (2), Monica Nassif (1), Gary Vaynerchuk (1)
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2026 12 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
- Spinbrush: John Osher. The Electric Toothbrush That Sold for $475M
- Gymboree: Joan Barnes. How Building a Beloved Brand Nearly Destroyed Its Founder
- Sweetwater: Chuck Surack. How a Customer Service Strategy Built a Billion Dollar Online Pro Audio and Music Company.
- Advice Line with Monica Nassif of Mrs. Meyer's
- every mention in 2026, scene by scene →
2025 22 mentions in 1 episode
2024 7 mentions in 1 episode
2023 3 mentions in 1 episode
2021 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Toys 'R' Us, oldest first
Mar 25, 2024
Larian mortgaged his home for Bratz ads after Toys R Us canceled
“Toys R Us cancels five and a half or six million dollars worth of Brad's orders. I thought, now for sure we're gonna go out of business, so I went without my wife's approval, got a second mortgage in our, on our house, and put another one and a half million do…”
Mar 25, 2024
Larian resold canceled Bratz inventory to Toys R Us at 25% markup
“And Toys R Us came back to us, I think two days before Thanksgiving, said we want to buy that order that we want to buy it back, that order that we canceled. And I said, those goods I don't have anymore, but I have goods in LA, and they cost 25% more, and they…”
Sep 8, 2025
Sep 8, 2025
Sep 8, 2025 negative
Toys "R" Us's bankruptcy caused significant, irreplaceable sales losses for Razor
“The most saddest dramatic shift for razor has been the loss of Toys R Us. You know, not only is it a loss from the kids perspective of a fantasy place to go, but they actually always carried our entire line. And when we came out with something innovative, they…”
Jan 19, 2026 neutral
Gymboree secured early product licensing deals with Random House and Connor Toys
“We had Random House doing our books, Health Text, which was kind of a cool brand for clothing. They ran, they did a clothing line for us. We also had Connor Toys did Some really like a big climbing gym that you'd put in your... And it was sold in Toys R Us.”