Toys "R" Us in Canada: Local Profile

• Publication date: August 2011

Synopsis ‘Toys "R" Us in Canada: Local Profile’ contains details on Toys "R" Us's local operations, covering its market share (as well as that of its key competitors) and its latest approaches and strategies. It also provides details on historical developments in the country and latest news, events, key employees and key competitors. Summary ICD Research's ‘Toys "R" Us in Canada: Local Profile’ is a comprehensiv...

Synopsis
‘Toys "R" Us in Canada: Local Profile’ contains details on Toys "R" Us's local operations, covering its market share (as well as that of its key competitors) and its latest approaches and strategies. It also provides details on historical developments in the country and latest news, events, key employees and key competitors.

Summary
ICD Research's ‘Toys "R" Us in Canada: Local Profile’ is a comprehensive report covering the company’s local operations. It also includes key financial and operational performance details of the company. In addition, the report presents the strategy of the company, market share and investment plans of the key players in the market.

The report provides readers with an understanding of the company, insight into its latest approaches and a clear picture of its market situation vis-a-vis competitors.

Scope
The report identifies and presents key information of Toys "R" Us in Canada. In addition, it gives the description of the local operations as well as news and events of the company.

Key points covered in the reports are:
• Store Formats
• Private Labels
• Financial and Operational Performance
• Key Employee Biographies
• Market Share of Key Players in Various Formats
• Investment Plan of Key Competitors

Reasons To Buy
• This report is completely focused on Toys "R" Us operations and its performance in Canada.

• It provides details across a range of topics, including private labels, formats it operates, company strategy and latest developments.

• The report also provides essential context on the company's competitive position by providing insight into the competitive environment and performance of the company relative to its rivals.

Key Highlights
Toys “R” Us is a multi-national retailer of toys and baby products, which started its operations in Canada in 1983 by opening its first store in Toronto. Toys “R” Us Canada has been focusing on opening temporary Express stores, during holiday season. It has opened an increasing number of Express stores in malls and other shopping centers during the Christmas holiday shopping season, which is a very important season for toy sales.

Toy And Game Industry in Canada

Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 What is this Report About?
1.2 Scope
2 Toys “R” Us Canada – Company Profile
2.1 Company Overview
2.2 Business Description
2.2.1 Store Banners
2.2.2 Products
2.2.3 Private Labels
2.2.4 Services Offered at Stores
2.3 Events and History
3 Toys “R” Us Canada – Key Information
3.1 Financial Performance
3.2 Operational Performance
3.2.1 Store Count
3.2.2 Sales per Store
3.2.3 Sales per Square Meter
3.3 Key Employees
4 Toys “R” Us Canada – Corporate Strategy
4.1 Increased focus on temporary stores
4.2 Credit strategies
5 Toys “R” Us Canada – News
6 Competitive Environment
6.1 Main Retailers in Canada
6.2 Investment Plans of Competitors
6.2.1 Wal-Mart
6.2.2 Indigo
6.2.3 Scholar’s Choice
6.2.4 Loblaw
7 Appendix
7.1 Methodology
7.2 Contact us
7.3 About ICD Research
7.4 Disclaimer


List of Tables
Table 1: Toys “R” Us Canada, Key Facts
Table 2: Toys “R” Us Canada – Product Categories
Table 3: Toys “R” Us Canada, Key Employees
Table 4: Toys “R” Us Canada, Key Employee Biographies
Table 5: Main Retailers in Canada
Table 6: Market Share of Main Toy Retailers in Canada (%), 2010


List of Figures
Figure 1: Toys “R” Us Canada Revenues (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 2: Toys “R” Us Canada– Store Count, 2006–2010
Figure 3: Toys “R” Us Canada – Sales per Store (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 4: Toys “R” Us Canada – Sales per Square Meter (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 5: Market Share of Main Toy Retailers in Canada (%), 2010