R&R Case

Toys R Us is the world's largest children's specialty retailer. The company operates toy stores throughout the world and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. In this paper I will give a brief company history, cite where the competitive environment is coming from, strategies that were attempted, and where they stand today.

Throughout American history and the 1900’s, fads have been a hugely successful form of self expression. From fashion, to recreation, to dumb and sometimes dangerous things that youths do, fads are a way to distract from the troubles of the world and find something else fun to do.

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Around the middle of the 20th Century man cultures started to grow beyond what they previously were thanks to different mediums (such as television and music) helping to push boundaries; with this came the birth of pop culture. Considering pop culture is a shortened version of popular culture it’s clear that many of the things in pop culture would be short lived. The short lived trends and happenings are labeled as “fads”. Strangely enough, some fads progress beyond their short lifespan and actually become a mainstay in the varying international cultures. One such example might be familiar as it is common in today’s society. This example is, indeed, video games.

The market for board games has seen annual increases of 10-20 per cent over the last decade, leading some to suggest we are in a “board game renaissance” (Carlson, 2013).

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Through studying the entire retail toy industry, we have been able to understand the complexity of the industry in which Toys "R" Us operates. Upon completion of the analysis, we realized that the industry is growing stably,

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Overall, value was created by Reiss's experience in the logistics and lead time concerns of manufacturing in the toy industry. The whole project began when Reiss was able to spot an opportunity based on his knowledge of the U.S. and Canadian relationship of sales in the gaming industry. In most cases, games would be developed in the U.S. and then sell roughly ten percent of their volume in Canada. However, Reiss spot an emerging game called Trivial Pursuit having success being developed and marketed in Canada. He realized that the game could be ten times more successful in the U.S. market. Therefore he designed an opportunity for a similar game in the U.S. based on the market's cultural preferences. Four different aspects made this opportunity possible and these include: