
Retroist Podcast Episode 282 (K·B Toys)
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K B Toys and Hobby Toy Stores - Is That a Good Move?
K b toy outlets and toy liquidators were in outlet malls, which specialized in the close out toys. By 19 98, sales at k b toyan hobby had reached one point six billion dollars. In september of 99, consolidated stores would announce that they were going to sell 20 % of the cabe kids web site in a upcoming public offering. The company brain play dot com, struck a deal to operate the k b toys dot com web site. And the hope was that they could compete against toys arrusts and e toys dot com. But with the internet, they were realizing that new challenges were on the horizon.
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