Smyths Toys to start buying ex-Toys R Us stores in Britain

Smyths Toys, the Galway-headquartered international retailer, will seek to snap up former Toys R Us stores in Britain bringing the number of branches it owns there to almost 100 stores this year.

Smyths, which is buying the former Toys R Us central European business, plans to add eight new stores in Britain this year and more next year and many of these will be former Toys R Us branches, according to a source ...