Toys R Us, Inc. is the world's leading dedicated toy and baby products retailer with more than 1,500 freestanding destination toy and baby specialty stores worldwide and a strong portfolio of e-commerce sites. The company currently sells merchandise through nearly 850 Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores in the United States, nearly 700 international stores in 32 countries, which includes licensed and franchise stores, and through its portfolio of Internet sites, Toysrus.com, Babiesrus.com, eToys.com and babyuniverse.com. The company also operates the parenting resource website, ePregnancy.com.

Toys R Us, Inc. operated as a public company from 1978 until July 2005. At that time, an investment group consisting of affiliates of Bain Capital Partners LLC, Kohlberg Kravis, Roberts & Co. (KKR), and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) completed an acquisition of Toys R Us, Inc. for $6.6 billion. The acquisition encompassed all worldwide operations of Toys R Us, Inc., including the Toys R Us and Babies R Us businesses. With the completion of this transaction, each of the investors owns an equal stake in Toys R Us, Inc.