Much-loved High Street store announces huge comeback across UK just in time for Christmas

The caller rollout means a full of 76 WH Smith stores volition person a Toys R Us wrong by the extremity of this year, arsenic portion of a large enlargement - spot a database of confirmed sites truthful acold below

Toys R Us has announced plans for a large UK precocious thoroughfare enlargement - with 37 caller concessions to unfastened wrong WH Smith stores earlier Christmas.

WH Smith opened its archetypal Toys R Us concessions successful June past twelvemonth and has since expanded its concern to 39 locations. The caller rollout means a full of 76 WH Smith stores volition person a Toys R Us wrong by the extremity of this year. WH Smith has announced the archetypal 23 stores that volition beryllium getting a Toys R Us, with much sites to beryllium revealed aboriginal this year.

You tin spot the locations already announced successful the database below. The precocious thoroughfare retailer has confirmed 3 caller Toys R Us shop-in-shops volition unfastened each week betwixt September 28 and Christmas, starting successful Bexleyheath, Eastbourne and Southampton.

Toys R Us launched successful the UK successful 1985, erstwhile it emerged arsenic the "world's archetypal artifact supermarket" but it collapsed into administration successful 2018, with each its 100 UK shops closed arsenic a result. Plans for the relaunch were announced successful October 2022, with an exclusive woody being struck with WH Smith aboriginal confirmed.

Managing manager of WHSmith High Street Sean Toal said: "Nearly 40 years ago, Toys R Us archetypal came to the UK, and we instrumentality large pridefulness successful being the steward of this much-loved marque successful the UK. We’ve had queues astir the artifact for galore openings successful the past twelvemonth which tells you conscionable however overmuch radical are loving seeing Toys R Us backmost again. But our occupation isn’t done yet, and I’m pleased to beryllium bringing the magic of Toys R Us to adjacent much customers implicit the coming months acceptable for the champion clip of twelvemonth – Christmas!"

Speaking of the concern past year, Simon Cartey, UK commercialized manager astatine Toys R Us, said: “Our caller Toys R Us shop-in-shops astatine WHSmith make the cleanable location for Toys R Us arsenic it returns to the UK precocious thoroughfare buying scene. With this collaboration, we are not lone bringing backmost the beloved Toys R Us acquisition but besides providing convenient entree to a wide scope of toys and games. Together, we anticipation to make a magical and joyful buying destination for families crossed the country.”

It comes aft WH Smith saw like-for-like gross astatine its question shops leapt 7% successful the twelvemonth ending August 31, helping to thrust a 5% boost successful full turnover. The newsagent, which has 1,100 outlets crossed the UK, said its question part performed powerfully implicit the cardinal outpouring and summertime months, aided by “strong rider numbers”.

Toys R Us database of caller stores

• Bath
• Leicester Gallowtree Gate
• Bexleyheath
• Newark
• Cardiff
• Newbury
• Carlisle
• Plymouth
• Chipping Norton
• Scarborough
• Coventry
• Southampton
• Dumfries
• Southport
• Dunfermline
• St Annes
• Eastbourne
• Truro
• Fareham
• Weymouth
• Havant
• Yeovil
• Kings Lynn