S.W Randall Toyes & Gifts
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| Toy Store | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Retail sales |
| Founded 📆 | March 1, 1970 in Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh) |
| Founder 👔 | Jack Cohen |
Area served 🗺️ | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Owner | Jack Cohen |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | swrandalltoys |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
S.W Randall Toyes & Gifts is a toy store Established in 1970, and is Pittsburgh's Oldest and Largest Specialty Toy Store. Similar to New York City's FAO Schwarz, S.W. Randall Toyes and Giftes is a specialty toy and gift shop with headquarters located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, selling old-fashioned, idiosyncratic, and nostalgic toys, although they sell modern toys as well. It has 3 locations total, Located at Smithfield Street, Forbes Avenue, and Ivy Street.
History[edit]
Jack Cohen founded the store in 1970. The name of the store came from his children's names. His Children's names are Sherry, Stacey, Wendy James Randall Cohen.[1] There were seven store locations at one time, and now there are three locations. The three locations which remain are Shadyside, and Squirrel Hill, and Downtown Pittsburgh. The store has 30,000 different items and revenue of $2.5 million.[2][3]
The company has 25 employees in its three store locations. The stores sell old fashioned toys: wagons, dollhouses, rocking horses, etc.[1] The store has distiniguished itself from the discount toy stores by selling traditional, classic items that people from older generations might have owned as children.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Parrish, Tory N. (25 August 2015). "S.W. Randall Toyes & Giftes of Pittsburgh's owner finds joy in toys". Trib Total Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ Schooley, Tim (19 October 2009). "SW Randall Toyes & Giftes finds success by listening to customers". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ Hudson, Kris; Byron, Ellen; Brat, Ilan; Kang, Stephanie (28 November 2005). "First Holiday Shopping Weekend Sets a Blistering Pace". Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ Gannon, Joyce (10 December 2005). "His stores' shelves are packed with classics". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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