The children’s retailer was dubbed a “category killer” and at its peak it had a portfolio of 105 stores in the UK, over 1,400 across the world and had 25% of the US toys market share in the mid 1990’s.

But the rise of Amazon and other online merhcants meant that Toys R Us started to struggle in the changing market, and its bricks-and-mortar demise came in 2018 after falling into administration.