Toys R Us is planting a flag in Allen. The retailer plans to open a new location at Allen Premium Outlets, setting up shop at 820 W. Stacy Road, Ste. 160, right next to Famous Footwear Outlet, according to a news release. No opening date has been set yet.
The Allen announcement, covered by Community Impact Newspaper, adds another North Texas address to a chain that already has a presence across the country. The outlet-mall spot will carry the retailer’s familiar mix of children’s toys and games, including action figures, books, art supplies, dolls, stuffed animals, puzzles, sidewalk chalk and board games, per the same release.
Toys R Us already has locations scattered across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with stores in Frisco, Plano, Grapevine and Fort Worth, according to the outlet’s reporting. The company’s website lists its broader footprint at www.toysrus.com.
A Familiar Playbook Just Down the Highway
The Allen store isn’t happening in isolation. Just two weeks earlier, Toys R Us reopened at Grapevine Mills after moving across the hall to a new spot in Suite 431, according to Community Impact’s Grapevine-area coverage. That store sells toys and games along with pop culture merchandise and collectibles like Pokémon cards and NeeDohs, the outlet reported. CultureMap Fort Worth reported the Grapevine Mills location occupies a 13,000-square-foot space in the mall’s former Skechers storefront and opened in mid-September, just ahead of the holiday season…