New story in Business from Time: Toy ‘R’ Us Founder Charles Lazarus Dies Days After Chain’s Announced Shutdown
(NEW YORK) — Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toy R Us, has died at age 94, a week after the iconic chain he started six decades ago announced it will shut down its stores across the U.S.Toy R Us confirmed Lazarus’ death in a statement Thursday. The statement said, “there …