Quotes by John Eyler

“This is the most interesting toy store because it is not just a place where there are just a bunch of boxes on shelves. You come in here and it is very entertaining, very interactive, and very fun.”

“This is the year of the dog,”

“I look forward to working with the Toys R Us family to help the company reach its potential of being the premier retailer for toys and childrens products,”

“We are very pleased by our results in the second-quarter. Despite the lack of hot toys that drove sales in the year-ago period, we reported strong revenue, thereby indicating the strength of our underlying core business,”

“In line with the plans we previously described, the investments we are making throughout our business will negatively affect our financial performance during the first three lower revenue quarters of the year, ... However, we are confident that the improvements being made will deliver substantial benefits to Toys R Us by this years more important holiday season and will allow us to better grow and enhance our business well into the future.”

“We continue to make very good progress on executing our strategic initiatives. During the quarter we continued our plan to invest heavily in remodeling and enhancing the customer experience in our U.S. toy stores, ... We remain confident that the improvement being made will deliver substantial benefits to Toys R Us beginning with this years holiday season and will allow us to better grow and enhance our business well into the future.”

“We are pleased with the early signals this year,”

“Were very conservative for the fourth quarter because we dont want to be as vulnerable to the holiday season as we have been in the past,”

“There has been significant media focus on the sale of our toy business, ... While that is a possibility, our focus remains on running the business. Our U.S. business is profitable and is generating cash.”

“Were clear that there is demand in the market for a specialty toy retailer and were trying to answer that demand.”