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Articles Tagged ‘Toys R Us’


Toys R Us continues to increase summer sales via bigger QR code push

May 21, 2012

Toys R Us is using QR codes to promote more than 20 of its large outdoor items and is letting consumers visualize how the product would work and look in their own backyards.


Toys R Us aims to increase mobile sales via iAd campaign

December 30, 2011

Toys R Us is looking to increase its mobile sales via an iAd campaign that encourages users to download its iPhone shopping application.

Toys R Us encourages holiday mobile shopping via interactive virtual store

December 5, 2011

Toys R Us has rolled out a virtual store that lets consumers scan QR codes featured on billboards and shop the company’s 2011 Hot Toy List.

Toys R Us ramps up mobile holiday efforts via foursquare, shopkick promotion

November 21, 2011

Toys R Us is giving mobile shoppers different ways to save during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend via promotions with foursquare and shopkick.

Toys R Us ramps up holiday mobile strategy via QR code integration

October 28, 2011

Toys R Us is proving that it is a force to reckon with in the mobile space via a new holiday mobile initiative that incorporates QR codes and lets consumers learn more about products before they buy them.

Toys R Us tests mobile in newspaper circulars to drive in-store traffic

September 20, 2011

Toys R Us is one of several national retail brands that is testing a new program offered by The Associated Press and 40 newspapers that makes traditional weekly printed circulars available on mobile news sites.

Rating leading retailer apps for holiday shopping 2010

December 3, 2010

Almost one year ago we reviewed some of the top retailers’ mobile applications. Now with holiday season here once more, it is time for a second look at those brands, along with a few others.

Toys R Us targets higher holiday sales with bar code coupons, SMS alerts

November 10, 2010

Toys R Us has enhanced its mobile initiatives for the holiday season by letting consumers redeem coupons via scanned bar codes at the point of sale.

Toys R Us creates equivalent of holiday registry for kids on iPad

November 1, 2010

Toys R Us has taken its Great Big Christmas Book holiday catalog and made it available in a digital version for the iPad, letting children drag items they want to receive into a gift box to create their must-have list for family members.

Toys “R” Us unveils multichannel mobile CRM tactics

September 9, 2010

Toys “R” Us launched an iPhone app that integrates QR codes, videos and rewards into a daily retail shopping experience to enhance its marketing and loyalty initiatives.