Toys 'R' Us Creates a Memorable Birthday Experience for Kids With Geoffrey's Birthday Club
04 August 2004 - 2:18AM
PR Newswire (US)
Toys 'R' Us Creates a Memorable Birthday Experience for Kids With
Geoffrey's Birthday Club www.Birthdaysrus.com Website Launches in
Time for the Biggest Birthday Month of the Year WAYNE, N.J., Aug. 3
/PRNewswire/ -- August is the biggest birthday month of the year
and Toys "R" Us is giving kids a new way to celebrate with
Geoffrey's Birthday Club and the launch of
http://www.birthdaysrus.com/ , a fun and informative website to
help make party planning easier. Geoffrey's Birthday Club is
designed for kids up to age 10 with a simple enrollment process
available on-line or in-store. Geoffrey's Birthday Club offers an
additional birthday celebration to make children's birthdays more
memorable each year. The birthday celebration begins with a
birthday card from Geoffrey with a savings card, redeemable at any
Toys "R" Us. Upon request, everyone's favorite giraffe, Geoffrey,
will call the birthday child with a personal "Happy Birthday" phone
message. Plus, when birthday club members visit their local Toys
"R" Us store during their birthday month, they will discover that
Geoffrey has arranged for a few surprises! The birthday boy or girl
will receive a birthday crown, mylar balloon, and will even get to
use the decorated Birthday Club shopping cart. In-store
announcements over the Toys "R" Us public address system will alert
store associates and shoppers that there is someone celebrating a
birthday today. Parents should sign up their birthday child at
least eight to 10 weeks prior to their birthday in order to
guarantee enrollment in the club. In conjunction with the biggest
birthday month of the year, the company is launching
http://www.birthdaysrus.com/ , an informative and fun website that
provides parents and kids with a number of great resources and
birthday activities. The convenient website features great party
planning ideas, including popular party themes and related
activities. The site also gives parents easy access to unique
features like Geoffrey's Gift Guide, which highlights some of the
hottest new toys for each age group. Kids can also log on to the
site with a parent to print out invitations and birthday cards for
friends and loved ones. In addition, club member's parents will
receive a complimentary party planner with ideas on how to organize
a great party for their child, as well as savings coupons for
birthday gifts and supplies. "We know that a child's birthday is an
important milestone for parents and kids alike," said Amy Parker,
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Toys "R" Us, U.S. "Geoffrey's
Birthday Club is a wonderful way that Toys "R" Us can help parents
provide a memorable birthday experience for their children." About
Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us, Inc., one of the world's leading retailers
of toys, baby products and children's apparel, operates toy stores
in the United States; international toy stores, including
franchised and licensed stores; Babies "R" Us stores and Geoffrey
stores. Toys "R" Us, Inc. currently sells merchandise through 1,473
stores worldwide: 680 toy stores in the United States; 583
international toy stores including licensed and franchise stores;
200 Babies "R" Us stores, and 4 Geoffrey stores. Toys "R" Us, Inc.
also sells merchandise through it's Internet sites at
http://www.toysrus.com/ , http://www.babiesrus.com/ ,
http://www.imaginarium.com/ and http://www.sportsrus.com/ . The
company is in the process of closing its 6 remaining freestanding
Kids "R" Us stores. DATASOURCE: Toys "R" Us CONTACT: Kelly Cullen
of Toys "R" Us, Inc., +1-646-366-8822, Web site:
http://www.toysrus.com/ http://www.babiesrus.com/
http://www.imaginarium.com/ http://www.sportsrus.com/
http://www.birthdaysrus.com/
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