The History of Child World/Children's Palace - Post-Mortar

Child World, Inc. (which also operated Children's Palace) was the second-largest toy retailer in the United States for years, right behind Toys R Us. After nearly 30 years of prospering, the retail slump of the late '80s and the 1990 Recession would have a huge effect on the toy market. Today, we take a look at what happened to Child World, Inc. Main Theme: Branches by DanoSongs https://danosongs.com/ Check out https://ToysWereUs.com for more info on Child World, Inc... Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:21 - Shneider & Arnesano and the 1960s 1:13 - The Rise to Second-Best 1:37 - Cole National and the Retail Slump of the Late-80s 3:42 - Welcome to The 90s 5:15 - Bankruptcy and Sabotage 6:51 - Final Words Main theme: Branches by DanoSongs https://danosongs.com/ (used with permission) "Backbay Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Videos: Dan Devoe (www.ToysWereUs.com), The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV), Consumer Time Capsule, robatsea2009, STEVE HEROLD, cringevision, RetroColumbus, Hootyhaha Hootyhaha, tvmattkc, ThamesTV, TheClassicSports, 1980's Rocks Iron Maiden Def Leppard, Vintage LEGO Castle and Pirates, 62andru, KPRC 2 Click2Houston, IronPlant, ClassicRetailAds, Movie & Video Game TV Spots, Walmart Images: Anthony92931 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index..., Kentucky Photo Archive, Thomas: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nintend... (no changes made), By SounderBruce - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Grid/Racetrack Diagrams: https://www.shopify.com/retail/the-ul... "Bamboo Swing, B12.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org Respective Images: Mike Kalasnik (  / deadanddyingretail  ) Citations: https://justpaste.it/cw Videos and images used in this episode belong to their respective owners. Alex Nuelle, 2020 #childworld #childrenspalace #massachusetts