Chang and Medina are Times staff writers. Holiday-related bankruptcies got an early start Thursday -- just two weeks before Christmas -- when KB Toys Inc. filed for Chapter 11 and said it planned to ...

NEW YORK - December 11, 2008 - The 86-year-old company said in a filing that its debt is "directly attributable to a sudden and sharp decline in consumer sales" because of the poor economy. That a toy ...

The defunct KB Toys brand is planning a comeback — after nearly a decade in mothballs. Hoping to capitalize on the apparent demise of Toys ‘R’ Us, the California company that bought the KB brand in ...

Just as many were getting nostalgic over the loss of Toys 'R' Us, a toy store of yesteryear may be making a comeback. In a message posted on LinkedIn, Strategic Marks founder Ellia Kassoff said his ...

KB Toys is making a comeback, and it should be a bit easier now that another account is not confusing customers and fans. The name of KB Toys is now owned by Strategic Marks, who is planning on ...

KB Toys filed for Chapter 11 yesterday, or really, Chapter 22, since it’s the toy retailer’s second go-around in bankruptcy court. Both filings have private equity fingerprints all over them. In 2005, ...

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Toy’s ‘R’ Us will soon be no more, but another long-lost toy store could soon fill the void. Remember KB Toys? The company went out of business in 2008, closing up all of its stores ...

NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) – KB Toys Inc, one of the largest U.S. toy retailers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, with a plan to close all its stores and begin liquidation ...

SILVERTHORNE – KB Toys at the Silverthorne Factory Stores will likely close in the next couple months. The Silverthorne store is one of at least 375 KB stores nationwide slated to close because the ...

PITTSFIELD — Two months after it laid off a dozen employees at its headquarters, KB Toys is closing its store at Berkshire Mall while reorganizing a chunk of its debt. KB officials said yesterday that ...

Just as many were getting nostalgic over the loss of Toys 'R' Us, a toy store of yesteryear may be making a comeback. In a message posted on LinkedIn, Strategic Marks founder Ellia Kassoff said his ...