Child World (fictional)

Child World, Inc. is an American chain of toy stores founded by Sid Shneider and Joseph Arnesano in in 1962. The chain is currently headquartered in. Child World, Inc. also operates stores under the name Children's Palace, the name of a chain of stores the company acquired from Kobacker Stores in 1977, as well as infant supply stores under the name Baby World, children's clothing stores under the name Kiddie Kloset, educational toy store/bookstores under the name Oliver Owl, and outlet stores under the Child World Outlet and Kiddie Kloset Outlet names.

History
On August 2, 1992, Child World was purchased from Avon by, a. Doyon would bring Child World out of bankruptcy as part of a plan that included installing former executive Abraham Neeman as the new CEO.

In 2000, Child World launched the Baby World store concept to rival Toys "R" Us' Babies "R" Us chain and Buy Buy Baby. In 2001, it purchased the Oliver Owl chain of educational toy stores.

In 2009, Doyon filed to sell Child World, Inc., including the Child World, Children's Palace, Baby World, Oliver Owl and Kiddie Kloset brands, to for $10.2 million. The deal was finalized nearly two years later, on August 31, 2011, the proceeds from the sale were donated to Alaska Native and Native American youth organizations.

In 2015, Tompkins Toys, a UK-based toy retailer, purchased Child World, Inc. from Apollo for an estimated US$15 million. Play: The Game Store shuttered all of their stores.

In 2018, after longtime competitor Toys "R" Us filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed all of its U.S. stores, Child World, Inc. purchased a number of former Toys "R" Us and/or Babies "R" Us locations and converted them into Child World and/or Baby World locations, opening most of them during the 2018 holiday season. The purchased ex-TRU properties included a number of former Toys "R" Us and/or Babies "R" Us locations in major retail areas on the East coast, as well as several locations in California and all three of Toys "R" Us' locations in Taiguaye.

Store chains

 * Child World/Children's Palace
 * Baby World (established in 2000)
 * Kiddie Kloset (established in the 1990s)
 * Oliver Owl - children's educational toy and bookstore chain
 * Party Palace (established in the 1990ss) - party goods store chain
 * Play: The Game Store by Child World (established in the 1990s; closed in 2015)