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Find a Location

FAO Schwarz has 3 locations, listed below.

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    • FAO Schwarz

      30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10111

    • FAO Schwarz

      3500 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89109

    • FAO Schwarz

      757 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153

    Business ProfileforFAO Schwarz

    Toys
    Multi Location Business

    Additional business information

    Additional Info:

    In May 2009, Toys"R"Us acquired FAO Schwarz. Toys“R”Us, Inc. announced that it will continue to operate the two FAO Schwarz retail stores, including the flagship location in New York City and a store at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas as well as the FAO Schwarz e-commerce and catalog operations under the name "FAO Schwarz". 

    Toys“R”Us, Inc. currently operates more than 1,500 stores in 33 countries worldwide, including 847 Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us stores in the U.S., more than 700 international stores, which includes licensed and franchise stores, and through its Internet sites, Toysrus.com, Babiesrus.com, eToys.com and babyuniverse.com.

    Toys"R"Us is headquartered at One Geoffrey Way Wayne, NJ 07470

    Click here for a complete BBB Reliability Report on Toys"R"US: http://www.bbb.org/new-jersey/business-reviews/toys-retail/toys-r-us-in-wayne-nj-29003690

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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    4 complaints closed in last 3 years

    3 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Overview

    In October 2016, FAO Schwarz was acquired by ThreeSixty Group Inc.   FAO Schwarz  opened a new retail store in NYC November 16, 2018 after having closed its Fifth Avenue location on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. The company also maintains an e-commerce site at: http://www.fao.com/

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    FAO Schwarz has 3 locations, listed below.

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      • FAO Schwarz

        30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10111

      • FAO Schwarz

        3500 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89109

      • FAO Schwarz

        757 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153

      Location of This Business
      30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111
      BBB File Opened:
      8/31/1999
      Years in Business:
      162
      Business Started:
      1/1/1862
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Business Management
      • Mr. David Niggli, Chief Merchandising Officer
      • Mr. David Conn, CEO, ThreeSixty Group Ltd.
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. David Niggli, Chief Merchandising Officer
      • Mr. David Conn, CEO, ThreeSixty Group Ltd.

      Customer Complaints

      4 Customer Complaints

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      Customer Reviews

      1 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Mikaela S

      1 star

      04/16/2023

      So disappointed with their customer service. I have called, reached out through multiple different social media accounts of theirs, and filled out their contact us form from their website and have still not been able to have my issue resolved. When you fill out the form on their website, it says you can expect to hear back within 2 to 3 business days. I filled out this form five separate times and only the first time did I ever receive a response. For Christmas I purchased the kids electric guitar with amplifier for my son. He absolutely loved the thing. He took such good care of it. He always made sure to return it to his case, he never left it lying around on the ground, he cherished this guitar. One day he was going to plug the amplifier into the guitar when the housing around the plug just fell off in his hands. So now hes unable to plug the amplifier in which is obviously the whole point of the guitar. You need it in order for the guitar to sound the way its meant to.The first response that I got from them was that they would replace the item, but that they were currently out of stock of the item and that they would place me on the waitlist. The item was still for sale on their website, so Im not sure how they were out of stock.With what I know now Im assuming that was just a ploy to get me to go away. I have since tried to follow up probably around seven times and have not received one response.I really dont know what else I can do but this guitar cost me $170 so it absolutely shouldve lasted longer than 2 1/2 weeks. cant believe how little these people care for their customers. Would definitely recommend purchasing elsewhere. There will be an issue and you wont get any response from them.

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