Toys R Us: Excitement builds as Havant Toys R Us store opens this weekend

WHSmith announced that it would be opening up more shop-in-shop Toys R Us locations across the country between September and christmas. Two Hampshire stores were confirmed as part of the announcement: Fareham and Havant.

Excitement has been building as the Havant Toys R Us shop-in-shop will officially open its doors on Saturday, October 19 with a grand opening taking place between 9am and 1pm.

The shop, which is located in the WHSmith in The Meridian Centre will be welcoming Geoffrey the Giraffe who will be joining the WHSmith team for an official ribbon cutting. He will then greet visitors throughout the morning to celebrate the opening.

Ian Sanders, group commercial development director at WHSmith, said: “We’re really excited to be opening Toys“R”Us in Havant. WHSmith is known for being the Hub of the High Street by providing customers with a range of great products and services. Partnering with Toys R Us gives us a leading toys and games range in our stores and means customers have even more reasons to shop with us. We look forward to welcoming many more customers into our store.” The first 50 children visiting the store will also receive a free Toys“R”Us goody bag worth over £15 and people are being advised to head down there early as it is anticipated to be extremely busy.

Further Toys R Us openings will include stores in Carlisle, Newbury, Scarborough and Fareham. The opening date for the Fareham store has not been confirmed.

For more information about the new store, click here.