Sabotage & Bad Business: The Story of Child World and Children's Palace Toy Stores

Child World was an American chain of toy stores founded in 1962 known for their castle like store fronts. Child World once had 182 stores and revenues of approximately $830 million annually. From 1977 until its closure Child World also operated the Children's Palace chain of toy stores until it closed in 1992 as a result of some bad business decisions and maybe, just maybe, some sabotage!