Toys R Us said Friday its first-quarter loss widened, hurt by continued weakness in the video game sector and cool weather.
Toys R Us, the largest specialty toy retailer in the U.S., has struggled with softer sales due to tough competition from online retailers and discounters at a time when consumer spending remains tepid. The company's CEO Gerald Storch stepped down in February.
Interim CEO Antonio Urcelay said Toys R Us is committed to increasing its online offerings, expanding globally _ including in China and Southeast Asia _ and offering a wider variety of products.
Its loss for the three months ended May 4 grew to $111 million, compared with a loss of $60 million a year ago.
First-quarter revenue was hurt by weakness in seasonal products and electronics, video game hardware and software. It fell 8 percent to $2.41 billion from $2.61 billion a year earlier.
Revenue in stores open at least one year fell 8.4 percent in the U.S. and 5.8 percent internationally. The figure is an important gauge of a retailer's health, because it strips out stores that have opened or closed in the past year and measures growth at existing locations.
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