Talk:FAO Schwarz/Archive 1

Store Listing

Is the list of stores supposed to be current? The FAO website makes no mention of an Orlando location. If the list is meant to include defunct stores, I remember one used to be in San Francisco. --207.69.138.10 23:14, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

No, I have just returned from vacation in Orlando and my hotel was opposite the Pointe Orlando, who's obvious star attraction was the FAO there. The shop is closed for renovations, but definitely not permanantly. I think it re-opens in March. - User:Speedway 25 Dec 2004 (yes I am sad I go on Wikipedia on Christmas Day)

What's the diff between bold locations an normal font? 128.114.60.138 (talk) 08:01, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Obituary?

What kind of link is this obituary link? I can make no sense out of it. Does it really belong in this article?

I see no Schwarz, which I can only assume is the thought process behind this. I'm taking it out; if someone wants to debate it on this page, go for it. Viewer 11:23, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Neutrality

Even though I didn't want to use the {{advert}} template since that seemed a bit strong the article clearly reads like a puff piece for the store and contains a lot of opinion when it should just be about the facts. Cat-five - talk 20:19, 6 July 2007 (UTC)q

Can you identify a specific problem? --Tjsynkral (talk) 05:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Contradiction

Part of the article appears out of date and contradictory:

The two FAO Schwarz stores also include a cafe/ice cream parlor as well as a candy shop called "FAO Schweetz."

There are three stores. Do all three stores have a FAO Schweetz or or just two of the three? Either way a change needs to be made. --Tjsynkral (talk) 05:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

There are presently only two standalone stores: on the corner of 58th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and in Caesar's Forum Shops in Las Vegas. The New York Store still contains a cafe and a candy shop. The Las Vegas store's cafe was removed in December 2007. The article has been edited accordingly. In addition to the two standalone stores, there is also an F. A. O. Schwarz department in the Macy's on State Street in Chicago, and a small collection of F. A. O. Schwarz merchandise in the Best & Co. store on Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich, CT. Neither of the latter stores sells food or candy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.21.229 (talk) 00:23, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

In December 2003, Right Start, the parent of FAO Schwarz, filed for bankruptcy. They would emerge from bankruptcy in April 2003.

The company emerges from bankruptcy 8 months before it filed for bankruptcy? --Toiletsewere (talk) 21:09, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Needs a lot of expansion

Why does this company have vastly more former stores than current ones? What happened to them? Why does it apparently have three flagship stores but no (open) non-flagship stores? Etc etc. 86.143.48.55 (talk) 18:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I used to work for Zany Brainy, which was owned by the same company that owned FAO Schwarz. When the entire company filed for Bankruptcy, Zany Brainy was liquidated completed, and the flagship stores for FAO were sold with the rest having been liquidated. At least, thats my understanding of the entire convoluted mess. --74.255.44.164 (talk) 20:07, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

If this page is to be expanded you could add the "Big" section to "In popular culture"/"In movies". You could also add "Home Alone 2" at the same time.TeigeRyan (talk) 04:41, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

POV

I've added a POV template. The general structure of the article is ok, and some sections are too, but especially the introductory paragraph really reads like an advertisement. Husky ^{(talk page)} 23:10, 4 March 2012 (UTC)