Hamleys

Hamleys is one of the world's largest toy shops. Its flagship store in Regent Street, London, is the world's largest toy store. Other major stores worldwide include Dublin, Dubai, Amman, Glasgow, Mumbai, Chennai and Riyadh. The flagship store is considered one of London's major tourist attractions, and receives about five million visitors a year. It is often considered to be the London equivalent of FAO Schwarz in New York City. Unlike many companies using possessive names, Hamleys intentionally forgoes the use of an apostrophe in its name. Hamleys is named after William Hamley, who founded a toy shop called "Noah's Ark" at 231 High Holborn in London in 1760. A branch at 200 Regent Street was opened in 1881, and the Holborn branch was...