Editing Hamleys (section)

==Global stores==
[[File:Hamleys, Emporia, Malmo.JPG|thumb|left|A Hamleys store at the shopping mall [[Emporia (shopping mall)|Emporia]] in [[Malmö]], Sweden]]

Hamleys' European footprint existed in Denmark (three small stores) and, since October 2008, the [[Republic of Ireland]], when it opened a {{convert|3250|m2|adj=on}} store in Pembroke Avenue, located adjacent to the Town Square in [[Dundrum, Dublin|Dundrum]], Dublin.<ref name="Dublin">{{citation
 |title       = Hamleys Toy Store Opens In Dublin
 |url         = http://britishembassyinireland.fco.gov.uk/content/en/article/hamleys
 |publisher   = British Embassy in Ireland
 |access-date  = 8 April 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081027102347/http://britishembassyinireland.fco.gov.uk/content/en/article/hamleys
 |archive-date = 27 October 2008
}}</ref><ref>{{citation
|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/commercialproperty/2008/0604/1212365140149.html
|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]
|title=€1 million rent for top toy store Hamleys in Dundrum
|access-date=8 April 2009
|date=4 June 2008
|last=Fagan|first=Jack
}}</ref> On 12 October 2012, a Hamleys store opened at [[Nacka]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. On 19 September 2013, a Hamley store opened as part of [[Steen og Strøm]] department store in [[Oslo]], Norway. In April 2014 the Hamleys Denmark toy chain closed all four of its Danish locations when its Nordic parent company, Kids Retails, filed for bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hamleys Denmark closes outlets following bankruptcy|url=http://cphpost.dk/news/hamleys-denmark-closes-outlets-following-bankruptcy.9131.html|access-date=4 April 2014|newspaper=cphpost|date=2 April 2014}}</ref>

Hamleys opened its first store outside Europe in [[Amman]], Jordan, on 18 June 2008. The three-storey store on Mecca Street is run by the group's [[franchisee]] Jordan Centre.<ref name="Amman">{{citation
|title=Hamleys opens first store overseas
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hamleys-opens-first-store-overseas-849851.html
|newspaper=[[The Independent]]
|last=Thompson|first=James
|date=18 June 2008
|access-date=8 April 2009
}}</ref> A [[Dubai]] franchise opened with two stores on 4 November 2008.<ref name="Dubai">{{citation
|url=https://pigtailpals.com/blog/news/hamleys-dubai-opens-today/
|publisher=Pigtail Pals
|date=4 November 2008
|access-date=15 June 2020
|title=Hamleys Dubai opens today
}}</ref>

[[File:Fourways Mall Hamleys.jpeg|thumb|Hamleys store inside [[Fourways Mall]] in [[South Africa]]]]
The first store in South Asia was opened in [[Mumbai]], India, on 9 April 2010.<ref name=BusStand>{{cite web|url=http://beta.profit.ndtv.com/news/show/uk-toy-retailer-hamleys-opens-first-store-in-india-34131|title=UK toy retailer Hamleys opens first store in India|publisher=NDTV|date=8 April 2010|access-date=8 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410210914/http://beta.profit.ndtv.com/news/show/uk-toy-retailer-hamleys-opens-first-store-in-india-34131|archive-date=10 April 2010}}</ref> The {{convert|22000|ft2|adj=on}} store is located in an upmarket shopping district in India's financial capital. A second store in India is located in the city of [[Chennai]] at the Express Avenue Mall. The {{Convert|11000|ft2|adj=on}} store has a [[Buses in London|London bus]] that customers can walk up through. It now has 78 stores in India, including three stores in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] with a recently opened store in Amritsar on 1 February 2018. Hamleys also opened its first store in [[Bhubaneswar]] at [[Esplanade One]] Mall On 10 January 2019. Hamleys also opened its first store in Lucknow at Fun Republic Mall. With this addition, the brand is now present in 26 cities with 50 stores across India. In [[Gujarat]], Hamleys opened its first store at Ahmedabad One mall with {{Convert|11000|ft2}} on 9 November 2014.

[[File:Hamleys Toy shop, India.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Hamleys, in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India]]
Hamleys' opened a store in the Saudi capital [[Riyadh]] on 26 January 2012. The {{Convert|2100|m2|adj=on}} shop is located in the Panorama mall at Takhassusi Street's intersection with Prince Mohammed Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ameinfo.com/287948.html |title=Hamleys opens first store in Riyadh at Panorama Mall &#124; Hamleys &#124; AMEinfo.com |access-date=28 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922022124/http://www.ameinfo.com/287948.html |archive-date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>

In 2012 Hamleys opened its first store in Russia. It now operates two in [[Moscow]], one in [[Saint-Petersburg]] and one in [[Krasnodar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hamleys.ru/|title=Магазин Hamleys (Хэмлис) – плюшевые и интерактивные игрушки, детские товары, конструкторы, гаджеты|website=www.hamleys.ru}}</ref>

In 2013, Hamleys announced plans to open 20 stores across India in collaboration with [[Reliance Retail|Reliance Brands Ltd.]]<ref name=IndianExpress >{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/reliance-retail-aims-to-have-20-hamleys-stores-in-next-3-yrs/1068705/|title=Reliance Retail aims to have 20 Hamleys stores in next 3 yrs|date=3 February 2013|access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref> The company also announced that a store would open in the One Utama Shopping Mall in [[Kuala Lumpur]], in November 2013, the first in [[Southeast Asia]]. Malaysia is now a home for three Hamleys stores, with new outlets opened in the Quill Mall, Kuala Lumpur and in the satellite terminal of [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]].

In 2014, Hamleys opened its first store in the [[Philippines]]. The store opened in Central Square, Bonifacio Highstreet, [[Bonifacio Global City]], [[Taguig]] City.<ref>{{citation
|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]
|date=22 December 2014
|url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/180492/ssi-group-brings-in-iconic-toy-brand
|title=SSI Group brings in iconic toy brand
|access-date=22 December 2014
}}</ref> A second Philippine Hamleys store is also set to open the following year.<ref>{{citation
|newspaper=[[Philippine Star]]
|date=22 December 2014
|url=http://www.philstar.com/lifestyle-features/2014/12/16/1403349/largest-toy-shop-world-opens-branch-philippines
|title=Largest toy shop in the world opens branch in the Philippines
|last=Vila|first=Alixandra Caole
|access-date=22 December 2014
}}</ref> Stores Specialists Inc. (SSI) Group is the exclusive distributor of Hamleys in the Philippines.

In 2015, an [[Abu Dhabi]] franchise opened with two stores in World Trade Centre Mall (WTC) and Yas Mall, [[Yas Island]].

[[File:Hamleys Toy shop Chennai Tamil Nadu India.jpg|thumb|upright|Inside Hamleys toy shop, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India]]
In July 2015, a store opened in [[Plaza Singapura]], [[Singapore]]. This is the first Hamleys store to be established in Singapore.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/british-toy-giant-hamleys-lands-in-singapore-8238262| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170729184837/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/british-toy-giant-hamleys-lands-in-singapore-8238262| archive-date = 2017-07-29| title = British toy giant Hamleys lands in Singapore - Channel NewsAsia}}</ref> Subsequently, a second store was introduced at [[Marina Bay Sands]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/british-toy-store-hamleys-opens-here|title=British toy store Hamleys opens here|last=hermes|date=23 July 2015|website=The Straits Times}}</ref>

On 27 August 2015, a store opened in [[Victoria & Alfred Waterfront]], [[Cape Town, South Africa]]. Six other stores have opened in [[South Africa]]: at [[Mall of Africa]], [[Sandton City]], [[Gateway Theatre of Shopping|Gateway Mall]], [[Fourways Mall]], [[Rosebank, Gauteng#The Zone @ Rosebank|The Zone @ Rosebank]] and [[Eastgate Shopping Centre, Johannesburg|Eastgate Mall]].

In November 2015, a store opened at [[Antara Polanco]] Fashion Mall in [[Mexico City]], its first store in [[Mexico]]. As of June 2018, there are four stores in Mexico: one in [[Querétaro City|Querétaro]] at [[Antea LifeStyle Center]], one in [[Veracruz (city)|Veracruz]] at Andamar Lifestyle Center and two in Mexico City at Antara Polanco Fashion Mall and [[Artz Pedregal]].

A store is present in [[Nicosia]], Cyprus. There is also a store in Malta.

In 2016, Hamleys opened a store in [[Prague]], Czech Republic, in Na Příkopě Street.

In 2017, a Hamleys store was opened in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], England to celebrate the UK City of Culture, in the shopping centre, Princes Quay.

Also in 2017, a store was opened in [[Warsaw]], Poland, at the Galeria Północna shopping mall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.property-forum.eu/news/new-shopping-mall-opens-in-warsaw/1145|title=New shopping mall opens in Warsaw|website=Property-Forum.eu|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

In April 2018, it was confirmed that the [[Dublin]] store would close after being open for 10 years.

In December 2018, it was also announced that the Trafford Centre branch would close after a short time in operation.

In 2018, a proposal was announced to open a store in [[New York City]] near [[Herald Square]], though nothing has progressed as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valente |first=Danielle |date=2018-12-13 |title=Hamleys, the world's oldest toy store, is coming to NYC |url=https://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/news/hamleys-the-worlds-oldest-toy-store-is-coming-to-nyc-121318 |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Time Out New York Kids |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-14 |title=Hamleys, the world’s oldest toy store, looks to open first US location in New York |url=https://brokerpulse.com/2018/12/14/hamleys-looks-to-open-first-us-location-in-new-york/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Broker Pulse |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-12 |title=Cult Favorite British Toy Store Hamleys Is Finally Coming to the US |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a25555962/hamelys-british-toy-new-york-city-flagship/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Barger |first=Kerry |date=2018-12-06 |title=Hamleys {{!}} SL Green {{!}} 2 Herald Square |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2018/12/06/british-toy-store-hamleys-close-to-inking-15-year-lease-at-2-herald-square/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=The Real Deal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamleys toystore eyes expansion into US market {{!}} Retail industry {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/28/hamleys-toystore-united-states-expansion-stores |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=amp.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zahn |first=James |date=2019-05-16 |title=Hamleys Has a New Owner, But Will the Iconic UK Toy Store Come to the U.S.? • The Toy Book |url=https://toybook.com/hamleys-reliance-retail/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=The Toy Book |language=en-US}}</ref>

In April 2019 it was reported that an Indian Company [[Reliance Retail]] was planning to buy out the British toy store chain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reliance Retail may buy out British toy store chain Hamleys|newspaper=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/retail/reliance-may-buy-out-british-toy-store-chain-hamleys-report/articleshow/68921015.cms|date=17 April 2019}}</ref>

In May 2019 it was confirmed that Reliance Retail, a subsidiary of [[Reliance Industries Limited]] on 9 May 2019 signed a definitive agreement for Reliance Retail to acquire 100 per cent shares of Hamleys Global Holdings Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reliance Industries buys global toy retailer Hamleys|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/retail/reliance-industries-buys-global-toy-retailer-hamleys/articleshow/69256149.cms|date=19 May 2019|website=The Economic Times}}</ref> Hamleys is planning to open a Hamleys in The Gate Mall in Kuwait.<ref>title=Hamley's Opening in The Gate Mall|url=https://248am.com/mark/toys/hamleys-opening-in-gate-mall/</ref>

In November 2022, Hamleys opened a store in [[Albania]]. It is located in the heart of [[Tirana]], inside the Emerald mall. It covers the entire second floor with toys, the third floor with Hamleys party rooms and attractions on both floors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – hamleys.al |url=https://www.hamleys.al/history/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2023, Hamleys opened a store in [[Rome]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Rome |first=Wanted in |date=2024-03-13 |title=Hamleys, world's oldest toy store, opens in Rome |url=https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/hamleys-toy-store-opens-in-rome.html |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Wanted in Rome |language=en}}</ref>