Founder Gary Grant is giving all his staff Christmas Eve off despite a ‘terrible’ few months and the troubles of rival Toys R Us
“How’d you like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island? How’d you like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?”
For the night shift, heading home after nine hours filling shelves with Hatchimals, Play-Doh and Lego in one of toy chain The Entertainer’s busiest London stores, escape – perhaps even just from the in-store music – looks an appealing prospect.