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Kazoo & Company Toys

Kazoo & Company Toys is a full-service toy store and business based in Denver, Colorado, providing one of the largest selections of 60,000 different toys! in the nation of quality toys, games, puzzles and creative activities for kids and kids-at-heart. Kazoo & Company has become the largest retailer of educational, nonviolent toys in the world. The company prides itself not only on its vast selection of toys and playthings for kids aged baby to teen, but also on its success in offering parents, grandparents and teachers a fun shopping experience.

Facts & figures
Liquid capital required
$60,000
Net worth required
$350,000
Investment
$135,200 - $389,500
Franchise fee
$39,000
Units in operation
1

Kazoo & Company features toys that educate kids and help parents and guardians interact in healthy ways with their kids. Kazoo & Company was voted the Number One Toy Internet site in 2006 by Playthings Magazine, and was named the Number One toy store in Denver for eight straight years through 2009. Kazoo & Company is avidly seeking franchisees to open new locations, and offers assistance with advertising and marketing strategies.

Kazoo & Company Toys Franchise Opportunities – History

Kazoo & Company Toys was founded in 1980 in Denver, Colorado, and has one of the largest brick and mortar stores in the country at 13,000 square feet. President, owner and CEO Diana Nelson purchased Kazoo & Company Toys in 1998, with a loan from the Small Business Administration, and the company has enjoyed continuous success since. The following year, Nelson expanded to Internet toy sales with kazootoys.com. In 2007, Nelson signed an agreement with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service to be the U.S. military’s exclusive online toy retailer. She began franchising Kazoo & Company outlets in 2008, when she first sold a franchise location at Denver International Airport.

Kazoo & Company Toys Franchise Cost / Initial Investment /Kazoo &

Company Toys Franchise Income

The fee to become a Kazoo & Company Toys franchisee is $39,000. The total investment to own a Kazoo & Company Toy store is between $147,700 and $756,500, with liquid cash available of $150,000. A royalty of 6% is paid to Kazoo & Company.

Kazoo & Company Toys Business Opportunities: Other Information

Diana Nelson was elected as a member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Rocky Mountain Chapter Board in 2009.

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