Article: Kids "R" Us; from outsider to leader of the pack. (children's clothing retailer) (interview)

KIDS "R" US From outsider to leader of the pack

Someday, Mike Searle, president of Kids `R' Us, hopes his stores will live up to the expectations of his boss, Charles Lazarus -- to beat Kids' profitable parent, Toys `R' Us, at the cash register.

Lazarus will receive the Green Thumb award from the Boys' and Young Men's Apparel Manufacturers Association for his leadership of Kids `R' on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The chairman and chief executive officer of Toys `R' Us surely feels indebted to Searle for helping make the apparel chain as successful as it is to date. Notoriously press-shy, Lazarus deferred commentary on the award to the man he has entrusted with ...

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