Article: Children's retailer will try for fresh start on East Coast. (Retail).(Right Start Inc.)(Brief Article)

AFTER gobbling up two other toy retailers within the last year, Right Start Inc. is moving its headquarters from Calabasas to Philadelphia.

The transition has been ongoing for the last few months as executives have traveled consistently to the East Coast headquarters of FAO Schwarz and Zany Brainy, the two companies recently acquired.

Right Start President and Chief Executive Jerry Welch confirmed he would be moving soon to Philadelphia.

Accounting, human resources and back office operations will remain in Calabasas, said company spokeswoman Renee Hollinger. But many of the executive offices will relocate ...

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