Aug 14, 2014
Biz Buzz: Building a Toy Store DynastyBy Norm BourNewportBeachIndy.com

Some people, and families, have certain businesses in their blood: multi-generations of doctors or attorneys, or flower shops owners.

In the case of Gary and Diane Naumann, it’s toys. And though they weren’t born into the toy biz, they cannot seem to stay away, and have even enlisted their family to help launch a new toy venture.

Diane started along this path in the early 1990s when she worked for one of the most iconic and visible toy stores in Corona del Mar, The Toy Shop, which catered to multiple generations of families at the same location on Coast highway for five decades.

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