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Obviously, its operating costs are greater than its ability to operate.
There's nothing at Toys "R" Us that you can't get at Amazon (for less) or some other web-site (for less).
I haven't been in a Toys "R" Us in more than 25 years. I went there to buy a handheld electronic baseball game for my nephew who was in hospital and to buy a handheld electronic football game (made by the same company), which I was very fond of, and which was destroyed when we crashed and burned in the Harz Mountains coming out of Wolfenbüttel.
Sells for $429 on E-bay. Imagine that.
Why do so many posters on this board make references to toys, movies, television shows, etc. from 30 plus years ago?
The thing is, Toys R Us was a place where parents and kids could see and touch the toys before ordering. It was kind of fun. What will be funny is if Amazon opens a toy store like they are doing now with book stores in malls after putting so many book stores out of business.
I used to LOVE browsing in Toys R Us as a kid. I was obsessed with the Barbie aisle.
Oddly enough, I've only ever been twice myself since having kids- once to Babies R Us and once to Toys R Us. Our local TRU was looted during the Ferguson riots and closed for good shortly after. Even before that though, the one time I went I found it to be dead of customers, dirty, poorly stocked and not organized.
For toys that I need immediately (ie, last minute birthday gift or potty training reward), Wal-Mart and Target are more convenient. For gifts that don't need to arrive immediately, Amazon is my go to. I'm sure most other parents are the same nowadays.
And I suspect that more of those big box stores will be going down. I needed some crabgrass preventer for my yard. Did I go to Lowes or Home Depot? Nope. Few clicks on Amazon and it was here the next day for less money than I would have paid in the BB stores.
True. We only go to the hardware/home improvement stores if we need something now and it can't wait even a day. The same with Auto parts stores.
My husband and I usually just order on Amazon for cheaper if it is something we can wait a couple of days for. Obviously we can't do that for everything- unexpected projects do pop up... but we do it for most things.
Why do so many posters on this board make references to toys, movies, television shows, etc. from 30 plus years ago?
The thing is, Toys R Us was a place where parents and kids could see and touch the toys before ordering. It was kind of fun. What will be funny is if Amazon opens a toy store like they are doing now with book stores in malls after putting so many book stores out of business.
yes it was fun for us decades ago
TRS is going the same place as 'Playworld", 'Childworld', 'KB-Toys' , 'Zainy-brainy', 'Noodle-kadoodle', 'circus-world', 'FAOSchwarz", 'kiddie-city', 'natural-wonders', WBstore, discoverychannel store, Imaginarium,
circusworld was sold to KBtoys, which TRS bought...TRS also boughtout FAO and Imaginarium
My genuine feeling for Bricks and Motar stores in the vein of TRU is that they need to offer something, an experience beyond shopping/browsing that you cannot get online.
If I owned a toy store like TRU, I would dedicate half the space to a pay-to-play area with toys, an exceptional indoor adventure playground, and coffee/snack seating area for parents. You can't do that for your kids online.
Their points program was screwy, never got anything for the hundreds I spent there. I stopped going there a couple of years ago. I refuse to shop at Amazon, I will order from Target of Walmart though. Get a lot of my toys from neighborhood shops, even Barnes and Noble.
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The UK subsidiary of Toys R Us is also closing.
'Toys R Us' ran in to trouble due to a leveraged buyout which led to lots of debt, the company itself would still be making a profit if it weren't for the debt racked up by the buyout.
The whole sad saga is explained here.
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Well, I guess kids don't like toys anymore. Just hand them a tablet.
Pretty sad. I'm glad my DD and SIL don't allow my grandsons have electronic devices.
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