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crazycatlady

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33. Toys R Us is arranged by commercial tie ins too

Reply to LisaM (Reply #28)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 10:28 PM

Jan 2018

For example, they have a whole section devoted to Disney Princesses (I can't speak to other toys since that's what my nieces are into).

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Toys 'R' Us Is Closing 180 U.S. Stores After Declaring Bankruptcy [View all] UpInArms Jan 2018 OP

Kids don't want toys anymore - they want new cell phones and tablets from Amazon n/t Baclava Jan 2018 #1

Anything ToysRUs can carry, Amazon carries too, pretty much. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #2

Of course they want toys obamanut2012 Jan 2018 #4

yeah, that's more what I was saying - "specialty stores" for kids toys are pretty much dinosaurs n/t Baclava Jan 2018 #7

Especially over priced toys in a high rent mall space. marble falls Jan 2018 #14

Retail is dying, slowly but surely. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2018 #3

I know how you feel. I still like to try things on, flip throw a book.. turn things around, etc riversedge Jan 2018 #8

I hate buying stuff via Amazon or computer. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #21

Buying clothes online PSPS Jan 2018 #24

I hope they don't close the haunted one. :) C Moon Jan 2018 #5

Vulture capitalists are the culprit behind the Toys'R'Us demise and many more to come rurallib Jan 2018 #6

There has never been a good LBO jmowreader Jan 2018 #9

You Said A Mouthful ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #13

Another atrocity: The LBO industry created the mortgage crisis jmowreader Jan 2018 #22

THIS BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #10

I was just thinking about KB Toys also as I read this. Kittycow Jan 2018 #11

The Toys R Us near me BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #16

Very important point. Similar to what Shkreli was doing in Pharma. Wring every last penny out of suffragette Jan 2018 #12

Doesn't it give you some pleasure to know Shkreli has been cooling his heels in stir waiting to.... marble falls Jan 2018 #15

Im glad justice is being done in his case. Need more of that. Great piece here by Reich about suffragette Jan 2018 #19

Thanks for posting Strelnikov_ Jan 2018 #31

Yep - the MSM already has a narrative out there of internet stores and all that crap rurallib Jan 2018 #32

We are all getting SO TIRED OF WINNING. bullwinkle428 Jan 2018 #17

havent been there for over a decade but thier products were overpriced IMO lunasun Jan 2018 #18

Sure were!! FiveGoodMen Jan 2018 #25

It's a wasteful system bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #20

I'd go to a Mom and Pop toy store if I could find one. LisaM Jan 2018 #28

Toys R Us is arranged by commercial tie ins too crazycatlady Jan 2018 #33

Figures. LisaM Jan 2018 #34

The rent is too damn high! Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #23

Toys R Us did it to themselves. RandySF Jan 2018 #26

That's too bad. There used to be one right by our house and I shopped at it. LisaM Jan 2018 #27

The only retail job I ever had was toys r us at Christmas my freshman year in college kimbutgar Jan 2018 #29

There will always be a place for toy stores, but not ones undercut by Target and Walmart. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #30

Here's a list: hunter Jan 2018 #35