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Toys R Us goes bust

Toys R Us goes bust

Update: 2019-08-1210
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No amount of nostalgia could save Toys R Us from the private equity firms that owned it.


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Jon Wallace

The store was already failing. Retail is failing. Millions of people in retail have been laid off (according to this podcast), yet somehow the story goes on to blame Wallstreet for the store closing lol. The typical story of how the "big bad wallstreet guys" are the enemy. Even stooped low enough to play audio of children crying when they found out the store was closing. This is trash...

Dec 31st
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