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11-28-2019, 09:22 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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I wonder what's changed, when you consider one of the larger factors Toys R Us went down for to begin with. Have kids suddenly started to drop their phones and play with toys again?
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11-28-2019, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: nWo Country
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Nah, but plenty of adults still do and lots of 'em don't like paying shipping costs.
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11-29-2019, 04:37 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Vikingland
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The Bankruptcy was a nice way of halting the debt, cutting ties with employees so they don't get severance and payment for unused vacation and sick days, generating buzz by loudly proclaiming that the online stores have killed beloved nostalgic Geoffrey the Giraffe. And now they can build the "TRU LIVES" and idiots will probably be gobbling that up as a "win" for the little guys against the evil online outlets |
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11-29-2019, 05:27 PM
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Team Blue Boy
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: U.S., East Coast
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Yeah, while phones may have partly replaced traditional toys and that doesn't help, TRU was a victim of this new trend of these hedge fund types buying these companies only to play financial games with them and bleed them dry. Same thing has happened to my prior employer, Sears, and look where it has gotten it.
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11-30-2019, 12:12 PM
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Emperor
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Portugal
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Toys R Us is still in business here in Portugal.
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11-30-2019, 12:52 PM
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Weed Whacker
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Auburn, WA
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I dunno. My kid lost all interest in "toys" at a way younger age than me, and it wasn't because of phones (she isn't allowed to have one yet).
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