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Toys R Us

Toy manufacturers adjust to a post-Toys R Us world

by Emma Jacobs
Oct 23, 2018
The retail giant's bankruptcy has Hasbro and other toymakers scrambling to prepare for the holidays.
Shoppers crowd Toys R Us in Times Square on Nov. 23, Black Friday, in 2007 in New York City.
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Toys R Us is gone, but fret not, retailers say

by Renata Sago
Oct 22, 2018
They see a chance to grab the defunct store's share of sales.
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Toys R Us is gone, but fret not, retailers say

by Renata Sago
Oct 22, 2018
They see a chance to grab the defunct store's share of sales.
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How companies like Toys R Us get approval to pay executive bonuses during bankruptcy

by Marielle Segarra
Apr 10, 2018
Payments, once justified as a way to retain leaders during the crisis, are now tied to performance metrics.
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What a Chapter 11 retail bankruptcy looks like on the ground

by Marielle Segarra
Mar 23, 2018
Multibillion-dollar retailers are enormous machines, with a complex network of suppliers and tens of thousands of workers around the country. Chapter 11 puts them in limbo.
Toys R Us filed for liquidation in a U.S. Bankruptcy court and plans to close 735 stores, leaving 33,000 workers out of jobs. Above, a Toys R Us store in Emeryville, California.
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Toys R Us closing means toy makers need to find new outlets for sales

by Renata Sago
Mar 19, 2018
With Toys R Us closing its doors, what will happen to toy manufacturers that depended on the chain to display and sell everything from dolls to toy cars? What options do big toymakers like Mattel and Hasbro have, and what about smaller companies that looked to the retailer for shelf space? For companies in the […]
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Toys R Us and why the retail downturn is all about debt

by Marielle Segarra
Mar 14, 2018
Store closings and bankruptcies are usually blamed on online competition. But that's only part of the story.
Toys R Us is closing about a fifth of its stores.
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The rise of the independent toy store

by Sean McHenry
Dec 22, 2017
Big chains like Toys R Us are having a harder time competing with Amazon than mom-and-pop shops that do their own thing.
“This is a classic toy store — the kind of toys and games you remember from your childhood,” says Christine Johnson, owner of the Miracle Mile Toy Hall in Los Angeles.
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Toys R Us files for bankruptcy, but keeps stores open

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 19, 2017
The toy retailer is struggling with $5 billion in debt.
People gather outside Toys "R" Us for Black Thursday in Times Square back in 2012 in New York City. 
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American Girl heads to Toys R Us

by Annie Baxter
Sep 2, 2016
Amid slumping sales, American Girl dolls go Toys R Us.
Inside an American Girl retail store on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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