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In reply to the discussion: Toys R US Files for Bankruptcy, Crushed by Online Competition [View all]laserhaas
(7,805 posts)41. Obviously, everyone forgot who owns Toys R Us
Bain Capital
One of their biz models is to buy in as cheap as possible, take out as much as possible, file bankruptcy, take out the rest, then get the entity back - rinse, lather - repeat.
Just sayin.....
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Just a bit of karma as T'R'Us move into our small local market facilitated the demise of my old
Purveyor
Sep 2017
#2
It sounds to me that the same things killing ToysR'Us are the same things that killed your store.
RhodeIslandOne
Sep 2017
#3
No, its only killing those that either refuse or are to slow to adapt but those that do
cstanleytech
Sep 2017
#4
not slow to adapt. it was raped by Bain Capital. who do we know associatied with Bain? nt
msongs
Sep 2017
#5
Our grandchildren were not that pleased to get T r U gift cards last Christmas.
Hortensis
Sep 2017
#26
This is NOT the frault of Amazon-- it is retaiiers being run by money guys, not retail guys...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2017
#6
that's why they need to make their stores appealing to make people(specifically kids)
JI7
Sep 2017
#24
This has become a system where Private Equity gets paid while public investors are bagholders
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2017
#9
That's ironic, becasue Wikipedia says, "At its peak, Toys "R" Us was considered a classic example
Nitram
Sep 2017
#14
When I was ten years old, in 1962, my Mom took me to the new store and let me...
Nitram
Sep 2017
#13