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Post by crazee4lps on Oct 3, 2008 4:29:59 GMT -5
Yesterday, my daughter and I were running errands after school and there was a closing banner on the front of our local Toys R Us store.
Unfortunately, we did not have time to stop in and check it out.
Does anyone know if Toys R Us is going out of business??
I didn't see any recent news articles about it anywhere, there are some old articles from last year on the internet, but nothing recent.
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Post by posey on Oct 3, 2008 5:36:25 GMT -5
Just because the TRU near you is closing, doesn't mean the entire corporation is going under.
Heh, I think that sort of thing would be all over the news. They are the biggest toy store in the country.
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Post by crazee4lps on Oct 3, 2008 5:54:05 GMT -5
Just because the TRU near you is closing, doesn't mean the entire corporation is going under. Heh, I think that sort of thing would be all over the news. They are the biggest toy store in the country. I guess I was just taken by surprise when I saw the closing banner, that Toys R Us has been there since I was a kid and I am so sad to see it go. As I mentioned, I didn't see any news coverage on it and just wondered if anyone found a similiar situation. |
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Post by Marcymimi on Oct 3, 2008 6:26:01 GMT -5
Yesterday, my daughter and I were running errands after school and there was a closing banner on the front of our local Toys R Us store. Unfortunately, we did not have time to stop in and check it out. Does anyone know if Toys R Us is going out of business?? I didn't see any recent news articles about it anywhere, there are some old articles from last year on the internet, but nothing recent. Hi, there  The TRU in my neighborhood closed 3 or 4 years ago...it is now a BRU. I wish it was still here it was the better TRU of the 3 I've ever shopped in my area...also the closest. The other 2 are 45 minutes away.  |
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Post by Anna on Oct 3, 2008 6:48:33 GMT -5
our TRU closed three or four years ago as well, Mommy&Me. It turned into a Harley Davidson dealer, it even has the "entrance" and "exit" signs in the same lettering but painted a different color. I wish my sister and I were into LPS and had taken advantage of it before it had gone under. :/
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Post by crazee4lps on Oct 3, 2008 8:01:43 GMT -5
our TRU closed three or four years ago as well, Mommy&Me. It turned into a Harley Davidson dealer, it even has the "entrance" and "exit" signs in the same lettering but painted a different color. I wish my sister and I were into LPS and had taken advantage of it before it had gone under. :/ I wonder what will take the place of our local TRU  |
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Post by jennifer3141 on Oct 3, 2008 8:25:28 GMT -5
The TRU in my hometown closed two years ago. The TRU here is still here. Jen |
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Post by posey on Oct 3, 2008 11:27:46 GMT -5
The TRU in my hometown closed two years ago. The TRU here is still here. Jen I know that TRU well.  I used to hunt their for toys every week. I believe they're the reason that KB in the mall closed. |
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Post by neanea9000 on Oct 3, 2008 11:35:01 GMT -5
There were rumors that ours was closing but it is still here also.
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Post by LPS NANA on Oct 3, 2008 11:37:03 GMT -5
We have 3 TRU here in Columbus and 1 is going out of business. However they are building a brand new store in north Columbus so I don't think the entire company is going under or I would hope they wouldn't be building a brand new store but you never know.
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Post by agentravage on Oct 3, 2008 15:55:59 GMT -5
Being an employee of TRU, I can safely say we aren't going out of business, quite the opposite infact. The company is most likely just working on their restructuring of our locations. Less profitable stores, or stores that don't own their own real estate generally are the first to go. On the plus side, they are opening plenty of new stores, some of which might be not far from previous ones that closed. They just put one back up in Alaska, where we had previously closed one.
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Post by Huntress on Oct 3, 2008 16:59:28 GMT -5
Being an employee of TRU, I can safely say we aren't going out of business, quite the opposite infact. The company is most likely just working on their restructuring of our locations. Less profitable stores, or stores that don't own their own real estate generally are the first to go. On the plus side, they are opening plenty of new stores, some of which might be not far from previous ones that closed. They just put one back up in Alaska, where we had previously closed one. Thanks for the reassurance and WELCOME to the board! |
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Post by agentravage on Oct 5, 2008 21:15:10 GMT -5
Being an employee of TRU, I can safely say we aren't going out of business, quite the opposite infact. The company is most likely just working on their restructuring of our locations. Less profitable stores, or stores that don't own their own real estate generally are the first to go. On the plus side, they are opening plenty of new stores, some of which might be not far from previous ones that closed. They just put one back up in Alaska, where we had previously closed one. Thanks for the reassurance and WELCOME to the board! No problem, and thanks for the welcome. I'll try to post anything new that comes up on the TRU end of LPS through out the season. |
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I used to hunt their for toys every week. I believe they're the reason that KB in the mall closed.
