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620RetailIs Brick-And-Mortar Walmart’s Secret Weapon?
Former Walmart CEO Bill Simon thinks that Walmart’s big brick-and-mortar network of stores gives it an underrated edge against Amazon in a...
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620Sizzle/FizzleSizzle/Fizzle: Toys Get Some Play, While Cryptos Get Dumped
Sizzle Toys: Yes, the last several months have been Toys R Us focused. But the wooden soldiers and dolls still march on,...
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888RetailHow The Toy Industry Is Growing Around The World
Sales of toys around the world are on the move: The NPD Group found that toy industry sales topped $18.4 billion for the...
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1.7KRetail
US Toy Industry Sales Grow To $7.9B After Toys R Us Closure
In the first half of 2018, sales in the U.S. toy industry rose by 7 percent to $7.9 billion. The increase occurred...
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1.8KRetailWalmart Updates Web Experience For Baby Items
Weeks after the last Babies R Us location closed, Walmart is doubling down on its baby business. The retailer is revamping the...
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861RetailToys R Us Settles With Creditors To Complete Bankruptcy
Toys R Us has come to a settlement agreement with some groups of creditors, including vendors, to resolve its disputes related to...
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4.8KToday In DataThe More Things Change…
Everyone remembers the adage: The more things change, the more they remain the same. Though much has changed in the digital age,...
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2.4KRetailHobby Lobby May Take Up Shop In Former Toys R Us Stores
Following the closure of Toys R Us stores in June, retailers in the hobby and off-price segments may fill some of the...
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3.1KAmazonAmazon’s New Toy Story
We admit, it may seem a strange time to declare toys sizzling — since, about a week ago, the nation’s largest purveyor...
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2.2KRetailFive At Five: Amazon’s Christmas Plan — And Its New Challenge From eBay
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look as the day’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes Amazon’s new holiday and grocery...
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2.7KAmazon
Amazon Considers Christmas Toy Catalog For A Toys R Us-Free World
Worried about a Christmas without the prospect of the hallowed Toys R Us to guide you through? Good news. Just because Amazon...
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953RetailRetail Pulse: The End Of The End For Toys R Us
This is it: The end of the end for Toys R Us. The iconic toy retailer closes the last of its 700...
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1.5KNewsFive At Five: Amazon Expands Food Deliveries
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes a look at an...
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1.9KRetailToys R Us Plans To Close Stores By Friday
Months after Toys R Us announced that it would liquidate its U.S.-based assets, the toy retailer plans to shutter its brick-and-mortar locations...
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2.8KRetailParty City Looks To Pick Up Where Toys R Us Left Off
Party City is getting into the toy business. The chain kicked off the week with the announcement that it will be opening...
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2.2KRetailALDI And Big Lots Are Among Successful Bidders For Toys R Us Stores
As the liquidation of Toys R Us marches on, retailers are bidding on the toy store’s brick-and-mortar locations. The latest successful bidders...
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2.1KRetailToys R Us Marks Down Merchandise Ahead Of Closures
As Toys R Us locations gear up for closure, the retailer is rolling out new markdowns at its stores. The retailer said...
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2.7KRetailClaire’s To Shutter Another 130 Stores
As Claire’s Stores seeks to attract investors and potential buyers, the retailer has gained approval to close 37 of its brick-and-mortar stores,...
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3.3KRetailHow Toys R Us Kids Became Amazon Adults (And What’s Next)
There have been a number of great commercial jingles in the history of commercials — tunes so catchy that they stick, almost forever,...
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2.0KCommerceFive At Five: When Will Amazon Top Walmart In Sales?
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at payments and commerce news you may have missed. Today’s stories include a fresh...
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2.3KRetail
Majority Of Company Leaders, Employees Leaving Toys R Us
Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon — along with other members of the leadership team and the majority of employees—are leaving the company....
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3.4KRetailToys R Us’ Surprisingly Sexy Inventory Auction
When now bankrupt Toys R Us puts its assets on the auction block next month, some expected things will be up for...
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2.8KRetailToys R Us Pain Could Be Gain For The Children’s Place
In every story of less, there is usually someone who gained. In the case of the massive Toys R Us bankruptcy, children’s apparel...
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2.5KRetail
Some US Toys R Us Locations Could Survive After Canadian Company’s $234M Bid
There might be hope for Toys R Us, with a Toronto-based company looking to save some locations in both Canada and the...
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3.8KRetail
The Show Will Go On For Toys R Us Stores Outside The US
Bankruptcy may not spell the end for Toys R Us stores – at least outside of the U.S. The embattled retailer’s stores will...
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2.0KRetail
Toys R Us Will Create $156M Vendor Fund
To pay vendors for merchandise shipped after its bankruptcy filing in September, a lawyer for Toys R Us said the embattled retailer...
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1.9KRetailToys R Us Bankruptcy Hits Hasbro’s Sales
After failing to meet Wall Street’s expectations, Hasbro blamed the Toys R Us bankruptcy for a drop in revenues in the first quarter. But...
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2.8KRetail
Toys R Us Turns Down Bid For US Stores
Lawyers and advisers for Toys R Us have reportedly turned down a last-minute bid for the retailer’s U.S. stores from toy-company founder...
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2.6KRetail
#SaveToysRUs Campaign Only Raises $59K
While a crowdfund to save Toys R Us isn’t performing well, one billionaire toy executive isn’t giving up on his dream of...
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2.7KRetailToys R Us Asia Gets Billion Dollar Bids
As Toys R Us proceeds with plans to sell some of its business outside the U.S., the retailer has reportedly received bids...
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2.7KRetailGift Card Trade-In Platform Flips Expiring Toys R Us Cards
Toys R Us fans have one more chance to cash in on the iconic toy chain’s demise — and non-fans have one...
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4.1KRetailToys R Us Stops eCommerce Sales
As Toys R Us winds down its operations, it is no longer accepting eCommerce orders through its website. Instead, the retailer is directing...
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2.9KRetailRetailers Look To Bid On Toys R Us Stores
With several Toys R Us stores on the auction block, several national retailers have shown an interest in the embattled toy retailer’s...
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2.0KData DiveData Dive: Embracing The Uncertainty Edition
Despite living in a world awash in data, it’s surprising how much our lives are defined by uncertainty. What’s coming next is...
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3.1KRetailThe Rise And Fall Of Toys R Us
The founder of Toys R Us passed away yesterday (March 22) at the ripe old age of 94, barely a week after...
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2.2KRetailToy Maker CEO Leads Pledge Of $200M To #SaveToysRUs
In an unusual bid to save some Toys R Us stores from closing, toy maker executive Isaac Larian — along with other...
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2.5KRetailHow Toys R Us’ Demise Could Benefit Amazon And Other Retailers
One retailer’s loss could be another retailer’s gain: Even though Toys R Us is facing bankruptcy, other retailers may benefit from the...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsWhy Toys R Us May Signal The Start Of An Insolvency Spike
It was a coincidental happening that the same month Atradius released its latest insolvency forecast – which found that insolvencies around the...
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3.5KRetailSuppliers Are Unhappy With Toys R Us’ Bankruptcy Proceedings
While Toys R Us said that it would try to honor its payments to suppliers and lenders, over 50 suppliers, such as Lego...
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4.1KRetailRetail Bankruptcy Tracker: Claire’s And Grocers Throw In The Towel
As sad as the end of Toys R Us may be, the iconic toy store is far from the only retailer struggling...
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2.1KRetailSmall Toy Vendors Could Go Under Thanks To Toys ‘R’ Us
With Toys ‘R’ Us shuttering all of its U.S. stores as part of its bankruptcy, small vendors could follow suit as the...
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2.9KRetailWith The End Near, Toys R Us Requests Halt Of Vendor Payments
As Toys R Us wraps up its U.S. operations, a lawyer for the retailer has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to allow the...
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2.6KSizzle/Fizzle
Fizzle: Toys R Us Will Soon Be ‘Toys R No More Us ‘
Geoffrey the Giraffe will soon ride off into the sunset. After a half-century run and millions of children served, Toys ‘R’ Us will...
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2.4KNewsMarch Madness: Payments And Commerce Style
Is your bracket ready? Beginning today, the annual March Madness college basketball tournament officially kicks off. While the best 64 teams in...
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3.2KRetailToys R Us Tells Workers It Will Likely Close All US And UK Stores
After failing to restructure its debt or find a buyer, Toys R Us will either sell or shutter all of its brick-and-mortar stores...
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3.6KRetail
Toys R Us Moves Toward Asset Liquidation
The end, it seems, is near as far as Toys R Us is concerned, as reports are emerging that the liquidation of the retailer’s...
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4.1KRetailToys R Us Eyes Liquidation Of US Operations
Beleaguered toy retailer Toys R Us is in the midst of prepping plans to liquidate its U.S. operations, currently in bankruptcy, according...
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7.2KRetailEverything Is Not Awesome For LEGO
LEGO taught us that “Everything is awesome,” but things are decidedly far from awesome for the Danish toymaker. In the face of...
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3.5KData DiveData Dive: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Edition: Discover, JPMC And Toys R Us
Last week had plot twists in the payments and commerce ecosystem. We found out Google was hitting reset on its mobile payments ambitions. We learned,...
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4.0KRetailToys R Us Continues to Shutter Away with an Additional 200 Stores
After a weak holiday sales season, Toys R Us is planning to shutter about more 200 stores. The company also plans to...
