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1.6KRetailHow 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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1.4KCommerceFive 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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1.5KRetailMajority 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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1.8KRetailToys 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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1.7KRetailToys 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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1.8KRetail
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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2.3KRetail
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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1.5KRetail
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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1.5KRetailToys 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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2.1KRetail
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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2.1KRetail#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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2.0KRetailToys 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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2.1KRetailGift 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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3.6KRetailToys 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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2.4KRetailRetailers 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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1.8KData 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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2.3KRetailThe 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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1.9KRetailToy 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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2.0KRetailHow 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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2.7KB2B 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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2.6KRetailSuppliers 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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3.6KRetailRetail 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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1.8KRetailSmall 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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2.4KRetailWith 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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2.1KSizzle/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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2.1KNewsMarch 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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2.6KRetailToys 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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2.9KRetail
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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3.2KRetailToys 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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5.2KRetailEverything 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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3.1KData 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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3.5KRetailToys 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...
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4.6KRetailBon-Ton Is The Next Retailer To File For Bankruptcy
After struggling for years with decreasing sales and mall traffic, Bon-Ton Stores has filed for bankruptcy. The retailer said it voluntarily filed for...
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3.5KSizzle/FizzleFizzle Of The Week: The Activist CFPB
It seems an era has drawn to a close at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) as that under Mick Mulvaney, interim...
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5.2KRetail
Toys R Us Ready For Next Evolution, CEO Says
It is not easy selling toys and games these days — even at Christmas time — and eCommerce platform Amazon is not making things...
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2.3KSizzle/FizzleSizzle Fizzle: Electric Cars Sizzle, Toys”R”Us Fizzles And The Speaker Wars Wage On
Sizzle of The Week: The Speaker Wars As the clock runs down toward Christmas, there are two less than totally serious “wars”...
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3.0KRetail
Toys R Us Battles Bankruptcy With ‘Play Labs’
Struggling retailer Toys R Us tries to reset the toy-buying, brick-and-mortar consumer experience by making their physical stores more hands-on for their youngest...
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2.9KRetail
Weak Holiday Sales Pressure Toys R Us To Close 100 Stores
Embattled toy and game retailer Toys R Us may close 100 U.S. storefronts following weaker-than-expected holiday sales, Bloomberg reported Monday (Dec. 18)....
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3.2KRetailToys R Us UK Seeks CVA Plan Approval
The U.K. retail branch of U.S. toy and game company Toys R Us is seeking creditor approval of a plan to restructure...
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2.7KRetailDeal Or No Deal? Mattel Snubs Hasbro Offer
If you thought Jim and Pam on “The Office” took forever to get together, you’ve clearly never followed the decades-long mating dance...
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2.8KB2B Payments
Supply Chain Finance A ‘Dominoes’ Game For Toys R Us
Ongoing struggles for toy retailer Toys R Us are peeling back the curtain on the risks of supply chain finance, some experts...
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4.6KRetailToys R Us Rolls Out Chain-Wide AR App
Toys R Us, the nation’s largest toy retailer, is rolling out an augmented reality (AR) mobile app for smart devices, according to...
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3.4KRetail
Toys R Us Sees A Future Online
One week after reporting a $3.1 billion financing infusion from a group of lenders led by JPMorgan Chase, toy and game retailer...
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2.0KRetailRetailers Flirt With Junk Ratings While Mall Vacancies Rise
The junkyard is getting a little bit crowded with retailers. According to a CNBC.com news report, commerce-focused retail companies with a (quite)...
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3.6KSizzle/FizzleFizzle Of The Week: Puerto Rico’s Cash Crisis
Sizzle Toys R Us: Might the beleaguered retailer, which recently filed for bankruptcy, have a lifeline that is enough to keep kids...
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5.3KRetail
Toys R Us Locks Down $3.1 Billion In Financing
Toys R Us has just managed to secure $3.1 billion in financing, a big vote of investor confidence for the toy and...
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3.5KSizzle/FizzleSizzle/Fizzle: AI Soars, Toys R Us Sinks And Start-Ups Struggle
Sizzle Authentication Technologies: Bound to get a bump, and a big one, sustainable for quite a while. With Equifax in the...
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4.0KRetail
Another One Bites The Dust: Toys ‘R’ Us Files For Bankruptcy
The retail death spiral drags on, and this week we have a new victim: Toys “R” Us. The eponymous toy store has...
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Retail
Black Friday Highlights Trouble In US Retail Lending
Black Friday has far-reaching implications beyond retail’s brick-and-mortar and virtual aisles. As Reuters reported headed into the holiday weekend, loan investors are...
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2.3KRetail
Toys“R”Us Plans Black Friday Shopping Marathon
Toys“R”Us plans to get the most out of Black Friday, Chain Store Age reports. While some malls and retailers plan to stay closed...
