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RetailLawsuit Alleges Toys R Us Execs Bilked Company During Bankruptcy
A lawsuit filed in New York representing a trust of more than 100 creditors for Toys R Us claims that executives took bonuses...
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RetailIndustry Eyes Toys R Us Comeback As Toy Fair Readies
The toy industry will soon gather for what insiders used to call “CES with stairs.” That was when the Toy Fair was...
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RetailToy Retail Innovations: Walmart Launches ‘Toy Lab’; Target Teams With Toys R Us
It’s that time of year: toy-buying season. Things have changed for that retail and consumer tradition, though, and toys serve as a...
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RetailTarget Teams With Tru Kids To Relaunch Toys R Us Site
To help it relaunch ToysRUs.com, Target is teaming up with Toys R Us brand parent company Tru Kids. The arrangement will allow...
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RetailRetail Pulse: Walgreens To Test Drone Deliveries; Walmart To Relaunch Scoop
Retailers are testing drone delivery to grow their omnichannel offerings and provide “store to door” on-demand service to their customers. Walgreens, in...
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RetailTru Kids Teams With Candytopia For Toys R Us Adventure
To bring in shoppers with new experiences, Tru Kids, the new owner of the Toys R Us brand, is teaming up with...
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RetailRetail Pulse: Toys R Us Returns With Small Retail Stores
Iconic brick-and-mortar retailers are sometimes reinvented, and return to the world of retail with smaller-format concepts. The parent of the Toys R...
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RetailToys R Us Is Back With Experiential Retail
Tru Kids, the parent company of Toys R Us, is partnering with retail-as-a-service startup b8ta to launch a new curated store experience....
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RetailRetail Pulse: Amazon Teams With Rite Aid For Pickup; Sam’s Club Launches Alcohol Delivery
Online retailers are teaming up with brick-and-mortar merchants to make it easier for consumers to retrieve their eCommerce purchases — and potentially...
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RetailThe Pace Of Children’s Retail Innovation Speeds Up
Hope springs eternal. That sense of hope is a big part of childhood, and it applies as well to retail aimed as...
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RetailToys R Us May Return With Smaller Stores
Ahead of this year’s holiday season, defunct toy chain Toys R Us could be making a comeback: The remnant of the company...
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RetailBankrupt Toys R Us Aims For Retail Revival
Even with the liquidation of Toys R Us operations in the U.S., Australia and the U.K., parts of the business in other...
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RetailToy Sales Stumble In First Holiday Without Toys R Us
The toy industry saw a dip in sales during its first holiday season without Toys R Us. Data from market researcher NPD...
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RetailToys R Us Is Going Strong In Asia
While Toys R Us has disappeared from the United States, it is going strong in Asia, which plans to open 60 new...
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RetailRetailers Scoop Up Former Toys R Us Locations
Months after Toys R US liquidation its holdings in the United States, merchants have taken up space left behind by the toy...
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RetailGymboree Eyes Bankruptcy Loan
With a potential Chapter 11 filing on the horizon, Gymboree Group Inc. is reportedly looking for a bankruptcy loan. That financing could...
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RetailKroger Plans To Sell Toys R Us Brands For The Holidays
To dive into the toy market for the holidays, Kroger is teaming up with the hedge fund owners of formerly Toys R...
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RetailHasbro And The ‘Lost Year’ For Toys
The great Toys R us derailing of early 2018 will still be being felt as the year heads into its end game...
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RetailFAO Schwarz Plans To Open Stores In Canada, China
Months after Toys R Us’ bankruptcy filing, FAO Schwarz is planning on opening stores in the U.S. and abroad before the busy holiday...
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Sizzle/FizzleSizzle/Fizzle: Barnes & Noble Founder Eyes Buyback, Job Growth Hits High
It seems that Barnes & Noble as the world has known for the last four decades may be readying to sign off....
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RetailToys R Us Brand Might Make A Comeback
In a potential revival of the Toys R Us brand, lenders are looking to reorganize the company’s assets into a new company....
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RetailMall Rents Fell 4.6 Percent In Q2
JLL found that mall rents in Q2 dropped 4.6 percent from the first quarter and 7.1 percent from one year prior. But,...
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RetailHow Retailers Are Putting The Spotlight On Toys After Toys R Us
Major retailers are stepping in to fill the void left by Toys R Us: Walmart, in particular, is growing its toy assortment...
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B2B PaymentsSuppliers Wary Of Toys R Us Repeat
Toys R Us the store may already be a distant memory for shoppers – but for its suppliers, lessons learned from the...
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RetailIs 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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Sizzle/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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RetailHow 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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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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RetailWalmart 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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RetailToys 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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Today 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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RetailHobby 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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AmazonAmazon’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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RetailFive 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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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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RetailRetail 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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NewsFive 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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RetailToys 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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RetailParty 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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RetailALDI 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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RetailToys 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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RetailClaire’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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RetailHow 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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CommerceFive 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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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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RetailToys 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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RetailToys 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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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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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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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...
