Toys "R" Us is closing 100 locations - possibly as many as 200. Sales are down 15% this Christmas season.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/toys-%E2%80%98r%E2%80%99-us-is-said-to-consider-closing-at-least-100-stores/ar-BBGZhVb
Quote from: Brammy on December 18, 2017, 08:47:09 PM
Toys "R" Us is closing 100 locations - possibly as many as 200. Sales are down 15% this Christmas season.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/toys-%E2%80%98r%E2%80%99-us-is-said-to-consider-closing-at-least-100-stores/ar-BBGZhVb
I hope not! I feel 100 or 200 is high! and they have said most of their stores are profitable! and I feel if stores close they will be in areas where you can get to another 1 in 10-15 min, like for instance in metro areas they I feel wuld close in distressed shopping areas and keep ones in the stronger shopping areas and those ones and ones where its hte only one around (40 miles or more) may be safe! like I feel Swansea Mass Toys r us will close as its near a dead mall w no other retail around it and 3 other Toy sr us ' (Warwick RI, Dartmouth Mass & Attlebor Mass) are 15 miles from it in stronger shopping areas.
I have had 2 dreams of this Toys r us closing stores. OK OK they said the vast majority of their stores are profitable WHAT then? I feel and hope I am right : I Feel ones that will close are ones in areas where you can get to another within 15 min or redundant locations like a Full BAbies R us near a Hybrid Toys R us Babies R us.
Still.no.news. also i hope.stores that may.not be doing well got a warning to shape up.or close.
Here's the list; there's about 180 in all:
https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List
Quote from: retailisking on January 24, 2018, 03:20:13 AM
Here's the list; there's about 180 in all:
https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List
here ls the list https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List.
FOR CT: Newington is on the list (SURPRISED?) and Why is Waterbury? and North Haven Combo store is and Babies R us in Manchester is too.
Why are half Babies R us on that list and 40 percent of the 182 closing are.
Bangor Maine's Toys R us is on that LISt too! WHY? W that and the mall dying I feel EVERYONE is leaving Bangor!
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 24, 2018, 08:41:04 AM
Quote from: retailisking on January 24, 2018, 03:20:13 AM
Here's the list; there's about 180 in all:
https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List
here ls the list https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List.
FOR CT: Newington is on the list (SURPRISED?) and Why is Waterbury? and North Haven Combo store is and Babies R us in Manchester is too.
Why are half Babies R us on that list and 40 percent of the 182 closing are.
Bangor Maine's Toys R us is on that LISt too! WHY? W that and the mall dying I feel EVERYONE is leaving Bangor!
I never got what was the deal with Toys R Us and Babes R Us in Manchester, but this list so far isn't affecting me much.
Also Bangor isn't that large of a city. It's about as large as Westerly, RI, or Vernon, CT.
Manchester, CT is the only location that surprises me. Waterbury doesn't surprised me. They usually get the short end of the stick when it comes to stores closings. Berlin Turnpike doesn't surprise me because it's a very small store.
Quote from: Brammy on January 24, 2018, 09:58:42 AM
Manchester, CT is the only location that surprises me. Waterbury doesn't surprised me. They usually get the short end of the stick when it comes to stores closings. Berlin Turnpike doesn't surprise me because it's a very small store.
what happend w Waterbury's?
also of Bangors, Williamsport, and Moncia pas they are in teh shopping area of a dying mall leading me to feel those are places where everyone is leaving.
Quote from: JJBers on January 24, 2018, 09:34:33 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 24, 2018, 08:41:04 AM
Quote from: retailisking on January 24, 2018, 03:20:13 AM
Here's the list; there's about 180 in all:
https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List
here ls the list https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List.
FOR CT: Newington is on the list (SURPRISED?) and Why is Waterbury? and North Haven Combo store is and Babies R us in Manchester is too.
Why are half Babies R us on that list and 40 percent of the 182 closing are.
Bangor Maine's Toys R us is on that LISt too! WHY? W that and the mall dying I feel EVERYONE is leaving Bangor!
I never got what was the deal with Toys R Us and Babes R Us in Manchester, but this list so far isn't affecting me much.
Also Bangor isn't that large of a city. It's about as large as Westerly, RI, or Vernon, CT.
of Bangor its market is 150k and the nearest one is 130 miles away, its mall is dying so everything there is closing! that store I was told wasnt busty even near Christmas. whats the deal w that store?
You guys do know the Manchester one is a BRU right. They are located in two different plazas.
Shocked about the North Haven, since it’s like a few years old after relocating from Hamden.
RIP store 7536 - Newingnton, my first job. Lasted a good 22 years there and at one point was the sole retailer in that plaza.
Newington was a small one, about 30,000 sf. But people would come from WH and other areas bc they liked it. This was the late 90s and early to mid 2000’s
Waterbury not shocked, didn’t make money.
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 24, 2018, 10:23:14 AM
Quote from: JJBers on January 24, 2018, 09:34:33 AM
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 24, 2018, 08:41:04 AM
Quote from: retailisking on January 24, 2018, 03:20:13 AM
Here's the list; there's about 180 in all:
https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List
here ls the list https://www.scribd.com/document/369864806/Toys-R-Us-Stores-Closing-List.
FOR CT: Newington is on the list (SURPRISED?) and Why is Waterbury? and North Haven Combo store is and Babies R us in Manchester is too.
Why are half Babies R us on that list and 40 percent of the 182 closing are.
Bangor Maine's Toys R us is on that LISt too! WHY? W that and the mall dying I feel EVERYONE is leaving Bangor!
I never got what was the deal with Toys R Us and Babes R Us in Manchester, but this list so far isn't affecting me much.
Also Bangor isn't that large of a city. It's about as large as Westerly, RI, or Vernon, CT.
of Bangor its market is 150k and the nearest one is 130 miles away, its mall is dying so everything there is closing! that store I was told wasnt busty even near Christmas. whats the deal w that store?
That's the whole county it's located in. I would say it's market is around 50-75k. Not that large. (It's probably longer to get to Bangor from a area in that county than to go to the nearest TRU from Bangor)
Quote from: JJBers on January 24, 2018, 12:31:38 PM
That's the whole county it's located in. I would say it's market is around 50-75k. Not that large. (It's probably longer to get to Bangor from a area in that county than to go to the nearest TRU from Bangor)
One thing that is a bit more unusual about Bangor is that it is the last semi-large town in that area.
Once you go north from there, most of the rest of Maine is fairly low in population, with only small towns that (at least in many cases) have limited options in terms of stores.
Due to that, Bangor will likely draw (or at least has done so) from a larger area than most "regular" cities it's size due to being the closest accessible area to many.
You see some of the same up here in NY in the Adirondacks, where the few larger towns/cities get people from what other areas would consider too far away just due to the lack of options in those other areas (which was, of course only made worse when chains like Ames disappeared, since they were willing to open in those "smaller towns" that the bigger brands will avoid).
looks like the TRU in Durham nc on Westgate Drive will die on 9/30 in 2020!
Quote from: patk on January 24, 2018, 09:10:09 PM
looks like the TRU in Durham nc on Westgate Drive will die on 9/30 in 2020!
why is it closing?
ok How di Waterbury not make any money?
Also Rapid City SD is closing! the nearest other one is 350 miles away in Sioux Fals. Rapid icty is near MT Rushmore and Sturgis Bike week. why is that closing?
oF Bangor I Am still baffled by it! but then the mall its near is havign a high vacancy rate thats facing foreclosure. but then many years ago Duluth Mn lost their toys r us
why is Tallahasee FL Closing? its the only one around in the capitol of FL!!!! ALSO why is the one in Kissimee FL closing when it only opened 3 months ago
in CA the one in PAlm Springs is closing! WHY? and most in SAn Franicsco are.
the one in PA near the Lycomign mall is closing and that mall has lost SEArs J C PENNY And MAcys, why is it if a mall is in that condition the Toy sr us in that area follows.
Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJRuRf3cWoU
A few things:
The current list circulating includes Babies R Us stores -- it's not 182 "Toys R Us" stores, it's 182 Toys "R" Us holdings stores (which includes Babies R Us).
A lot of misleading articles love to buzz with claims that Toys R Us is closing 20% of its stores -- many of them are Babies R Us, and ones that were involved in overexpansion from when TRU did it's last major sweep in 2006 so I'd pair this number to 12-15% -- hardly a big number at this point. Another buzz is the word people love to parrot: Chapter 11. This doesn't mean they're GOB.
Many of the rare, surviving old-school ones with the rainbow or painted over stripes/brown roof designs from the 1980s are NOT closing.
This includes:
Montgomery, AL (<---- currently the oldest, largely untouched one in the entire world! -- go check this one out!)
Clay, NY
Horseheads, NY
Boardman, OH
St. Clairsville, OH
Wilmington, NC
The closing list is not discriminating based on how old/outdated they look either -- apparently just the ones that have been failing their sales goals or leases too high are going.
Wondering if there will (and probably will be) more to come...
The Pittsburgh area closings are:
- Ross Park Mall
- Monroeville
- Beaver Valley
- Washington, PA
That Washington, PA store is one of the "old school" designs, I believe.
At least it was the last time I went by there.
Quote from: XISMZERO on January 25, 2018, 03:15:06 PM
A few things:
The current list circulating includes Babies R Us stores -- it's not 182 "Toys R Us" stores, it's 182 Toys "R" Us holdings stores (which includes Babies R Us).
A lot of misleading articles love to buzz with claims that Toys R Us is closing 20% of its stores -- many of them are Babies R Us, and ones that were involved in overexpansion from when TRU did it's last major sweep in 2006 so I'd pair this number to 12-15% -- hardly a big number at this point. Another buzz is the word people love to parrot: Chapter 11. This doesn't mean they're GOB.
Many of the rare, surviving old-school ones with the rainbow or painted over stripes/brown roof designs from the 1980s are NOT closing.
This includes:
Montgomery, AL (<---- currently the oldest, largely untouched one in the entire world! -- go check this one out!)
Clay, NY
Horseheads, NY
Boardman, OH
St. Clairsville, OH
Wilmington, NC
The closing list is not discriminating based on how old/outdated they look either -- apparently just the ones that have been failing their sales goals or leases too high are going.
Wondering if there will (and probably will be) more to come...
That's nice to know, then again, I'm not sure when I'll ever been in the Syracuse area next to ever see it. (Clay, NY)
Only two stores are closing in Wisconsin:
Brookfield, Wisconsin (Bluemound Road)
Madison, Wisconsin (Zeier Road)
The location near me is safe for now...
Quote from: ShopKoFan on January 25, 2018, 06:01:17 PM
Only two stores are closing in Wisconsin:
Brookfield, Wisconsin (Bluemound Road)
Madison, Wisconsin (Zeier Road)
The location near me is safe for now...
those are Babies R us.
Quote from: JJBers on January 25, 2018, 04:05:49 PM
Quote from: XISMZERO on January 25, 2018, 03:15:06 PM
A few things:
The current list circulating includes Babies R Us stores -- it's not 182 "Toys R Us" stores, it's 182 Toys "R" Us holdings stores (which includes Babies R Us).
A lot of misleading articles love to buzz with claims that Toys R Us is closing 20% of its stores -- many of them are Babies R Us, and ones that were involved in overexpansion from when TRU did it's last major sweep in 2006 so I'd pair this number to 12-15% -- hardly a big number at this point. Another buzz is the word people love to parrot: Chapter 11. This doesn't mean they're GOB.
Many of the rare, surviving old-school ones with the rainbow or painted over stripes/brown roof designs from the 1980s are NOT closing.
This includes:
Montgomery, AL (<---- currently the oldest, largely untouched one in the entire world! -- go check this one out!)
Clay, NY
Horseheads, NY
Boardman, OH
St. Clairsville, OH
Wilmington, NC
The closing list is not discriminating based on how old/outdated they look either -- apparently just the ones that have been failing their sales goals or leases too high are going.
Wondering if there will (and probably will be) more to come...
That's nice to know, then again, I'm not sure when I'll ever been in the Syracuse area next to ever see it. (Clay, NY)
and Augusta GA, Gainesville FL, Orange PARK FL, Charleston SC, LAfayette IN, moline IL (Despite 1 in Davenport 15 minutes away, but I was told thats always been there) and Brookfield WI TOYS R US.
The Geoffrey store in Meridian, Mississippi is also on the list.
Quote from: ShopKoFan on January 26, 2018, 04:07:49 PM
The Geoffrey store in Meridian, Mississippi is also on the list.
NO SURPRISE, as its a smaller market with a dying mall. Why is it many Toys r us I have sen on that list are in retail markerts where the mall is dying and that lost an anchor or 2 with many inline stores vacant.
I bet if they had one in Pittsfield Mass it would CLOSE, the mall there is half empty with almost all anchors GONE.
Again what went wrong with BANGORS store? it was the only one till Portland. what is making it close, but I heard from othres it wasnt packed even in December. I havebeen there and it was not busy at all. What happened w that store?
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 26, 2018, 04:16:38 PM
I bet if they had one in Pittsfield Mass it would CLOSE, the mall there is half empty with almost all anchors GONE.
Might not be surprising that they never made it into that area, given that Pittsfield was the KB Headquarters until they closed up.
Quote from: BillyGr on January 26, 2018, 05:03:44 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 26, 2018, 04:16:38 PM
I bet if they had one in Pittsfield Mass it would CLOSE, the mall there is half empty with almost all anchors GONE.
Might not be surprising that they never made it into that area, given that Pittsfield was the KB Headquarters until they closed up.
yup and if Toys r us was in Pittsfield and near that mall, whats chanceS I Am right it would have been in this wave of closings? look at how dead that Berkshire mall is!
and can anyone answer my questions of BAngor closing?
How come Talalhasee and Indio are losing their Toys r us despite their markets have 300K people? and Durham NC too.
Whats chances Toys r us wont survive this bankruptcy? they promised they wouldnt close a lot of stores and alas they DID. 182 of them. and last month there were reports they are closing 100 to 200 stores
Why has Babies R us gone Down??? it was their crown jewel 15 years ago.
Will there be another wave? I am surprised COncord NH didnt close. I was in there 2 nights ago and I was the only customer there. Toys r us had a wave of closings in 2006
https://offspring.lifehacker.com/see-if-your-toys-r-us-is-one-of-the-180-stores-that-are-1822455899
updated list i think.....P BURG NJ WIll get pics someday O0
Quote from: NJxxJon on January 27, 2018, 10:02:30 AM
https://offspring.lifehacker.com/see-if-your-toys-r-us-is-one-of-the-180-stores-that-are-1822455899
updated list i think.....P BURG NJ WIll get pics someday O0
whats chances they will emerge from bankruptcy?
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 27, 2018, 04:38:08 PM
Quote from: NJxxJon on January 27, 2018, 10:02:30 AM
https://offspring.lifehacker.com/see-if-your-toys-r-us-is-one-of-the-180-stores-that-are-1822455899
updated list i think.....P BURG NJ WIll get pics someday O0
whats chances they will emerge from bankruptcy?
How come.some.of the locations where.the Play Labs were put.in are.on the closing list?
What is the chances ALL Toys R us' will close?
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 31, 2018, 01:21:35 PM
What is the chances ALL Toys R us' will close?
I hate to say it, but you're saying a question that nobody knows the answer to. I really don't know.
Quote from: JJBers on January 31, 2018, 06:38:22 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on January 31, 2018, 01:21:35 PM
What is the chances ALL Toys R us' will close?
I hate to say it, but you're saying a question that nobody knows the answer to. I really don't know.
whats the chances they will have another wave? I feel Toys r us closing stores period is as Bad as the Burgermeister Miesterburger.
Brass Mill Toys R Us and Buckland Hills Babies R Us are off the closing list.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37406351/two-toys-r-us-stores-no-longer-listed-as-closing?autostart=true
Quote from: Brammy on February 01, 2018, 10:42:20 PM
Brass Mill Toys R Us and Buckland Hills Babies R Us are off the closing list.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/37406351/two-toys-r-us-stores-no-longer-listed-as-closing?autostart=true
I think that they should put that Buckland Hills Babies "R" Us back on the list, and just combo with the Toys "R" Us down the road.
Can I ask, if there are somethings Toys R us DOES have that WAlmart and TARGET DO NOT HAVE and in some in this wave they are closing where its the only Toys R us for a while away, Will Walmart and or Target pick up those items, and or let customers special order them but for a small fee?
Howe could Toys r us do this, close some in areas where its the only one for an hour or more away. They deserve to fail due to that.
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 02, 2018, 02:08:01 PM
Can I ask, if there are somethings Toys R us DOES have that WAlmart and TARGET DO NOT HAVE and in some in this wave they are closing where its the only Toys R us for a while away, Will Walmart and or Target pick up those items, and or let customers special order them but for a small fee?
Howe could Toys r us do this, close some in areas where its the only one for an hour or more away. They deserve to fail due to that.
I believe that most unsold products will be just shipped to currently open stores.
Quote from: JJBers on February 02, 2018, 03:32:40 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 02, 2018, 02:08:01 PM
Can I ask, if there are somethings Toys R us DOES have that WAlmart and TARGET DO NOT HAVE and in some in this wave they are closing where its the only Toys R us for a while away, Will Walmart and or Target pick up those items, and or let customers special order them but for a small fee?
Howe could Toys r us do this, close some in areas where its the only one for an hour or more away. They deserve to fail due to that.
I believe that most unsold products will be just shipped to currently open stores.
I know but I mean is if there are items that you can only find at Toys r us and Walmart and Target dont have, will WAlmart and Target pick those things up or be open to special ordering that item but for a fee? for instance I recall World of Springfield figures out and Walmart never had them but Toys r us and Target did and would WAlmart have special ordered them (They get other toys from that same company that made them).
I am mad at Toys r us for crushing some kids promised trip to TOys r us as a reward for something or seeing shelves and shelves of Legos. They deserve to fail
https://www.law360.com/articles/1008847
TOYS R US CLOSING SALES START NOW!
some bad news in here: https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2018/02/06/toys-r-us-begin-going-out-business-sales-targeted-u-s-stores/311943002/
I was IN BANGOR's Closing sale and it was 10 to 30 percent off. OK The store is A DUMP, has a crap selection, was smelly and dirty inside, very small, its aisles hadn't been rearranged since it opened, NO Big Star Wars and Movie HQ aisles. The store told me it opened 1989. Whats your take on this store? I had been there before and it would appear the store was closed during it's hours of operation when pulling in. I was told it wasn't that packed even in December.
The one in Portland is way way way way better and Portland's told me when they were making evaluations, they were making it's way to Portland Toys R us, Babies r us in Portland and Bangor's store and they told me That they spent 4 hours in Bangor's store alone saying this is bad! they said Bangor's wasnt very well run.
What's the Chances there will be another wave of closings?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/toys-r-us-plans-to-close-another-200-stores-1519254948
200 more to close.
Quote from: EddieJ1984 on February 21, 2018, 11:52:25 PM
https://www.wsj.com/articles/toys-r-us-plans-to-close-another-200-stores-1519254948
200 more to close.
I saw and OK, when will this happen and how do they know 200? I hope Toys R us makes it! but I wonder if Concord NH will close next wave. I bet it will
Will South Portland's make it?
TRU could be forced into liquidation; I've read elsewhere that they aren't keeping their promise to pay severance to laid-off employees. That tells me the situation is pretty dire.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/toys-r-us-is-in-danger-of-breaching-a-covenant-with-its-lenders.html
Let's break it down since most media outlets have led most people to believe the mayday that Toys R Us is closing 182 stores. The articles should read: Toys R Us are closing, but more Babies R Us stores are closing.
(Please excuse the margin of error, I am missing 2 or 3 stores here)
96 Babies R Us
50 Toys R Us
30 Toys R Us/Babies R Us
2 Outlet
1 Express
Even with combination stores included, Babies R Us stores closing still outclass Toys R Us.
For those who've been watching (as many of us on AFC do), ever since the first major company purge from 2006, many existing Toys R Us stores were either converted to Babies R Us, combo'd or built from the ground up. The actual result here is that the company got way in over its head with Babies R Us expansion since 2006.
Now the update of 200 more? Could be more Babies R Us stores, we'll see the list in the coming days...
Source: https://offspring.lifehacker.com/see-if-your-toys-r-us-is-one-of-the-180-stores-that-are-1822455899
Quote from: XISMZERO on February 22, 2018, 01:18:21 PM
Let's break it down since most media outlets have led most people to believe the mayday that Toys R Us is closing 182 stores. The articles should read: Toys R Us are closing, but more Babies R Us stores are closing.
(Please excuse the margin of error, I am missing 2 or 3 stores here)
96 Babies R Us
50 Toys R Us
30 Toys R Us/Babies R Us
2 Outlet
1 Express
Even with combination stores included, Babies R Us stores closing still outclass Toys R Us.
For those who've been watching (as many of us on AFC do), ever since the first major company purge from 2006, many existing Toys R Us stores were either converted to Babies R Us, combo'd or built from the ground up. The actual result here is that the company got way in over its head with Babies R Us expansion since 2006.
Now the update of 200 more? Could be more Babies R Us stores, we'll see the list in the coming days...
Source: https://offspring.lifehacker.com/see-if-your-toys-r-us-is-one-of-the-180-stores-that-are-1822455899
Which ones do you speculate will close if there is another wave? For me Swansea Mass, CONCORD NH, Clarence NEW YORK thats near the EAstern Hills Mall, Moline IL, 1 of the 2 in Grand Rapids MI, CHesapaoke VA, Lynchburg VA.
some that were taken off this latest ones list I feel may end up closing this next wave. like Glens Falls.
How Many Babies r us' and what went wrong w Babies R Us?
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 22, 2018, 02:31:51 PM
Which ones do you speculate will close if there is another wave? For me Swansea Mass, CONCORD NH, Clarence NEW YORK thats near the EAstern Hills Mall, Moline IL, 1 of the 2 in Grand Rapids MI, CHesapaoke VA, Lynchburg VA.
some that were taken off this latest ones list I feel may end up closing this next wave. like Glens Falls.
How Many Babies r us' and what went wrong w Babies R Us?
This would suck. Grew up shopping there! It's usually fairly busy. Why do you think this location would close? Age?
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 22, 2018, 02:31:51 PM
Which ones do you speculate will close if there is another wave? For me Swansea Mass, CONCORD NH, Clarence NEW YORK thats near the EAstern Hills Mall, Moline IL, 1 of the 2 in Grand Rapids MI, CHesapaoke VA, Lynchburg VA.
some that were taken off this latest ones list I feel may end up closing this next wave. like Glens Falls.
How Many Babies r us' and what went wrong w Babies R Us?
I have noticed a lot of the old-school ones and or long-running locations from the 1980s aren't on the chopping block (Clay, NY, Boardman, OH, St Clairsville, Montgomery, AL, Horseheads, NY) -- probably because they do well enough and in sales and location. Seems like this closure wave is targeted the aggressive expansion of Babies R Us stores for now. Until we see the list of more stores. I wonder that the reason the above stores have remained old for so long is because they just make it enough just not enough to remodel.
Not a betting man but I would say something has got to give with Montgomery, AL -- there's no Babies R Us stores anywhere nearby but that TRU is so old I can see it closing or remodeling into a combo store. It's in pretty rough shape almost as if they were thinking about closing it years ago.
Then again, Bangor, ME is on the list and there are no other stores nearby.
In my state (CT), we are losing some I am surprised by, especially Newington and Manchester.
Could also be the property/leases are too high or would be too high to re-up to keep operating?
Without the sales figures, no one really knows exactly beyond this obvious, speculative answer.
Quote from: XISMZERO on February 22, 2018, 03:55:17 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on February 22, 2018, 02:31:51 PM
Which ones do you speculate will close if there is another wave? For me Swansea Mass, CONCORD NH, Clarence NEW YORK thats near the EAstern Hills Mall, Moline IL, 1 of the 2 in Grand Rapids MI, CHesapaoke VA, Lynchburg VA.
some that were taken off this latest ones list I feel may end up closing this next wave. like Glens Falls.
How Many Babies r us' and what went wrong w Babies R Us?
I have noticed a lot of the old-school ones and or long-running locations from the 1980s aren't on the chopping block (Clay, NY, Boardman, OH, St Clairsville, Montgomery, AL, Horseheads, NY) -- probably because they do well enough and in sales and location. Seems like this closure wave is targeted the aggressive expansion of Babies R Us stores for now. Until we see the list of more stores. I wonder that the reason the above stores have remained old for so long is because they just make it enough just not enough to remodel.
Not a betting man but I would say something has got to give with Montgomery, AL -- there's no Babies R Us stores anywhere nearby but that TRU is so old I can see it closing or remodeling into a combo store. It's in pretty rough shape almost as if they were thinking about closing it years ago.
Then again, Bangor, ME is on the list and there are no other stores nearby.
In my state (CT), we are losing some I am surprised by, especially Newington and Manchester.
Could also be the property/leases are too high or would be too high to re-up to keep operating?
Without the sales figures, no one really knows exactly beyond this obvious, speculative answer.
I love Montgomery's look
of Bangor's on the list., I went in that store on MONDAY and its A DUMP!!! it has a crap selection, is a small store, does not have what many Toys r us have, has not even changed the aisles around since it opened, didnt have the big STar WArs aisle, didnt have the MOVIE HQ aisle, and was dirty and smelly inside! Even corporate did an evaluation at the store and they spent 4 hours saying this is bad.
ALSO I SAID THAT OF CLAREnce as the mall is dying and Amherst's is near it.
TRU is expected to go into adminstration (liquidate) in the UK next week; they're so broke they can't even cover sales taxes due
https://news.sky.com/story/3200-jobs-at-risk-as-toys-r-us-uk-lines-up-administrator-11264021
Why the UK ARM? and I hope the US Arm of the Company makes or emerges. Also on average most chains close 30 percent of it's store base.
Newington, CT has been on the list for a while - and by the looks of it from driving past on the Berlin Turnpike, they're having a liquidation sale currently.
A part of me is sad as that was my childhood store.
It will also be a vacancy in the Newington Fair - which will be the first after the plaza's revitalization by Stew Leonard's in 2007, occupying the former Caldor space.. which then evolved to include Sleepy's (now Mattress Firm), PetValu (both inside the Stew's building), LA Fitness, and Sam's Club.
But that process heavily documented by XISMZERO.. I've spent a little too much time reading his blog, can't you tell, haha...
Should be interesting to see what takes over the Newington TRU. That and the former Ann & Hope Curtain Store are the largest vacancies on The Turnpike currently.
It's all over for the UK division - they officially went bankrupt today and are closing all stores
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43225248
There has been reports more are gonna close.. 200 im thinking not positive though
Quote from: Amesguy2000 on March 02, 2018, 10:13:44 AM
There has been reports more are gonna close.. 200 im thinking not positive though
Odds are slim that the US division will survive. I think the Asia division has a shot at making it under new ownership.