The Young Turks

I am not even going to read it because I do not like Dan Blather. However Toys R Us went out of business because they charged too much for a kids toy. Also, they were top heavy with sales clerks that really didn't do much when you were in the store. Amazon and other internet firms ran Toys R Us out of business.

They were a dying company before KKR did their leveraged buyout in 2005. Further the board of Toys R Us agreed to the buyout. The buyout was for 6.5 Billion and Gross Sales at the time were 11.5 Billion, that was a challenging but still easy to carry debt load at the time. Sales declined at Toys R Us and the management of Toys R Us was looking to dump the chain in 2005 in favor of keeping the more profitable Babies R Us. It was a slow death but Toys R Us was in decline in 2005 when the leveraged buyout took place. So Dan Blather should probably stay out of Financial Analysis........not his lane.

Out of business because they ceased to be relevant. Their online presence was abysmal and they didn’t learn to effectively compete with online retailers #anotheronebitesthedust

Toys R Us are on the way out, but K B Toys will be making a come back.