+Matthew S. Subscriber² Posted March 21, 2018 Subscriber² Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 3/19/2018 at 11:21 PM, neufuse said: who said toys? I was taking about stores going away.. warwagon mentioned walmart and I continued on that.. newborns don't need toys, it's not hard to get what I was saying from my statement above Either he was just kidding around or he forgot newborns are little ###### machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godflesh Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 In the early 90's i went to one in Delta, BC, Canada to buy a TurboGrafX 16 video game console for i believe a little over $300. I don't recall ever being inside one other than that. It is a bummer though.. when i was a little kid i loved to browse the toy section in some stores even if you didn't have money. But we knew this was coming though.. they already announced financial losses in past news reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) Geoffrey LIVES!! https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/10/03/toys-r-us-comeback-new-name-but-same-mascot-geoffrey-remains/1507832002/ Quote A Toys R Us comeback? New name, same mascot Geoffrey emerge in post-bankruptcy plan Toys R Back? Not quite, but the first signs of how the financial firms who carved up Toys R Us plan to resurrect the iconic brand from the ashes of its bankruptcy and liquidation have started to emerge. The lenders who own a key piece of the old Toys R Us have revealed that they are keeping the corporate brand names and intellectual properties, including Geoffrey, the brand's giraffe mascot, and are dipping their toes back in the toy business with a wholesale venture called Geoffrey's Toy Box. That new venture, for the time being, is being operated out of the Toys R Us headquarters building in Wayne, where a small number of former Toys R Us executives and employees continue to report to work.Played a role in shutdown Geoffrey, LLC, a subsidiary of Toys R Us that owns the companies intellectual property rights, and controlled by lender groups that provided financing during the bankruptcy and that have been criticized for the role they played in the shutdown, issued a press release late Tuesday saying it is working on a plan that could bring "new and re-imagined Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores" back to the United States. > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 On 10/3/2018 at 10:59 AM, DocM said: Geoffrey LIVES!! https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/10/03/toys-r-us-comeback-new-name-but-same-mascot-geoffrey-remains/1507832002/ Yup, but does that mean the brick and mortar stores are coming back? Or will they do what Bergners did and go online only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted October 9, 2018 Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2018 1 hour ago, techbeck said: Yup, but does that mean the brick and mortar stores are coming back? Or will they do what Bergners did and go online only? Not yet...according to that article, wholesale first and hopes to have "pop ups" in larger stores for the holidays. They have hopes to relaunch stores down the road, again according to that article. Quote dipping their toes back in the toy business with a wholesale venture called Geoffrey's Toy Box. They are also saying they hope to have pop-ups in place inside the stores of a regional mass merchant in time for the holidays, and to relaunch Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 23 hours ago, sc302 said: Not yet...according to that article, wholesale first and hopes to have "pop ups" in larger stores for the holidays. They have hopes to relaunch stores down the road, again according to that article. Ahh, ok. Thanks. I read a different article so didn't bother to read the OP. The one I read didn't cover this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 former employees are not happy https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-10-09-toys-r-us-comeback-tease-infuriates-former-unpaid-staff unpaid wages, severance packages etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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