All Toys R Us stores to close their doors

[roving-eye]

All Toys R Us stores in the UK will close in the next six weeks following the chain's collapse into administration.

Attempts to find a buyer for the US retailer's 100 stores in the UK have failed.

Twenty five stores have either closed in recent days or are due to shut by Thursday.

The collapse will put more than 3,000 people out of work as a dismal period for the retail sector continues.

In the UK Toys R Us joins a long list of high street retailers including Maplin and Claire's that have run into difficulties this year.

Many have been hit by changes in consumer spending habits, a squeeze on disposable income, higher inflation and the national living wage, and the prospect next month of increases in business rates

[Lamparilla]

I have mixed feelings about this.

Of course, it's terrible to see all those people losing their jobs.

However, global companies like this have been responsible, directly or indirectly, for putting thousands of local independent retailers out of business.

People will say "Oh well, that's progress", but big isn't always beautiful.

[Alikado]

Why buy from somewhere like Toys Wer Us, you have to travel out of town, go around a big warehouse looking all over to find what you want, pay top dollar for it then transport it home.
Far easier to browse a catalogue and the internet and pay a lower cost which includes delivery.

[Ceam]

Why buy from somewhere like Toys Wer Us, you have to travel out of town, go around a big warehouse looking all over to find what you want, pay top dollar for it then transport it home.
Far easier to browse a catalogue and the internet and pay a lower cost which includes delivery.

Which is exactly why they have shut I guess.

[Home-Slice]

I never found toys r us to be particularly competitive in terms of pricing even against other toy stores.

A prime example of this, is I popped into the Liverpool store today and even with Everything must go stickers everywhere they are only offer upto 20% off items. Two items I looked even with the discount were cheaper in The Entertainer.