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I Don't Want To Grow Up, There's A Toys 'R' Us Movie Coming — And It's Live Action
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 6:46pm | 693Read More...For adults who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, a movie being made about a former toy store could become one of their most anticipated movies to watch in theaters. What Happened: Former toy retailer Toys ‘R’ Us is getting the movie treatment with a live-action film inspired by "Night at...
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No Toying Around: Toys R Us Stores Could Be Coming Back To North America
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 5:40pm | 546Read More...One of the most well-known retail brands suffered a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017 that it couldn't overcome. Toys R Us went bankrupt and closed its stores in North America. But the toy retailer could be making a comeback in 2021. What Happened: WHP Global is taking a controlling interest in Tru...
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Toys 'R' Us Closures Hurt Hasbro's Q3 Earnings
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 8:20am | 375Read More...Toy maker Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) reported Monday its third-quarter results, highlighted by a top-and-bottom-line miss. What Happened Hasbro said it earned $1.93 per share in the third quarter on revenue of $1.57 billion. The Street was modeling the company to earn $2.25 per share on revenue of...
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How The Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy Impacted July's Jobs Data
Friday, August 3, 2018 - 1:07pm | 325Read More...Retail added 7,000 jobs last month, no thanks to Toys ‘R’ Us. A 32,000-employee decline in toy, game, sporting goods, book, music and hobby stores offset a 14,000-personnel gain in general merchandise stores and gains in clothing and accessories (10,000) and food and beverage vendors (8...
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How The Toys R Us Bankruptcy Will Be Different From KB Toys
Monday, October 2, 2017 - 7:57am | 1564Read More...In the 1980s, Toys R Us was gobbling market share in the golden age of brick and mortar. In the 1990s, soaring profits fueled its expansion both in the U.S. and abroad. But on Sept. 19, the once redoubtable retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, submitting to a heavy debt burden amid...
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Target's New Strategy Aims to Put Best Buy Out of Business
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 2:57pm | 418Read More...Target (NYSE: TGT) has found another way to keep consumers from shopping at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Toys 'R' Us -- by matching their prices all year long. The company announced that it will price match items found on all four of those retailers'...
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Which Streaming Video Service will Kill Off Netflix?
Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 10:44am | 793Read More...Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI) and Toys 'R' Us are teaming up to launch a streaming video service that will allow moms and dads to rent kid-friendly movies for as low as $2.99. Toys 'R' Us will offer the rentals -- including TV shows that start at $0.99 -- at ToysRUsMovies.com. Described as a "digital...
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What to Ponder as the IPO Market Heats Up in 2011...
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 10:37pm | 914Read More...Rather than focus on the turmoil in Egypt or rehash a number of economic statistics that imply the economic recovery remains a steady but slow one characterized by modest job growth near term, let's instead look at another facet of the market. No, I'm not talking about mergers and acquisitions,...
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Who's Next On The List Of Leveraged Buyouts?
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 11:02am | 432Read More...Barron's has compiled a list of 12 companies it believes are ripe for a leveraged buyout. Analyzing candidates the way private-equity firms do, Barron's chose to focus on companies with modest debt that trade for reasonable multiples of earnings and pretax cash flow. For example, Gap, Inc. (NYSE:...
