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Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them

Transformers News: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them

Saturday, September 16th, 2017 9:46PM CDT

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There has been a development in the Toysrus debt restructuring (and possible bankruptcy) story and it's not a positive one. A Bloomberg article has stated that while Toysrus is seeking a new loan, several retailers are cutting back shipments since if Toysrus does go the bankruptcy route, the vendors may not get paid for their supplies.

Suppliers pulled back in part because the cost to insure their shipments to cash-strapped Toys “R” Us has become too expensive, said the people. Vendors often rank among creditors with the lowest priority for getting repaid if a company seeks court protection, and their decision on whether to continue shipping goods can play a large role in determining a retailer’s fate.


However, and this is where this becomes very topical for any fan reading, Hasbro is not one of these suppliers. They will continue their operations just as before and provide Toysrus with the full shipments.

Hasbro Inc. is among toymakers that hasn’t curtailed shipments, spokeswoman Julie Duffy wrote in an email. “We continue to partner and ship, conducting business as usual, while managing our risk across all retailers to the appropriate levels,” Duffy wrote.


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Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911391)
Posted by EunuchRon on September 16th, 2017 @ 10:57pm CDT
Good to see Hasbro stepping up and not kicking Geoffrey when he's down! Gotta keep them exclusives coming. :-$
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911401)
Posted by Terrsolpix on September 17th, 2017 @ 12:04am CDT
Maybe now they'll have MPM's.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911412)
Posted by Mkall on September 17th, 2017 @ 1:29am CDT
The optimist in me is hoping that there will be an expansion in TFs with more stock.

Of course that's unlikely, but a guy can hope.

I wonder if this explains why those other announced Titans Returns boxsets were cancelled?
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911413)
Posted by Terrsolpix on September 17th, 2017 @ 1:32am CDT
Mkall wrote:The optimist in me is hoping that there will be an expansion in TFs with more stock.

Of course that's unlikely, but a guy can hope.

I wonder if this explains why those other announced Titans Returns boxsets were cancelled?


What most likely happened is that, presumably Walmart and Target, didn't want box sets. So they decided to package the diecast masters in special sets. Scorpinok will probably be announced by Christmas.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911419)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on September 17th, 2017 @ 2:07am CDT
So many times in the past few months I've been willing to give Toys R Us money for Transformer figures but they've still not progressed past TLK Wave 1 and TR wave 3 here! Can't help them unless they stock what I want to buy.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911420)
Posted by Flashwave on September 17th, 2017 @ 2:07am CDT
EunuchRon wrote:Good to see Hasbro stepping up and not kicking Geoffrey when he's down! Gotta keep them exclusives coming. :-$

In some ways this is good for Hasbro from a publicity standpoint. 1) they are seen as supportive, and definately if TRU does pull through TRU will remember that and maybe buy into more of Hasbro's offerings down the line. But with as many Tf movies aa are out there and other licensed stock, I dont doubt they weigh the value of having their products seen on shelves by customers against whether or not they get paid for that. Publicity and Visbility may not pay bills, but it helps the things that do.

Or maybe Hasbro just likes risks. ;)
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911421)
Posted by Terrsolpix on September 17th, 2017 @ 2:10am CDT
Flashwave wrote:
EunuchRon wrote:Good to see Hasbro stepping up and not kicking Geoffrey when he's down! Gotta keep them exclusives coming. :-$

In some ways this is good for Hasbro from a publicity standpoint. 1) they are seen as supportive, and definately if TRU does pull through TRU will remember that and maybe buy into more of Hasbro's offerings down the line. But with as many Tf movies aa are out there and other licensed stock, I dont doubt they weigh the value of having their products seen on shelves by customers against whether or not they get paid for that. Publicity and Visbility may not pay bills, but it helps the things that do.

Or maybe Hasbro just likes risks. ;)


Well, Hasbro does make risk.........
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911422)
Posted by Flashwave on September 17th, 2017 @ 2:12am CDT
Terrsolpix wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
EunuchRon wrote:Good to see Hasbro stepping up and not kicking Geoffrey when he's down! Gotta keep them exclusives coming. :-$

In some ways this is good for Hasbro from a publicity standpoint. 1) they are seen as supportive, and definately if TRU does pull through TRU will remember that and maybe buy into more of Hasbro's offerings down the line. But with as many Tf movies aa are out there and other licensed stock, I dont doubt they weigh the value of having their products seen on shelves by customers against whether or not they get paid for that. Publicity and Visbility may not pay bills, but it helps the things that do.

Or maybe Hasbro just likes risks. ;)


Well, Hasbro does make risk.........

I... I totally walked right into that one... #-o

Buh-dump bum. :APPLAUSE:
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911442)
Posted by Prowl4 on September 17th, 2017 @ 6:21am CDT
Seeing as how we've no tru in Ireland and with the exclusives being far too frequent I'd be happy enough to see tru go. Opens up more stock to be more obtainable elsewhere.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911452)
Posted by dragons on September 17th, 2017 @ 7:28am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:So many times in the past few months I've been willing to give Toys R Us money for Transformer figures but they've still not progressed past TLK Wave 1 and TR wave 3 here! Can't help them unless they stock what I want to buy.


Toysrus , Walmart , target, any other store sells toys they don't control what wave comes in its random lottery box set look how long before people where finding leader prime and megatron last knight toys.,

If people bought out all off toys in toysrus it's not enough retail stores make there money by having people signing up for store credit cards target credit cards, sears, bestbuy credit cards, if no one signs up hours get cut
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911480)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on September 17th, 2017 @ 11:33am CDT
dragons wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:So many times in the past few months I've been willing to give Toys R Us money for Transformer figures but they've still not progressed past TLK Wave 1 and TR wave 3 here! Can't help them unless they stock what I want to buy.


Toysrus , Walmart , target, any other store sells toys they don't control what wave comes in its random lottery box set look how long before people where finding leader prime and megatron last knight toys.,

If people bought out all off toys in toysrus it's not enough retail stores make there money by having people signing up for store credit cards target credit cards, sears, bestbuy credit cards, if no one signs up hours get cut



Yeah I wasn't so much blaming Toys R Us but the toy distribution in general. I just don't get how so many stores haven't even had Wave 2 in yet but Argos have (I had Sqweeks and Voyager Megatron before most people). I like trips to Toys R Us. I just wish there was more on the shelves for me to make the trip worth taking. At least, unlike many stores here, they stock a good selection of Mega Blox/Construx as (as I've said before) I've got quite hooked on. :)
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911482)
Posted by Black Bumblebee on September 17th, 2017 @ 11:57am CDT
I found and bought Blitzwing from TRU yesterday, so I'm "doing my part." :-)

As to the specific news, though, here's the way I see it. Hasbro has a vested interest in ensuring that Toys R Us does NOT fail. They need as many stores as possible to succeed so that they have more businesses to negotiate with.

Kmarts are pretty much gone now, and if TRU goes, that pretty much only leaves 2 ground level stores: Walmart and Target. Both stores are shrewd negotiators when it comes to what they sell. You basically do what they say, or they don't sell your product (and you do NOT want to lose an account as big as Walmart or Target).

I use to teach a pretty good article on this called "The Walmart you don't know" which you can read here if you like that shows their bullying policies: https://www.fastcompany.com/47593/wal-m ... -dont-know

A company like Toys R Us, however, is different. They WANT as many different toys in their store as possible. People, after all, go to TRU for toys, specifically. If TRU doesn't carry an item, people complain.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911484)
Posted by EunuchRon on September 17th, 2017 @ 12:09pm CDT
It's not just Transformers that TRU sells from Hasbro either. They have MLP, Disney Princess, Star Wars, Marvel, Jurassic Park... That's a lot of dough!
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911514)
Posted by hurricane567 on September 17th, 2017 @ 3:53pm CDT
So there's this guy making $5 US earbuds. He invests another $.05 per headphone in little plastic disks that look like the Autobot logos and glues one each to each earbud. He then uses his Bombshell mind powers to convince a TRU exec to buy them for $7 each, then TRU tries to sell them to me for $10 rather than buy, and put on the shelves, ACTUAL TRANSFORMERS. That i would give them money for! I hope that TRU suit gets FIRED FIRED FIRED during the debt restructuring. :BANG_HEAD:
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911555)
Posted by william-james88 on September 17th, 2017 @ 9:16pm CDT
Flashwave wrote:
EunuchRon wrote:Good to see Hasbro stepping up and not kicking Geoffrey when he's down! Gotta keep them exclusives coming. :-$

In some ways this is good for Hasbro from a publicity standpoint. 1) they are seen as supportive, and definately if TRU does pull through TRU will remember that and maybe buy into more of Hasbro's offerings down the line. But with as many Tf movies aa are out there and other licensed stock, I dont doubt they weigh the value of having their products seen on shelves by customers against whether or not they get paid for that. Publicity and Visbility may not pay bills, but it helps the things that do.

Or maybe Hasbro just likes risks. ;)

I think Hasbro has no choice. The Power of the Prime was 1 is already done, with packaging and everything. Its been produced, same for all the remaining movie toys we havent seen (and there are TONS). And thats just Transformers as a small example of all the other stuff HAsbro already has produced for the holliday season for all their brands. TRU had already placed their orders and Hasbro had produced enough to fullfill them. Its too expensive for them not to fullfill their orders. If they sit on this huge stock instead, then they wont have any room left in their warehouses for whatever else they will be producing next and renting out more room for product that will go nowhere is worse than sunk cost of just burning all these toys (simply disposing of them would also be costly).

Fullfilling TRU's orders is their best strategy to lose as little money as possible. At least it can all be a sunk cost without them having to fork out more to dispose of these products in another way.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911568)
Posted by EunuchRon on September 17th, 2017 @ 11:10pm CDT
Yeah... inventory tax on that much unmoved product would totally burn. :(
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911639)
Posted by QBKiller94 on September 18th, 2017 @ 10:10am CDT
Wow, this is not a good sign for Toys R Us. It doesn't do anyone of us in the U.S. any good to see Toys R Us fail. We want more retailer competition. Those exclusives are bargained for by each retailer in order to drive foot traffic. Toys R Us is very aware of what Target, Walmart and Amazon charge for their inventory. This tells me that Amazon is eating TRU's lunch. Toys R Us needs to step up it's eCommerce game to compete with cheap prices and free two-day shipping for Amazon Prime members. Give us a reason to buy Toys R Us and more than just the occasional exclusive.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911683)
Posted by Stuartmaximus on September 18th, 2017 @ 2:29pm CDT
b#&£€®! I just noticed this piece of news elsewhere, but I see there's already a thread on here about it

at least it won't affect Hasbro's distribution
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911766)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 18th, 2017 @ 10:24pm CDT
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/toys- ... 00905.html

An astute multinational capitalist like HB would probably hold off sending new stocks to TRU!
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911778)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 19th, 2017 @ 2:17am CDT
"But the comeback faltered in the more recent Christmas season. Same-store sales dropped 2.5 percent during the final nine weeks of last year, hurt by sluggish demand and deep discounts. The toy seller had to reckon with new competitors driving prices lower and lower, O’Shea said."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... n-as-today

So deep discounts don't hurt anyone? This time, the vendor eh? :lol: :lol: :lol: I sure hope Hb can still sustain itself especially our TF plastic cr@ck hobby in the future.

Retail environment is changing in the distribution part but good old fashion selling the product line to recoup investment never ends.Crappy products need to die a natural death but always SUPPORT the product especially when it's on retail and not discounts!
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911813)
Posted by Tyrannacon on September 19th, 2017 @ 9:59am CDT
You may remember our previous story about Toys R Us shipments by other companies being cut, but the latest in the news about Toys R Us is that they have successfully ]filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection from CNBC News. Does this mean that stores will be closing? In short, no.

The company said it will continue to operate as usual its approximately 1,600 Toy R Us and Babies R Us stores around the world. The company's operations outside of the U.S. and Canada are not part of the protections proceedings, it said.


We will continue to post more developments about this as they become available.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911845)
Posted by WreckerJack on September 19th, 2017 @ 2:25pm CDT
Didn't the same thing happen to Macy's? Upon looking up on wikipedia it gives a history about what happened to them. It seems if Macy's can survive, then TRU has a shot. Though I think a lot of changes need to be made - namely pricing. Not many people make a special trip to the toy store, and especially not when the toy store costs more than it's competitors. Even the free shipping benchmark is higher on TRU's site which puts them at a huge disadvantage to sites like amazon.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911849)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 19th, 2017 @ 2:53pm CDT
Tyrannacon wrote:You may remember our previous story about Toys R Us shipments by other companies being cut, but the latest in the news about Toys R Us is that they have successfully ]filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection from CNBC News. Does this mean that stores will be closing? In short, no.

The company said it will continue to operate as usual its approximately 1,600 Toy R Us and Babies R Us stores around the world. The company's operations outside of the U.S. and Canada are not part of the protections proceedings, it said.


We will continue to post more developments about this as they become available.


Chapter 11 means the company's assets won't be cannibalized by the creditors..........yet! Will they close? Unless they can secure more loans(would you loan them given their financial stability?).............also,will you continue to sell your wares as consignment to a bankrupt retailer? That's the diplomatic answer of Hasbro (as in yes when in reality it is a NOT!)
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911885)
Posted by william-james88 on September 19th, 2017 @ 8:10pm CDT
WreckerJack wrote:Not many people make a special trip to the toy store, and especially not when the toy store costs more than it's competitors. Even the free shipping benchmark is higher on TRU's site which puts them at a huge disadvantage to sites like amazon.

Yeah but thats all irrelevant when TRU has a very generous price match guarantee. They price match with Amazon so there is never a time when going to TRU should cost you more if you have solid proof of it selling for less elsewhere.

Of course there are asshole employees and not everyone likes the hassel of price matching, but complaining about higher prices when they will price match doesnt make much sense to me. Due to the price match policy I have bought 90% of my toys there and never ever paid more that I would have for the exact same product at a different retailer.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911886)
Posted by BATTLEMASTER IIC on September 19th, 2017 @ 8:22pm CDT
I actually didn't know that TRU had a price matching policy. What discourages me from shopping at my local TRU is that they always have a lousy stock of Transformers figures, whereas my local Walmart and Target stores have a better available selection. I think about 66% of the time, though, I buy my figures on the internet, and the rest at Walmart and Target.

Plus, I suspect there are TRU employees who stash some of the Transformers stock. I got real suspicious when all I saw were CW Armada Megatron and never the G1-styled version of the character.

With that being said, if TRU went under, I wouldn't miss it. I can get my Transformers elsewhere and there is a Lego shop near by :)
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911889)
Posted by william-james88 on September 19th, 2017 @ 8:44pm CDT
BATTLEMASTER IIC wrote:I actually didn't know that TRU had a price matching policy. What discourages me from shopping at my local TRU is that they always have a lousy stock of Transformers figures, whereas my local Walmart and Target stores have a better available selection. I think about 66% of the time, though, I buy my figures on the internet, and the rest at Walmart and Target.

Plus, I suspect there are TRU employees who stash some of the Transformers stock. I got real suspicious when all I saw were CW Armada Megatron and never the G1-styled version of the character.

With that being said, if TRU went under, I wouldn't miss it. I can get my Transformers elsewhere and there is a Lego shop near by :)

Oh I totally hear you and those are definitely good arguments to avoid TRU. I was just commenting on the price part since I see that argument a lot and its the most easily fixed.

By the way, if ever you do se something at TRU taht interests you and you have proof its cheaper elsewhere, here is the policy:

https://www.toysrus.com/cobrand/service ... -guarantee

We Price Match for these competitors and their websites:

Amazon

Baby Depot

Barnes & Noble

Best Buy

buybuy BABY

diapers.com

Fred Meyer

GameStop

Hobby Lobby

JCPenney

Kmart

Kohl's

LEGO

Macy's

Meijer

Michael's

Sears

Target

Walmart

YoYo.com
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911903)
Posted by william-james88 on September 19th, 2017 @ 9:59pm CDT
Toysrus has now posted some documents on their website giving specific details of what we can expect from them filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this week. They do not shy away from giving a clear number of their current debt of 5 Billion dollars and even provide an FAQ which covers everything a customer may need to know, from toy availalibility to the Toysrus credit card. In short, everything remains the same as before through the holiday season. We knew that Hasbro would be sending them all their holiday orders and now we know that Toysrus will be putting all these on the shelves throughout the holidays with no stores closing for now. We have quoted the three following articles below:

Restructuring Information

Customer FAQ

A Message to Our Customers

At Toys“R”Us we are undertaking a financial restructuring to ensure the iconic Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us brands live on for many generations. For all of our customers, distributors, vendors and talented team members –Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us stores around the world are open and web stores are operating normally. The things customers like the most will not be affected. We continue to offer amazing new seasonal products and great customer service, just as we always have. In addition, Toys“R”Us is committed to working with our vendors to help ensure that inventory levels are maintained and products continue to be delivered in a timely fashion.
To achieve our financial objectives, Toys“R”Us and some of our U.S. subsidiaries and our Canadian subsidiary proactively and voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Our Canadian subsidiary also began parallel proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada. The Company’s operations outside of the U.S. and Canada, including its approximately 255 licensed stores and joint venture partnership in Asia, which are separate entities, are not part of the Chapter 11 filing and CCAA proceedings.
We are confident that this financial restructuring is the best path forward to ensure that Toys“R”Us can invest in our business, continue to improve our customers’ experience and strengthen our competitive position.

1. Why did Toys“R”Us take this action now?
• Our business and overall ability to win have been significantly impacted by the costs associated with the $5 billion of debt on our balance sheet. This debt has held us back from making the investments we need to compete effectively in what has become an increasingly challenging and rapidly changing retail marketplace worldwide.
• After much consideration, the Company and certain of our subsidiaries proactively and voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. and commenced parallel proceedings under CCAA in Canada.
• The Company is taking this action in order to implement a financial restructuring as a deliberate and decisive step in the process to put us on a successful track for the future.
• Through this process, we expect to restructure our long-term debt and use these resources to reinvest in our business, continue to improve the customer experience in our stores and online and strengthen our competitive position.
• The Company’s operations outside of the U.S. and Canada, which include operations in Asia, Australia and Europe, are not part of the Chapter 11 filings or CCAA proceedings and are not subject to the Court-supervised processes.
2. Will Toys“R”Us continue normal operations?
• Yes. Our operations are continuing as usual. The Company’s stores around the world are open and our web stores and other online platforms will remain up and running, providing customers great service and a curated assortment of merchandise in the toy and baby categories.
• Through this process, we expect to restructure our long-term debt and use those resources to reinvest in our business, improve the customer experience and strengthen our competitive position.
3. Is my local Toys“R”Us open?
• Our Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us stores around the world are open, and you can also continue to shop online on our newly launched www.toysrus.com and www.babiesrus.com web stores.
• We are continuing to offer the best quality, value and selection, and our knowledgeable team members are working to provide customers a memorable shopping experience.
4. How will this process affect customers?
• We are serving customers as usual. Our stores around the world are open and our web stores and other online platforms will remain up and running, providing customers with great service and a curated assortment of merchandise in the toy and baby categories.
• We expect to continue honoring return policies, warranties, gift cards and layaway programs. Customers should expect our loyalty programs, including Rewards“R”Us, the Toys”R”Us Wish List, Geoffrey’s Birthday Club and the Babies“R”Us Registry in the U.S., to continue as normal in their current forms. International customer programs will continue as usual as well.
• Customers can continue to count on outstanding service whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
5. Does this affect customer programs, including Rewards“R”Us, Babies“R”Us Registry and
layaway programs?
• We expect to continue honoring return policies, warranties, gift cards and layaway programs. Customers should expect our loyalty programs, including Rewards“R”Us, the Toys”R”Us Wish List, Geoffrey’s Birthday Club and the Babies“R”Us Registry, to continue as normal in their current forms.
6. Will your stores continue to be stocked as normal during this process?
• Toys“R”Us continues to offer the hottest toys this holiday season, along with an outstanding shopping experience.
• We are well stocked as we prepare for the holiday season and are excited about all of our upcoming in-store events.
7. Will Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us continue to run their typical sales and promotions?
• Yes. We expect to continue operating our stores, webstores and other online platforms as usual during this process.
• This includes the continuation of our typical sales and promotions.
8. Can I still use my Rewards“R”Us points?
• Yes. Customers should expect our loyalty programs, including Rewards“R”Us, to continue as normal in their current forms.
• We encourage you to continue earning and using your points at our stores or online at toysrus.com or babiesrus.com.
9. Can I still use my “R”Us Credit Card?
• Yes. Your “R”Us Credit Card will continue to be accepted.
• We encourage you to use your card to keep earnings Reward Points.
10. Can I still use my gift card?
• Yes. You can continue to use your gift cards in our stores or online.
• We are focused on continuing to provide the best quality, value and selection in the toy and baby categories and outstanding service whenever, wherever and however you choose to shop with us this season and beyond.
11. Does this affect your return policies or warranties?
• No. We fully expect to continue honoring return policies and warranties.
• You can continue to count on a world-class shopping experience and outstanding service whenever, wherever and however you choose to shop with us this season.
12. How can I obtain more information?
• For questions about products, warranties or rewards, customers in the U.S. should continue to contact our Customer Service Department at 1 (800) TOYSRUS or 1 (800) 869-7787 between the hours of 8 AM and 11 PM ET. Our international customers can contact their local Customer Service teams as usual.
• If customers have questions regarding the financial restructuring process, they can visit other pages on this restructuring website.


To Our Customers,
Since 1948, Toys“R”Us has served kids and families around the world by offering great service and a wide assortment of toy and baby products. Nearly 70 years later, that commitment to our customers remains stronger than ever as we work to be champions of play and a best friend to parents everywhere. We want you to have an outstanding experience whenever, wherever and however you choose to shop with us and this holiday season is no exception. We have a number of exciting initiatives underway including improvements to our stores and loyalty program, and we are leveraging technology to bring our physical stores to life. We’ve also just recently launched a new web store to make it even easier to shop with us.

We are also working to strengthen our financial position. The Company, some of our U.S. subsidiaries and our Canadian subsidiary proactively and voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. and began parallel reorganization proceedings in Canada. The Company’s operations outside of the U.S. and Canada are not part of the Chapter 11 filing and CCAA proceedings. Through these important actions, we expect to restructure our long-term debt and instead use these resources to reinvest in our business, so that we can continue to improve your experience

in our stores and online and separate ourselves from our competitors in today’s rapidly changing retail landscape. What This Means for You: We Are Open for Business
• Our Toys“R”Us and Babies“R”Us stores around the world are open, and you can also continue to shop online on our newly launched www.toysrus.com and www.babiesrus.com web stores. Toys“R”Us continues to offer the hottest toys this holiday season, along with an outstanding shopping experience. We are preparing for the holiday season and are excited about the many events, new technology and features we’ll have in our stores and online.
• We fully expect our customer programs to continue as normal. We expect to continue honoring return policies, warranties, gift cards and layaway programs. Customers should expect our loyalty programs, including Rewards“R”Us, Geoffrey’s Birthday List and the Babies“R”Us Registry, to continue as normal in their current forms. International customer programs are expected to continue as usual as well.
• You can continue to count on a world-class shopping experience and outstanding service whenever, wherever and however you choose to shop with us this season and beyond.
As always, we thank you for your continued support and for shopping with us. If you have questions about this process, you can find FAQs and additional information on the restructuring page of our website at www.toysrusinc.com/restructuring.
For questions about products, warranties or rewards, please contact our Customer Service Department at (800) TOYSRUS or (800) 869-7787 between the hours of 8 AM and 11 PM ET.
We are confident that the steps we are taking will help ensure that Toys“R”Us will be the champion of play for kids everywhere and Babies“R”Us can be a best friend for parents when it comes to caring for their infants and babies.
We look forward to serving you this holiday season and beyond.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911910)
Posted by Ultra Markus on September 19th, 2017 @ 10:27pm CDT
as long as they keep up their stock on current waves i would buy there as i pop in every now and then
but last several times has been pathetic as far as titan wars goes even taget and walmart in my area have a pathetic excuse for selection when it come to TFs! :BANG_HEAD: they make it hard not to buy online
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1911947)
Posted by bengear on September 20th, 2017 @ 8:20am CDT
Not to get political...but why does Mitt Romney hate toys? First KB Toys, now Toys R Us. I really liked KB toys. :( Vulture capitalists can kiss my exhaust port.

The fact that Toys R Us is generally pretty pricey is beyond the point that it is a TOY STORE. Toys and games from wall to wall (and maybe some diapers on the babies r us side). Can you buy it on amazon? sure. Can you get it cheaper at walmart? probably. But the magic of being a kid and walking into a giant store for YOU (and not your parents most likely) is an awesome feeling.

Seeing a rather beloved institution fall under financial assault bums me out. Hopefully they survive relatively unscathed.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912065)
Posted by WreckerJack on September 20th, 2017 @ 4:11pm CDT
bengear wrote:Not to get political...but why does Mitt Romney hate toys? First KB Toys, now Toys R Us. I really liked KB toys. :( Vulture capitalists can kiss my exhaust port.

The fact that Toys R Us is generally pretty pricey is beyond the point that it is a TOY STORE. Toys and games from wall to wall (and maybe some diapers on the babies r us side). Can you buy it on amazon? sure. Can you get it cheaper at walmart? probably. But the magic of being a kid and walking into a giant store for YOU (and not your parents most likely) is an awesome feeling.

Seeing a rather beloved institution fall under financial assault bums me out. Hopefully they survive relatively unscathed.


Because all politicians hate fun! :evil: :P

Sadly that awesome feeling doesn't make money. Like I said before people don't usually make special trips to toy shops and even so why pay more at TRU than other places. Yeah, it's fun to look but I'd rather save money or order online.

I think there has to be a way to make toy shops more profitable in the modern day. I remember as a kid going to TRU was awesome but it was also a social event. There were weekly events for pokemon and yugioh that kids would go to play, which was a way to get people inside stores.

When I think of this it reminds me of shopping malls and how those are also declining. in the 90's and 00's people would go to the mall to socialize. Often my group of friends would meet at the mall before catching our bus to see a concert. Now people seem to be less interested in hanging out at the malls so they don't go and spend money.

I watch a lot of Dan Bell's dead mall series and it makes me think about how there is a big change in the way we buy stuff. I'll admit that in my late 20's I just don't care about going to the mall and I don't know what is going to revive a lot of brick and mortar stores because I am not in touch with "what's cool" with young people. Even when I was a teen I just did what I liked to do and didn't follow trends.

I think what might help some brick and mortar stores is to have things that you may want to try before you buy. Clothing and shoes are something that are good to try on and inspect the quality of before purchasing. I think maybe toy shops could have some toys out of the box so people could try them out and that may encourage people to come and test them before buying. It would also help keep companies motivated to make quality products because some things you think are great till you get it out of the box.

william-james88 wrote:Yeah but thats all irrelevant when TRU has a very generous price match guarantee. They price match with Amazon so there is never a time when going to TRU should cost you more if you have solid proof of it selling for less elsewhere.

Of course there are asshole employees and not everyone likes the hassel of price matching, but complaining about higher prices when they will price match doesnt make much sense to me. Due to the price match policy I have bought 90% of my toys there and never ever paid more that I would have for the exact same product at a different retailer.


Indeed, but most people are probably not aware of this. I admit I even forget because it is a drive for me to get to the closest TRU. Factor in time and gas and its easier to just go to another store/order online.

Most of toy sales are probably from children and their parents - not collectors like us that are savvy to these things. I admit I complain their prices are high because it takes advantage of people that don't know and that does not bode well with me. (I know overhead but do people really care about that? Nope. We want our toys and we want them cheap as possible!)
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912090)
Posted by william-james88 on September 20th, 2017 @ 6:35pm CDT
WreckerJack wrote: I admit I complain their prices are high because it takes advantage of people that don't know and that does not bode well with me. (I know overhead but do people really care about that? Nope. We want our toys and we want them cheap as possible!)

Dont let it bother you because those same people know that prices are cheaper elsewhere. Those same people also shop at walmart/amazon so they can see what other prices are out there. Parents are even more aware of costs due to all expenses a kid can be. So most who buy from TRU at full price are fully aware of what they are doing and do it out of convenience or because they cant find it elsewhere. And the savy parents know of the price match, it was my wife who told it to me in the first place since she was buying baby related stuff.

So dont let it bother you, parents are as savy if not more than the average collector. They NEED to save that buck.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912125)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 21st, 2017 @ 12:05am CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:as long as they keep up their stock on current waves i would buy there as i pop in every now and then
but last several times has been pathetic as far as titan wars goes even taget and walmart in my area have a pathetic excuse for selection when it come to TFs! :BANG_HEAD: they make it hard not to buy online


TRU is at present trying to get in a cash infusion. Don't be expecting them getting new stocks until that happens.

If you were the businessman or multinational firm like Hb, you don't ship blindly to a bankrupt entity unless you are sure ALL your stocks are paid for.

Worst come to worst, TRU may end up like Kenny Rogers Chicken. The name will be purchased by some investor from which the business model would continue.

Kenny R was like THE fast food with home style eating back in the 80s. When it went under, a Malaysian Chinese investor bought the name and sold franchises all over Asia. So TRU overseas may end up like that with one Kenny R existing in California. There might be just one or two TRU left and places like Canada, well the name would be sold to the highest bidder.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912127)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 21st, 2017 @ 12:16am CDT
bengear wrote:Not to get political...but why does Mitt Romney hate toys? First KB Toys, now Toys R Us. I really liked KB toys. :( Vulture capitalists can kiss my exhaust port.

The fact that Toys R Us is generally pretty pricey is beyond the point that it is a TOY STORE. Toys and games from wall to wall (and maybe some diapers on the babies r us side). Can you buy it on amazon? sure. Can you get it cheaper at walmart? probably. But the magic of being a kid and walking into a giant store for YOU (and not your parents most likely) is an awesome feeling.

Seeing a rather beloved institution fall under financial assault bums me out. Hopefully they survive relatively unscathed.


Read my previous posts. Capitalism is survival of the fittest. Mittens and his type may get a bad rep but they ARE in it for the Money! TRU is now forced to deal with a different business climate from like 30 years ago. Online unfortunately has all but killed the mom and pop style stores. Malls killed them and TRU models thrived for a while but Malls are also in the dying now.

Also, sales are NO big help when the stores bought their stocks at a much higher pricing range. That's just it. Nothing sinister.

If you can't pay your creditors, you get repossessed. Bankruptcy filing is a lifeline until they get a sucker, willing investor who can extend credit. They, the investor would be doing it for PROFIT and not nostalgia (well maybe some who might have some for TRU in their childhood). Though more likely, investors with fat wallets would be those from the PRoC. And those same investors got burned with Paramount with their recent box office flops (TLK is a Prime, no pun intended) example.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912130)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 21st, 2017 @ 12:23am CDT
EunuchRon wrote:Yeah... inventory tax on that much unmoved product would totally burn. :(


Remember how some "geniuses" here said Hb doesn't get hurt with the SALES? Hence why I keep encouraging fellow collector to support buying at full retail price. Sure Hb stock are already "paid" but if the point of sale by Hb (retailers like TRU) die, what then? TRU et al dies.

Sure there's online for Hb but online does indeed have their limitations. Heck, maybe someday, we would no longer have the pleasure to actually eyeball and hold the product when we realtime window shop and just do the click and pay thingie.

But the consequences will be felt eventually.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912225)
Posted by WreckerJack on September 21st, 2017 @ 4:48pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:So dont let it bother you, parents are as savy if not more than the average collector. They NEED to save that buck.


Never would have though so, but then again I don't know any parents in my generation (well besides you). I would have imagined that parents were too busy to think to look up such things between all the things they need to do to care for a kid and themselves. I suppose that is the difference between my parent's generation and the current one.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912328)
Posted by Stealth Claw on September 22nd, 2017 @ 9:59am CDT
I really hope all goes well for Toy R us, I love going their and would hate to lose them, also iv never seen toy r us with higher prices their the same prices at Wall mart, however I'm from ON, Canadian, so my only options to shop transformers in person are tru or wm, and tru always has a better verity and options than wm, so for us Canadian fans I hope tru stays open in the long run at least here.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912525)
Posted by william-james88 on September 23rd, 2017 @ 8:40pm CDT
While it came to no one's shock that Toysrus was close to bankruptcy in the US, due to all the debt woes since the early 00's, Canadians were left puzzled by Toysrus Canada being the only subsidiary to also file for bankruptcy protection. The confusion came from the fact that Toysrus Canada was known to be autonomous from its parent company, along with having less distribution woes, only 1 major competitor, along with lots of stock and product turnaround making it a haven for any toy enthusiast (all of these later attributes are mainly due to the market only being one tenth the size of the US market, and smaller markets are easier to manage).

Image

Well, an article from the Financial Post confirms how healthy Toysrus Canada is.

The profitable Toys Canada “operates as a relatively autonomous business unit and has achieved strong financial and operational performance in recent years,” the company said in court filings. It is cash-flow positive, has had compounded annual revenue growth of 5 per cent in the past three years and has almost doubled net earnings in that time, the filings said, and it wants to keep all of its stores open and operating.


However, and here is the kicker, the article also confirms how it is linked to its US parent:

Indeed, the Canadian unit has been sending surplus cash from its operations to support its U.S. parent’s cash flow needs, making $101 million in unsecured inter-company loans to the troubled U.S. division since 2016.


So yes, while Toysrus Canada has been doing so well that it has surplus, this $101M loan is unsecured and due to Toysrus declaring bankruptcy, there is no indication that the Canadian operations will ever see that money again. Just to give any reader an idea of how massive this amount is for Toysrus Canada, this $101M unsecured loan is a quarter the size of the $400M debt coming to term soon for TRU USA which caused the later to file for Chapter 11. And this massive $101M amount was given from a subsidiary that only has 10% of the market the US has. This explains how a company which would have been autonomous is instead very much linked financially and how Toysrus going down is dragging the subsidiary down with it.

If you are interested in legal talk, the full article has you covered and you can find it here.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912528)
Posted by Ig89ninja on September 23rd, 2017 @ 9:04pm CDT
that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912534)
Posted by shajaki on September 23rd, 2017 @ 9:12pm CDT
Ig89ninja wrote:that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(
There's 3 TRU's in my city, and none of them look like that >:oP

This makes me wonder... could TRU USA disappear while TRU Canada remains? And how are other TRU's fairing? I don't even know how many countries they're in, but I know they're in Japan...
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912540)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 23rd, 2017 @ 9:49pm CDT
shajaki wrote:
Ig89ninja wrote:that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(
There's 3 TRU's in my city, and none of them look like that >:oP

This makes me wonder... could TRU USA disappear while TRU Canada remains? And how are other TRU's fairing? I don't even know how many countries they're in, but I know they're in Japan...


I've been to TRU's in Malaysia, Korea, Germany, UAE-Dubai as well as Japan and Canada (Yeah, I travel for work, a nice perk for hunting TF's. It will be interesting to see how the TRU's in other countries fare.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912542)
Posted by No One on September 23rd, 2017 @ 9:54pm CDT
Not ONE toy store in Dubai EVER has new Transformers.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912544)
Posted by shajaki on September 23rd, 2017 @ 10:00pm CDT
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Ig89ninja wrote:that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(
There's 3 TRU's in my city, and none of them look like that >:oP

This makes me wonder... could TRU USA disappear while TRU Canada remains? And how are other TRU's fairing? I don't even know how many countries they're in, but I know they're in Japan...


I've been to TRU's in Malaysia, Korea, Germany, UAE-Dubai as well as Japan and Canada (Yeah, I travel for work, a nice perk for hunting TF's. It will be interesting to see how the TRU's in other countries fare.
So... is TRU USA the only one in trouble then?
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912549)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 23rd, 2017 @ 10:20pm CDT
shajaki wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Ig89ninja wrote:that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(
There's 3 TRU's in my city, and none of them look like that >:oP

This makes me wonder... could TRU USA disappear while TRU Canada remains? And how are other TRU's fairing? I don't even know how many countries they're in, but I know they're in Japan...


I've been to TRU's in Malaysia, Korea, Germany, UAE-Dubai as well as Japan and Canada (Yeah, I travel for work, a nice perk for hunting TF's. It will be interesting to see how the TRU's in other countries fare.
So... is TRU USA the only one in trouble then?


The details specify that any TRU outside of the US and Canada are not part of the Chapter 11 filings.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912563)
Posted by Cybertronius Primus on September 24th, 2017 @ 3:35am CDT
The only new thing to come in near me was at a Smyth's over here in the UK and that was one step scorn, cogman and drift. Toys r us had a tiny new display piece with some of the new artwork on but that's about it for the past month.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912566)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 24th, 2017 @ 4:55am CDT
william-james88 wrote:While it came to no one's shock that Toysrus was close to bankruptcy in the US, due to all the debt woes since the early 00's, Canadians were left puzzled by Toysrus Canada being the only subsidiary to also file for bankruptcy protection. The confusion came from the fact that Toysrus Canada was known to be autonomous from its parent company, along with having less distribution woes, only 1 major competitor, along with lots of stock and product turnaround making it a haven for any toy enthusiast (all of these later attributes are mainly due to the market only being one tenth the size of the US market, and smaller markets are easier to manage).

Image

Well, an article from the Financial Post confirms how healthy Toysrus Canada is.

The profitable Toys Canada “operates as a relatively autonomous business unit and has achieved strong financial and operational performance in recent years,” the company said in court filings. It is cash-flow positive, has had compounded annual revenue growth of 5 per cent in the past three years and has almost doubled net earnings in that time, the filings said, and it wants to keep all of its stores open and operating.


However, and here is the kicker, the article also confirms how it is linked to its US parent:

Indeed, the Canadian unit has been sending surplus cash from its operations to support its U.S. parent’s cash flow needs, making $101 million in unsecured inter-company loans to the troubled U.S. division since 2016.


So yes, while Toysrus Canada has been doing so well that it has surplus, this $101M loan is unsecured and due to Toysrus declaring bankruptcy, there is no indication that the Canadian operations will ever see that money again. Just to give any reader an idea of how massive this amount is for Toysrus Canada, this $101M unsecured loan is a quarter the size of the $400M debt coming to term soon for TRU USA which caused the later to file for Chapter 11. And this massive $101M amount was given from a subsidiary that only has 10% of the market the US has. This explains how a company which would have been autonomous is instead very much linked financially and how Toysrus going down is dragging the subsidiary down with it.

If you are interested in legal talk, the full article has you covered and you can find it here.


Filing Chapter 11 is just to protect the company's assets from being cannibalized by the creditors. For the time being.

Unless the debt is paid, the TRU name will just end as as the only part that might survive this fiasco.

And all those SALES just made matters worst. So gloat all you want (you know who you are), but Hb too will also be affected by this. For the good or bad, well...........I got online Takara shopping so no worries for me. 8-}
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912574)
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on September 24th, 2017 @ 7:47am CDT
Ig89ninja wrote:that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(

I the future generations of kids in the United States are losing interests in toys. But what isn't losing profits are electronics. On multiple occurrences, I see parents giving their toddlers tablets and cellphones so they can watch YouTube or play games. These toddlers give so much attention to electronics, that they will lay down in the middle of the floor watching videos or playing games and it's up to you, the pedestrian to walk around them. So the most playful stimulus toddlers are now having is playing with electronics. This desire only increases as they get older because technology gives the most escape from reality than a plastic doll, a die cast car, or a fuzzy teddy bear.

So I think the biggest reason Toysrus and the toy aisles of Target, Walmart, Kmart, etc. are diminishing in the U.S. is due to consumers (children) lower demand for toys and higher demands for electronics and the latest technology.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912579)
Posted by hurricane567 on September 24th, 2017 @ 9:33am CDT
My local US TRU has a 4 foot wide Transformers section. :-( [orders Misfire from Timmy's Toy Box/Amazon.com]
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912585)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 24th, 2017 @ 10:10am CDT
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
Ig89ninja wrote:that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(

I the future generations of kids in the United States are losing interests in toys. But what isn't losing profits are electronics. On multiple occurrences, I see parents giving their toddlers tablets and cellphones so they can watch YouTube or play games. These toddlers give so much attention to electronics, that they will lay down in the middle of the floor watching videos or playing games and it's up to you, the pedestrian to walk around them. So the most playful stimulus toddlers are now having is playing with electronics. This desire only increases as they get older because technology gives the most escape from reality than a plastic doll, a die cast car, or a fuzzy teddy bear.

So I think the biggest reason Toysrus and the toy aisles of Target, Walmart, Kmart, etc. are diminishing in the U.S. is due to consumers (children) lower demand for toys and higher demands for electronics and the latest technology.


Astute observation. Btw, haven't you noticed that the reason those electronic stuff continue to sell well is because the manufacturer is getting their return on investments? Meaning, the product SELLS for FULL RETAIL!

The m0r0ns who don't buy in FULL RETAIL is basically condemning the product to extinction! Support the product at FULL COST and not on SALES!

They keep on saying that manufacturers like Hb isn't affected because they already sold the product to the retailer. Well they are CRETINS! If the retailer keeps on taking a HIT, then they will order LESS and LESS of the product resulting to the manufacturer pulling out or axing a particular product, in this case (the horror......Tfs). See what happened to the other planned box sets that were supposedly released got canned.

When TRU , who buys the products goes belly up, who fills up the vacuum? Where will Hb sell most of their wares then?

Tsk tsk tsk........
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912606)
Posted by william-james88 on September 24th, 2017 @ 1:48pm CDT
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
Ig89ninja wrote:that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(

I the future generations of kids in the United States are losing interests in toys. But what isn't losing profits are electronics. On multiple occurrences, I see parents giving their toddlers tablets and cellphones so they can watch YouTube or play games. These toddlers give so much attention to electronics, that they will lay down in the middle of the floor watching videos or playing games and it's up to you, the pedestrian to walk around them. So the most playful stimulus toddlers are now having is playing with electronics. This desire only increases as they get older because technology gives the most escape from reality than a plastic doll, a die cast car, or a fuzzy teddy bear.

So I think the biggest reason Toysrus and the toy aisles of Target, Walmart, Kmart, etc. are diminishing in the U.S. is due to consumers (children) lower demand for toys and higher demands for electronics and the latest technology.


What I find cool about this is that technically kids havent changed but technology has. The reason we bought media related toys as kids was because we wanted to imitate what we saw for ourselves. Play with those characters. Well, this is still the main thing kids are doing today, but instead of doing it through toys, they can now actually become these same characters digitally and interact with whatever media based universe they like. Its pretty nuts how the pupularity of Lego Batman stems from the game and not the actual lego. To the point where they are now basing legos off the movie which is based on a game which was based on legos... all based on Batman ;) I conclude my thesis by saying that Batman rules. Oh wait, thats not at all what we were talking about.

shajaki wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Ig89ninja wrote:that figure variety!

Why cant the US have that variety!?! :-(
There's 3 TRU's in my city, and none of them look like that >:oP

This makes me wonder... could TRU USA disappear while TRU Canada remains? And how are other TRU's fairing? I don't even know how many countries they're in, but I know they're in Japan...


I've been to TRU's in Malaysia, Korea, Germany, UAE-Dubai as well as Japan and Canada (Yeah, I travel for work, a nice perk for hunting TF's. It will be interesting to see how the TRU's in other countries fare.
So... is TRU USA the only one in trouble then?


After reading the article I newsed, it seems Canada is the one that is ultra fucked. TRU USA wants to stay alive, at least long enough that the investors can flip it or sell off its debt. But to do that, they are sqweezing the still profitable TRU Canada dry. I didnt want to write it in case I misinterpreted (and thus left it to just quoting the expert) but if I read that article correctly it seems Toysrus corporate is making TRU canada take out loans they dont need (From USA banks, no less) to then loan over to the US business because the US needs it. So they are inundating TRU Canada with debt that TRU Canada because they themselves are not able to get more. Other TRUs are not touched right now aside from TRU corporate and TRU Canada. And if anyone goes down, it seems it will be TRU Canada, being sacrificed for the sake of taking all they can from it to make TRU USA survive. We are so fucked.
Re: Several Suppliers Cutting Shipments to Toysrus but Hasbro is NOT One of Them (1912617)
Posted by shajaki on September 24th, 2017 @ 3:01pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:After reading the article I newsed, it seems Canada is the one that is ultra ****. TRU USA wants to stay alive, at least long enough that the investors can flip it or sell off its debt. But to do that, they are sqweezing the still profitable TRU Canada dry. I didnt want to write it in case I misinterpreted (and thus left it to just quoting the expert) but if I read that article correctly it seems Toysrus corporate is making TRU canada take out loans they dont need (From USA banks, no less) to then loan over to the US business because the US needs it. So they are inundating TRU Canada with debt that TRU Canada because they themselves are not able to get more. Other TRUs are not touched right now aside from TRU corporate and TRU Canada. And if anyone goes down, it seems it will be TRU Canada, being sacrificed for the sake of taking all they can from it to make TRU USA survive. We are so ****.
That's F***ed. And incredibly depressing.

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