Tears ‘R’ Us: The World’s Biggest Toy Store Didn’t Have to Die


Toys R US To Close 87 Stores

All stores will be empty by the end of June, but until then customers can stand in front of a “selfie banner featuring Geoffrey,” the retailer said in May. Soon after, Brandon and four other senior executives, now deemed nonessential, left the company. Brandon received almost $7 million in compensation in 2017, including a $2.8 million retention bonus paid just before the bankruptcy filing. He’s already started a consulting company. Former employees have started a Facebook page, Dead Giraffe Society. Some rallied outside the offices of Bain, KKR, and Vornado to protest losing their jobs without severance and occupied a soon-to-be-closed Toys “R” Us store in Union, N.J. Twenty miles away, the company began to liquidate its headquarters. Photos of what’s for sale, including a giant Sully from Monsters, Inc. posed next to a pool table, are available online.

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One thought on “Tears ‘R’ Us: The World’s Biggest Toy Store Didn’t Have to Die

  1. I feel almost sullied by liking this post. This whole closing thing stinks and I feel bad for those losing their jobs while the top brass cashed in on their backs. Shame on them.

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