All Toys R Us articles – Page 2
-
Video
The Retail Week: Are store closures the answer?
In a week when New Look’s CVA was voted through and Carpetright admitted it was considering one of its own, we debate whether store closures are the solution to retail’s problems.
-
News
New Look CVA approved, 60 stores to close
New Look’s landlords have approved its Company Voluntary Arrangement, paving the way for the retailer to shutter 60 stores.
-
News
Toys R Us plans to close down all US stores
Toys R Us has reportedly told its US employees that it will sell or shutter all of its 885 US stores, putting 33,000 jobs at risk.
-
News
Toys R Us to close all stores as search for buyer fails
Administrators have failed to secure a buyer for Toys R Us and have informed staff that all of its 100 UK stores will close over the next six weeks.
-
News
Grimsey launches high street review amid retail turmoil
Bill Grimsey, the former boss of Wickes, Iceland, Booker and Focus DIY, is revisiting his Grimsey Review, first published in 2013.
-
Analysis
Infographic: Sports Direct increases Debenhams stake
Words and numbers, March 9, 2018: Sports Direct on boosting its stake in Debenhams to 29.7%, plus tough times for Toys R Us, Carpetright and New Look
-
Analysis
Analysis: Will 2018 be the year of the CVA?
“2018 will be the year of the CVA.” It is a stark warning, but one that is being issued by numerous industry observers bracing themselves for further turbulence on the high street.
-
Video
Watch: Sir Vince Cable on Brexit and administrations
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Vince Cable joins us in the Retail Week Live newsroom to discuss the impact of Brexit and the current insolvency process.
-
Opinion
Opinion: Toys R Us’ demise and Amazon’s Achilles’ heel
Maplin and Toys R Us raise questions once again about what kind of business we as consumers actually want and need in today’s world.
-
Opinion
Toys R Us didn’t need to fail, failure to change killed it
Hard as it may be to imagine today, Toys R Us was once a revolutionary company.
-
Opinion
Bankruptcy bug is starting to look like an epidemic
The phrase ‘dropping like flies’ has been often on my lips as we witness one retail collapse after another and watch others staggering into intensive care.
-
News
Toys R Us launches closing down Sale following collapse
Toys R Us has launched a nationwide closing down Sale following its collapse into administration on Wednesday.
-
Video
The Retail Week: Is it 2008 revisited for retail?
As Toys R Us and Maplin both go into administration this week, the team discuss whether the past is repeating itself, and what steps retailers need to take to avoid it happening to them.
-
Analysis
Analysis: Lessons from Maplin and Toys R Us’ collapse
The air of inevitability about Toys R Us and Maplin’s collapse into administration can teach other retailers a great deal.
-
News
Toys R Us tumbles into administration
Toys R Us has entered into administration, leaving the future of more than 3,000 workers hanging the balance.
-
Opinion
Opinion: Amid retail’s travails, don’t miss the successes
It always looked as if 2018, the first half at least, would be a torrid time for retail. And so it has proved.
-
News
Toys R Us nears administration, thousands of jobs at risk
Toys R Us is poised to tumble into administration this week after failing in its eleventh-hour hunt for a buyer.
-
News
Toys R Us to shutter a further 200 US stores
Toys R Us is reportedly planning to close up to 200 of its US outlets which, alongside previously announced closures, would comprise half of its store estate.
-
News
The Entertainer rules out swoop on ailing Toys R Us
The Entertainer has denied claims that it is eyeing a purchase of Toys R Us UK, which is urgently seeking a buyer.
-
News
Toys R Us UK on brink due to £15m tax bill
Toys R Us UK is reportedly searching for a rescue deal to prevent it from falling into administration at the end of the month.