...with brief, occasional, italicized and sometimes gratuitous commentary...
• The New York Times reports on how Toys R Us “is facing management defections, a decline in same-store sales and relentless competition from Walmart and Amazon ... With more than 1,500 stores worldwide, Toys R Us is part of a group of big, lumbering retailers trying to reinvent their businesses for a new era.”
One of the things that has been said a lot around here is how many of us won’t be surprised if Best Buy does not exist - at least in its current incarnation - in five or 10 years. I think we can add Toys R Us to that list...
• The New York Times reports on how Toys R Us “is facing management defections, a decline in same-store sales and relentless competition from Walmart and Amazon ... With more than 1,500 stores worldwide, Toys R Us is part of a group of big, lumbering retailers trying to reinvent their businesses for a new era.”
One of the things that has been said a lot around here is how many of us won’t be surprised if Best Buy does not exist - at least in its current incarnation - in five or 10 years. I think we can add Toys R Us to that list...
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