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Toys 'R' Us files for Bankruptcy
- awang14 9y agoOh dear. There goes my childhood
- derekp7 9y agoThis is Chapter 11, not 7. So they are still operating, they just get some relief from the debt collector calls.
- jameskegel 9y agoSite is currently not responding to requests. Their hosting may be overwhelmed at the moment.
- runesoerensen 9y agohttp://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/toysrus-inc-commences-court-supervised-processes-to-implement-financial-restructuring-300521734.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/toysrus-inc-commence...
- dpedu 9y agohttp://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.toysrusinc.com%2Fpress%2Ftoysrus-inc-commences-court-supervised-processes-to-implement-financial-restructuring&oq=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.toysrusinc.com%2Fpress%2Ftoysrus-inc-commences-court-supervised-processes-to-implement-financial-restructuring&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.2405j0j4&client=ubuntu&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&strip=1 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps...
- coralreef 9y agoIt took almost 20 years, but Amazon finally killed them.
- pkaye 9y agoFrom an article elsewhere..."In 2005, Bain Capital, KKR & Co. and Vornado Realty Trust loaded Toys “R” Us up with debt to take it private." How does that work? Do any of these companies have a loss from all this debt they offloaded on Toys "R" Us? What would others lend so much money if this kind of things seems common?
- merricksb 9y agoActive discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15279424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15279424