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> Toys "R" Us ... only to find themselves losing out to stores with even bigger inventories That left out the other big factor, 'The company was further hamper
by eesmith 2y ago
> Toys "R" Us ... only to find themselves losing out to stores with even bigger inventories
That left out the other big factor, 'The company was further hampered by a significant debt load, the result of a leveraged buyout organized by private equity firms, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Bain Capital and real estate firm Vornado.' (quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us).
> But that has left us with an ever-increasing number of options.
Yet none of the choices include things like "how strong are labor rights throughout the supply chain?", "is the company involved in union busting?", "how much are the claims of sustainable harvesting really just greenswashing?", and "how durable is this product?"