August 12, 2019
Toys R Us goes bust
![A customer leaves a Toys R Us store on March 15, 2018](https://img.apmcdn.org/9db4baea9f0b480c949a5421c581b8b1a43ee96f/uncropped/4fbcec-20190809-spectacular-failures-toys-r-us.jpg)
August 12, 2019
Toys R Us goes bust
No amount of nostalgia could save Toys R Us from the private equity firms that owned it.
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