Posted on 03/20/2018 8:40:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Less well off families with lots of kids usually pass down their toys instead of getting the latest fad.
The US Birthrate is not the problem..... the US ABORTION rate is the problem.
And add in the easy destruction of the family and men being sick and tired of divorce rape and not being able to see their kids.
Overpriced toys.
The stuff would sit on the shelves gathering dust and the stores looked lousy.
Unsupervised gibmedats letting their kids run wild in the stores tearing stuff up and never buying anything.
They never adjusted to the Amazon era unlike other box stores like Walmart and even Best Buy.
Go on any social media site and look at what the younger generations are saying. We have become a society enslaved to materialism. People want to spend money on education to get a leg up in the business world but wind up in debt with a useless piece of paper. They don’t even want to entertain the idea of having children.
Meanwhile, my wife and I have been trying for 5 years and have had no luck, but Billy Bob down the street has 5 little monsters and no job. I just don’t get it.
Idiocracy was a documentary.
I thought Toys R Us went bankrupt because they went from being a public company to a private company and then they could not service the $7.5 billion debt.
Dumb move for them going private.
"I like money."
My first visit to Toys R Us was fantastic; clean, neatly organized store and very friendly and knowledgeable staff. The staff wanted me to have a good experience, to find what I was looking for, and get out the door without a hassle. Over many years that was my Toys R Us experience. Many years close to Christmas my husband and I would go and shop for all the grand kids all at once and it was a nice experience.
My last Toys R Us visit was about 3 years ago, the store was not clean and organized, the staff acted like I was a bother, and they had no idea where things were and didn’t care to figure it out. I ended up wandering the store to find what I wanted and then it took forever to get checked out.
I think my experiences had something to do with their downfall. I know most retailers don’t worry about customer service any more but I know as a customer it is still important to me.
If I am going to be on my own with no direction from staff I will go to Walmart, Target, or order from Amazon. If Toys R Us would have treated me the same as they did in the past I would not have stopped shopping with them.
Christian countries are not reproducing, and the “new arrivals” don’t give their kids toys to play with. And Toysrus doesn’t sell toy bomb vests.
“With stats on Latino birth rates, a savy business executive would be stocking the stores for a changing demographic, not closing the stores.”
You’d think. Except 10 years ago H. J. HEINZ shuttered a couple of ketchup lines in favor of moving into salsa. It failed, though I suspect the timing was just a little too early.
I have nieces and nephews that are doing their part.
My contribution—I _never_ discuss the national debt (and who will pay it) when they are around. :-)
Let me put a finer point on this: Lower birthdates to families that can afford toys.
Single parent families are not big toy buyers.
At least since the 60s.
Oh, thank you for that tidbit.
I found ink cartridges on staples.com which cost more at the store. They honored the online price.
We’ve only seen one kid in the area in the last eight or ten years. Except the communist China immigrants have kids. But they keep them at home studying. They’re never allowed out on the streets
Oh, there are kids. 5-6 each to every Mexican woman.
There are MORE than enough illegal immigrant children being born here to keep Toys R Us busy, kids are not into toys any more they want video games and iPhones!!!!!
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