After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2017, Wayne, New Jersey-based Toys R Us Inc. closed all of its 800 stores, which include Babies R Us locations, this summer.

Toys R Us had dominated the toy store business in the 1980s and early 1990s, when it was one of the first of the “category killers”— a store totally devoted to one thing.

Despite sharply declining sales, Toys “R” Us was also extremely late to the game in closing stores. At the time of its bankruptcy filing, the chain had 1,697 stores — more than it had ever had.

With Toys 'R' Us out of the picture, retail power has shifted to Walmart, Target and Amazon, said Jackie Breyer, editor-in-chief of industry magazine The Toy Book.

Nearly $3 billion in 2018 was left on the table by Toys R Us, or 12 percent of the U.S. toy market, according to market research group NPD Group Inc. Jim Silver, editor-in-chief of TTPM, an online ...

Toys “R” Us’s demise would hit a toy industry that’s already faltering. The business grew just 1 percent in 2017 and fell during the holiday season, according to NPD Group.

Despite sharply declining sales, Toys “R” Us was also extremely late to the game in closing stores. At the time of its bankruptcy filing, the chain had 1,697 stores — more than it had ever had.

NEW YORK -- The demise of Toys R Us will have a ripple effect on everything from toy makers to consumers to landlords. The 70-year-old retailer is headed toward shuttering its U.S. operations ...

Despite sharply declining sales, Toys “R” Us was also extremely late to the game in closing stores. At the time of its bankruptcy filing, the chain had 1,697 stores — more than it had ever had.

Typically, Toys R Us would have devoted a 3-feet-by-16 inch display in a highly visible spot to a hot item. Instead, stores gave Cutetitos an area that measured 18 inches wide by 5 inches deep.