Toys ‘R’ Us, Last of the Big Toy Stores, Tries to Reinvent Itself

Fri, 04/06/2012 - 20:59 EDT - NY Times

The last of the big toy stores struggles to revamp its business as management defects, sales decline, all while debt and competition mount.

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