Toys ‘R’ Us aims to open 120 stores by Thanksgiving — but suppliers remain skittish following 2017 bankruptcy

Toys “R” Us is scrambling to open 120 new stores by Thanksgiving — but suppliers burned by its devastating bankruptcy in 2017 ...
Retail Dive

Former Toys R Us suppliers allege execs, directors took millions as retailer crumbled

In July 2016, Josh Bekenstein, co-chairman of Bain Capital, tapped then-Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon for a favor. Bekenstein asked Brandon, a former fast-food mogul from his days as head of Dominos, to ...
Retail Dive

Burned by Toys R Us, will suppliers ever trust a bankrupt retailer again?

In mid-March, attorneys for Toys R Us described a "perfect storm" of circumstances that they say forced the company to request court approval to wind down its U.S. business in bankruptcy. Toy makers ...
The Straits Times

Dozens of toy suppliers object to Toys 'R' Us liquidation plan

RICHMON (REUTERS) - Toys 'R' Us heads to US Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday (March 20) to defend its liquidation plan against an onslaught of objections from creditors, particularly suppliers demanding ...
PBS

Holiday toys may cost more by fall thanks to new U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports

NEW YORK (AP) — As toy inventors, toy manufacturers and buyers for stores that sell toys met for a four-day annual trade show in New York last weekend, a topic besides which items were destined for ...