One of the largest American retail toy stores will be closing 180 stores this year, in an attempt to restructure and make the company more profitable. As of September 2017, Toys R Us had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, though it wasn't clear what steps the company would take from there until today. Approximately one-fifth of the company's locations will be closed by April 2018. According to the CEO of the chain, this is in order to prevent locations that were too close to each other from cannibalizing sales, as well as to make the stores more focused and competitive in the market. Toys R Us of Canada made a separate statement afterwards, stating that Canadian Toys R Us stores will not be affected by closures. Below is a full list of the branches that will be closing.

Alabama

2600 McFarland Blvd. East, Tuscaloosa AL

335 Summit Blvd., Birmingham AL

Arizona

801 W. 32nd Street, Yuma AZ

12801 North Tatum Blvd., Paradise Valley AZ

9139 Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale AZ

4619 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson AZ

7000 E. Mayo Blvd., Scottsdale AZ

US 60 and Signal Butte Rd., Mesa AZ

Arkansas

2616 S. Shackleford Rd., Little Rock AR

California

42500 Jackson St., Indio CA

1189 Simi Town Ctr. Way, Simi Valley CA

26573 Carl Boyer Dr., Santa Clarita CA

960 Lakes Dr., Covina CA

1600 S. Azusa Ave., Puente Hills CA

2575 E. Imperial Highway, Brea CA

530 Westminster Mall, Westminster CA

20120 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance CA

2550 Canyon Springs Pkwy S., Riverside CA

700 "A" Onstott Rd., Yuba City CA

2785 E. Bidwell St., Folsom CA

1330 Fitzgerald, Pinole CA

4505 Century Blvd., Pittsburg CA

600 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael CA

5461 Lone Tree Way, Brentwood CA

1400 Gateway Blvd., Fairfield CA

3938 Horton, Emeryville CA

2179 Monterey Hwy., E. San Jose CA

865 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose / Almade CA

3520 W. Shaw Ave., Fresno CA

31250 Court House Dr., Union City CA

10640 Trinity Pkwy., Stockton CA

3900 Bristol Street, Santa Ana CA

3665 Grand Oaks, Corona CA

1240 W. Morena Blvd., Mission Bay CA

8181 Mira Mesa Blvd., Mira Mesa CA

1990 University Drive, Vista CA

Colorado

1150 S. Ironton, Aurora CO

Connecticut

376 North Universal Drive, North Haven CT

275 Union St., Waterbury CT

3491 Berlin Turnpike, Newington CT

169 Hale Road, Manchester CT

Florida

1625 Apalachee Pkwy., Tallahassee FL

1900 Tyrone Blvd., St. Petersburg FL

3908 West Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa FL

6001 Argyle Forest Blvd., Orange Park FL

Spring 708 West State Rd. 436, Altamonte FL

21697 State Road #7, Boca Raton FL

10732 SW Village Pkwy., Port St. Lucie FL

450 South SR 7, Royal Palm Beach FL

2601 W.Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee FL

6001 West Sample Road, Coral Springs FL

3214 N John Young Pkwy., Kissimmee FL

Georgia

2601 Dawson Rd., Albany GA

2955 Cobb Parkway, Smyrna GA

6380 No. Point Parkway, Alpharetta GA

1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy., Dunwoody GA

6875 Douglas Boulevard, Douglasville GA

8160 Mall Parkway, Conyers GA

221 Newnan Crossing Bypass, Newnan GA

132 Pavilion Parkway, Fayetteville GA

Indiana

3928 E 82nd Street, Indianapolis IN

8800 US 31 South, Greenwood IN

Iowa

1211 E. Army Post Rd., S. Des Moines IA

8801 University Ave., Des Moines IA

Illinois

1610 Deerfield Rd., Highland Park IL

16 East Golf Rd., Schaumburg IL

295 Center Drive, Vernon Hills IL

5001 Lincoln Highway, Matteson IL

6420 W. Fullerton, Bricktown IL

7750 South Cicero Avenue, Burbank IL

5660 Touhy Avenue, Niles IL

Kansas

4646 W. Kellogg, Wichita KS

8500 W 135th Street, Overland Park KS

Kentucky

4900 Shelbyville Rd., St. Mathews KY

1155 Buck Creek Rd., Simpsonville KY

1965 Star Shoot Parkway, Lexington KY

Louisiana

137 Northshore Blvd., Slidell LA

Maine

6 Bangor Mall Blvd., Bangor ME

200 Running Hill Road, Portland ME

Maryland

8401 Mike Shapiro Drive, Clinton MD

Massachusetts

302 Providence, Dedham MA

70 Worcester Providence Tpk/Rt. 146, Millbury MA

50 Holyoke Street, Holyoke MA

217 Hartford Ave., Bellingham MA

6110 Shops Way, Northborough MA

Shoppers World Plaza, 1 Worcester Road, Framingham MA

Michigan

5363 Harvey Street, Muskegon MI

2620 Crossing Circle, Traverse City MI

5900 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing MI

4923 28th Street South East, Grand Rapids MI

3725 Carpenter Road, Ann Arbor MI

3725 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor MI

Minnesota

14100 Wayzata Blvd., Minnetonka MN

170 89th Ave., Blaine MN

8236 Tamarack Village, Woodbury MN

900 West 78th Street South, Richfield MN

Mississippi

1003 Bonita Lakes Circle, Meridian MS

200 Bass Pro Dr., Pearl MS

Missouri

1901 Bernadette, Columbia MO

201 Silver Springs Rd., Cape Girardeau MO

5590 St. Louis Mills Blvd., Bridgeton MO

220 THF Blvd., Chesterfield MO

Nebraska

3505 S. 140th Plaza, Omaha NE

Nevada

2150 North Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas NV

7020 Arroyo Crossing Parkway, Spring Valley NV

New Mexico

45 Hotel Circle, Albuquerque NM

North Carolina

801 Fairview Road, Asheville NC

7001 Fayetteville Road, Durham NC

3300 Westgate Drive, Durham NC

New Hampshire

29 Gusabel Avenue, Nashua NH

New Jersey

1280 Rt. 22 & St. James Ave., Phillipsburg NJ

137 Route 35, Eatontown NJ

100 Promenade Blvd., Bridgewater NJ

2700 Route 22 East., Union NJ

909 US Hwy 1 South., North Brunswick NJ

Rt. 541 & Cadillac Road, Burlington NJ

2135 Route 38, Cherry Hill NJ

7 Wayne Hills Mall, Wayne NJ

545 Route 17 South, Paramus NJ

98 Route 10 West., East Hanover NJ

Kids World 900 Center Drive, Elizabeth NJ

50 International Drive South, Mt. Olive NJ

New York

139-19 20th Ave., College Point NY

24-30 Union Square E, Union Square NY

5181 Sunrise Hwy., Sayville NY

5214 Sunrise Hwy., Massapequa NY

2335 Marketplace Drive, Henrietta NY

1569 Niagara Falls Blvd., Buffalo NY

401 Frank Sottile Boulevard, Kingston NY

708 Upper Glen St., Glens Falls NY

221 Wade Road Extension, Latham NY

2700 Central Park Ave., Yonkers NY

66 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village NY

1350 Corporate Drive, Westbury NY

108 Veterans Memorial Highway, Commack NY

461 Lycoming Mall Cir, Williamsport NY

1530 Ridge Rd. West, Greece NY

Ohio

6251 Glenway Ave., Western Hills OH

2661 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd., Dayton OH

7841 Mentor Ave., Mentor OH

3610 West Dublin-Granville Rd., Dublin OH

Oklahoma

1119 SE 66th St., Oklahoma City OK

5609-E Rogers Ave., Fort Smith OK

560 Ed Noble Pkwy., Norman OK

Pennsylvania

1061 N. Dupont Highway, Dover PA

100 Welsh Road, Horsham PA

6680 Peach St., Erie PA

3700 William Penn Highway, Monroeville PA

104 Bartlett Ave., Exton PA

2003 Cheryl Dr., Ross Park Mall PA

301 Oakspring Road, Washington PA

18/Valley View Dr., Beaver Valley Route PA

Rhode Island

300 Quaker Lane, Warwick RI

South Carolina

254 Harbison Boulevard, Columbia SC

South Dakota

450 E. Disk Drive, Rapid City SD

Tennessee

7676 Polo Ground Blvd., Memphis TN

5731 Nolensville Rd., Nashville TN

Texas

801 Mesa Hills Dr., West El Paso TX

9730 Katy Freeway, Katy TX

170 E. Stacy Road, Allen TX

7730 N. MacArthur Blvd, Irving TX

420 E. Round Grove Rd., Lewisville TX

13710 Dallas Parkway, Dallas Galleria TX

1309 W. Pipeline Rd., Hurst TX

5800 Overton Ridge Blvd., Hulen TX

Utah

4042 Riverdale Rd., Ogden UT

1122 Fort Union Boulevard, Midvale UT

Virginia

14173 Crossing Place, Potomac Mills VA

12153 Jefferson Ave., Newport News VA

Washington

3567 N.W. Randall Way, Silverdale WA

1325A S.E. Everett Mall Parkway, Everett WA

6104 N. Division Street, Spokane WA

Wisconsin

18550 W. Bluemound Rd., Brookfield WI

2161 Zeier Road, Madison WI

Nintendo has multiple toy-lines that are sold at Toys R Us exclusively, so fans should be on the lookout for closeout sales on products sold at shuttering locations sometime in February.

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[pokemoner2500]

Damn rip my local TRU, luckily there's another one 2 miles away.

 

[SirNapkin1334]

Too bad. I'm going to miss those backwards R's.

 

[leon315]

yet another company brutally murdered BY AMAZON.

 

[Kioku]

Oh... Well that sucks... Online shopping (Amazon) is slowly killing brick and mortar stores.

 

[sarkwalvein]

TOYS weЯ US...

*sprints to safety escaping a rain of stones after the terrible joke*

 

[leon315]

TOYS weЯ US...

*sprints to safety escaping a rain of stones after the terrible joke*

and YOU have been PLAYED.

 

[APartOfMe]

that really sucks

 

[osaka35]

It's not like they price things competitively. You go to Toysrus if you had money to burn, not if you wanted a good deal. Still, though, it was nice to have a lot to choose from.

 

[APartOfMe]

usa today has an article with the list of closures @Chary

https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...your-toys-r-us-store-closure-list/1060761001/

 

[RustInPeace]

The one nearest me isn't listed, so I guess I'm fine for now and don't need to reminisce on some good times spent there. Close to that those used to be a Circuit City, and we went there in 2008 when it was in liquidation mode. In fact yesterday, when I got some new shoes and a sweater, I passed by some locations up for sale, businesses defunct for seemingly a long time, so you have "For Sale" signs for that space. Small local stuff, such as a PC repair store, a travel agency, and then just a couple seconds down from there: Burger King, Best Buy, KFC, quite the juxtaposition.

 

[FAST6191]

yet another company brutally murdered BY AMAZON.

Surely murder is illegal and if Amazon are not doing anything terribly illegal in their pursuit of such things...

Anyway saw the following a while back and it seemed like it put a few things in perspective


As far as "Nintendo has multiple toy-lines that are sold at Toys R Us exclusively" I am sure Nintendo could go to just about any other place with nationwide stores and say "fancy it?" and they will say yes. It is not like they are a manufacturer of anything or deal in a hard market.

 

[Deleted User]

one is closing reaitively close to me
I wonder if they will just trash the unsold stuff somewhere for people to find before the dump truck

 

[godreborn]

it's a shame. I bought my wii from toys "'r" us. it was their last one too shortly after its launch. I still own it. this will probably end up being another blockbuster that dies due to online sales elsewhere. I'm pretty sure toys "r" us has an online component, but like blockbuster, most people don't even know it.

 

[spotanjo3]

Yeah, not surprised. America have too many chain businesses. Too many!

 

[Kioku]

Yeah, not surprised. America have too many chain businesses. Too many!

That's not even the issue...

 

[yardie]

This is not surprising at all. I went to a local toys r us some months ago to buy some toys for my son and they had a bunch of crap toys.

They're so out of touch with what kinda toys people want for their kids

 

[DJPlace]

meh not a fan of toy's r's us.... but still only one i know is going down and i don't care for it.

 

[rileysrjay]

A small part of me is going to miss toys r us when it's gone, but another part of me is totally fine with it. I spent hours as a kid in toys r us checking out all the cool new toys and gadgets. But as I began to grow older, I noticed that a lot of their stuff (particularly the video games and Legos) was almost always overpriced. Maybe toys r us will take all of this as a wake up call to fix their issues, but I'm beginning to think that they're going to go down the road blockbuster went down.

 

[migles]

Yeah, not surprised. America have too many chain businesses. Too many!

isn't "toys r us" the mcdonnals of toys? (the biggest\most popular chain)
america has too much fast food chains as well and mcdonnalds still strong :S