@annadrylwrote:
Too bad they didn't have the foresight to become Phones-R-Us, with, ya know, kid-oriented marketing.
That right there is their problem - they didn't think or plan ahead. When the economy tanked and was slow to recover, they should have realized that a store as big as a football field in high rent districts is going to cost them big time when people are cutting back.
Plus parents don't want to do the work to pack their kid up and lug them around a huge store - nor do they want to let their kids out of their sight while they shop anymore. The whole kids playing with the toys and then buying them concept is not something parents want their kids exposed to - they fear germs now more than ever.
TRU did this to themselves..
We have one TRU in our area and it is in a strip mall annex to our main mall that is hard to get into, the parking lot is a minefield and the strip mall was never ever full, even when first opened. They should have moved to a smaller space or building with better access and/or renegotiated their rent.
On top of that, their distribution system was as inconsistant as ebay search results as toys would appear in one store and never make it to others, exclusives never making it to the shelves and their website never putting up notice when they are out of product.
The times have changed, while kids are playing with different things, TRU seemed unaware of it and did nothing to evolve with the times.
(*Bleep*)
