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This hasn't been the best run-up to a holiday season for Toys R' Us
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This hasn't been the best run-up to a holiday season for Toys R' Us

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Ted Bauer
Nov 20, 2013
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8HMSf4O2FM&w=600&h=315]

"I don't wanna grow up ... I'm a Toys R' Us kid..."

A seminal jingle from the 80s, no doubt. The reality as 2013 turns to 2014, holiday-season-style, is a little bit less good. First off, the economics are not good. They're currently assigned a 'Caa1' bond rating by Moody's, which is conside…

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