We visited 3 Toys R Us stores that are about to shut down - and it was a depressing look at a business at its end
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Business Insider/Jessica Tyler The Toys R Us stores we visited were an absolute mess.
Toys R Us filed a motion to liquidate its business in the United States in March, just five months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Toys R Us' liquidation includes plans to close all 735 of its remaining stores, with going-out-of-business sales now taking place at all of its US locations.
In late March, we visited a Toys R Us store in Yonkers, New York, that was part of an earlier round of store closures, and it was a grim look into the company's future.
As more Toys R Us stores prepare to close their doors, we visited three different locations in Queens and Manhattan. The stores were in a depressing state - lights were flickering, there were stacks of boxes everywhere, and empty shelves lined the walls.
Here's what it was like:
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