On this week’s episode, I look at the Toys R Us collapse. It seemed like, in 2018, Toys R Us, collapsed overnight. Its stores were shuttered. Parking lots emptied. The iconic Geoffrey the Giraffe… gone.

The reality is, Toys R Us had always been a troubled organization, ever since it opened its doors. It had never built bench strength. It had never built core resilience into its structures, it’s operating models, even its assets.

The final blow to Toys R Us might not have taken out another organization. But when you have an organization with decades of fractures and weaknesses woven throughout its fabric… the collapse of this iconic brand was all but inevitable.

The Risktory Podcast is created, written, produced and hosted by Jacinthe A Galpin.

Soundtrack (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Alan Spiljak – Clouds
Alan Spiljak – Forgotten
Alan Spiljak – Light blue
Alan Spiljak – Empty days
Alan Spiljak – Stars above
Alan Spiljak – Not the end
Alan Spiljak – Sun
Alan Spiljak – Flying away
Alan Spiljak – Time
Alan Spiljak – Fantasy in my mind

Bibliography
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/03/09/toys-r-us-timeline-history-nations-top-toy-chain/409230002/
https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/15/news/companies/toys-r-us-closing-blame/index.html
https://www.retaildive.com/news/inside-the-20-year-decline-of-toys-r-us/526364/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ0fBbutkgA

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