Interesting article on the toy industry and the liquidation of Toys R Us... http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-to...story.html
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Quote:Toys R Us is still the place where up-and-coming products get discovered. The retailer devotes so much of its space to toys — rather than the few aisles at Walmart and Target Corp. — it can take chances on new items and smaller suppliers. In many cases, a product is tested at Toys R Us for a season, then added to one of the mass-market chains.