Toys ‘R’ Us Didn’t Have to Die
Retailing seems to be dying in US irrespective of the company:<p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-17/retail-store-closures-in-u-s-set-for-record" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-17/retail-st...</a><p>Couple of years ago, one of my friends bought a store at a strip mall. The store was making a loss. And the previously owners were an elderly couple. So my friends thesis was that they weren't exactly tuned into the digital presence business and it was still entirely possible to run a store in US.<p>Two years later footfall in the mall has decreased a lot. And in spite of the digital strategy etc my friend's store hasn't worked well.  Now he is not only in debt but he is also trying to sell the store. But there are no buyers.