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Originally Posted by Shinavren

TRU financial specifics aside, the cause of this moreover is the American consumer. Retail is dying in the U.S. But every time they say this on the news, they point out that retail is booming in Asia. An important detail to not overlook is that TRU is closing its U.S. operations, not operations outside the U.S. So as much as we can point our fingers at TRU higher-ups, don't forget to look yourselves in the mirror, online buyers.

Eh, let's not go this route, because we could easily get into a circular argument of "TRU is floundering because people don't buy at retail -> online ordering allows for more convenience, more chance of finding your intended purchase, and often at better prices," so let's just step away from that one.

Besides, a majority of it is the financial. As has been stated (both here and elsewhere), TRUs do make a decent amount of money, but due to the debts that the private owners have steeped the company in, all that money goes into a big, burning pit of debt repayment, and little, if any, of that money actually goes into the company itself.