Toys R Us continues to deal with its bankruptcy issues with the announcement it is closing 182 stores – one-fifth of its stores in the United States.
| ALABAMA |
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| Tuscaloosa 2600 McFarland Blvd. East |
| Birmingham 335 Summit Boulevard |
| ARIZONA |
| Yuma 801 W. 32nd Street |
| Paradise Valley 12801 North Tatum Blvd. |
| Scottsdale 9139 Indian Bend Rd. |
| Tucson 4619 N. Oracle Rd. |
| Scottsdale 7000 E. Mayo Blvd. |
| Mesa US 60 and Signal Butte Rd. |
| ARKANSAS |
| Little Rock 2616 S. Shackleford Rd. |
| CALIFORNIA |
| Indio 42500 Jackson St. |
| Simi Valley 1189 Simi Town Ctr Way |
| Santa Clarita 26573 Carl Boyer Dr. |
| Covina 960 Lakes Drive |
| Puente Hills 1600 S. Azusa Ave. |
| Brea 2575 E. Imperial Highway |
| Westminster 530 Westminster Mall |
| Torrance 20120 Hawthorne Blvd. |
| Riverside 2550 Canyon Springs Pkwy S. |
| Yuba City 700 "A" Onstott Rd. |
| Folsom 2785 E. Bidwell St. |
| Pinole 1330 Fitzgerald |
| Pittsburg 4505 Century Blvd. |
| San Rafael 600 Francisco Blvd. |
| Brentwood 5461 Lone Tree Way |
| Fairfield 1400 Gateway Blvd |
| Emeryville 3938 Horton |
| E. San Jose 2179 Monterey Hwy |
| San Jose / Almade865 Blossom Hill Road |
| Fresno 3520 W. Shaw Ave. |
| Union City 31250 Court House Drive |
| Stockton 10640 Trinity Pkwy. |
| Santa Ana 3900 Bristol Street |
| Corona 3665 Grand Oaks |
| Mission Bay 1240 W. Morena Blvd. |
| Mira Mesa 8181 Mira Mesa Blvd. |
| Vista 1990 University Drive |
| COLORADO |
| Aurora 1150 S. Ironton |
| CONNECTICUT |
| North Haven 376 North Universal Drive |
| Waterbury 275 Union St. |
| Newington 3491 Berlin Turnpike |
| Manchester 169 Hale Road |
| FLORIDA |
| Tallahassee 1625 Apalachee Pkwy. |
| St. Petersburg 1900 Tyrone Blvd. |
| Tampa 3908 West Hillsborough Ave. |
| Orange Park 6001 Argyle Forest Blvd. |
| Altamonte Spring 708 West State Rd 436 |
| Boca Raton 21697 State Road # 7 |
| Port St. Lucie 10732 SW Village Pkwy. |
| Royal Palm Beach450 South SR 7 |
| Kissimmee 2601 W.Osceola Parkway |
| Coral Springs 6001 West Sample Road |
| Kissimmee 3214 N John Young Pkwy. |
| GEORGIA |
| Albany 2601 Dawson Rd. |
| Smyrna 2955 Cobb Parkway |
| Alpharetta 6380 No. Point Parkway |
| Dunwoody 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy. |
| Douglasville 6875 Douglas Boulevard |
| Conyers 8160 Mall Parkway |
| Newnan 221 Newnan Crossing Bypass |
| Fayetteville 132 Pavilion Parkway |
| INDIANA |
| Indianapolis 3928 E 82nd Street |
| Greenwood 8800 US 31 South |
| IOWA |
| S. Des Moines 1211 E. Army Post Rd. |
| Des Moines 8801 University Ave. |
| ILLINOIS |
| Highland Park 1610 Deerfield Rd. |
| Schaumburg 16 East Golf Rd. |
| Vernon Hills 295 Center Drive |
| Matteson 5001 Lincoln Highway |
| Bricktown 6420 W. Fullerton |
| Burbank 7750 South Cicero Ave. |
| Niles 5660 Touhy Ave. |
| KANSAS |
| Wichita 4646 W. Kellogg |
| Overland Park 8500 W 135th Street |
| KENTUCKY |
| St. Mathews 4900 Shelbyville Rd. |
| Simpsonville 1155 Buck Creek Rd. |
| Lexington 1965 Star Shoot Parkway |
| LOUISIANA |
| Slidell 137 Northshore Blvd. |
| MICHIGAN |
| Muskegon 5363 Harvey Street |
| Traverse City 2620 Crossing Circle |
| Lansing 5900 W. Saginaw Highway |
| Grand Rapids 4923 28th Street South East |
| Ann Arbor 3725 Carpenter Road |
| Ann Arbor 3725 Washtenaw |
| MINNESOTA |
| Minnetonka 14100 Wayzata Blvd. |
| Blaine 170 89th Ave. |
| Woodbury 8236 Tamarack Village |
| Richfield 900 West 78th Street South |
| MISSISSIPPI |
| Meridian 1003 Bonita Lakes Circle |
| Bass Pro Dr. |
| MISSOURI |
| Columbia 1901 Bernadette |
| Cape Girardeau 201 Silver Springs Rd. |
| Bridgeton 5590 St. Louis Mills Blvd. |
| Chesterfield 220 THF Blvd. |
| NEBRASKA |
| Omaha 3505 S. 140th Plaza |
| NEVADA |
| Las Vegas 2150 North Rainbow Blvd. |
| Spring Valley 7020 Arroyo Crossing Parkway |
| NEW MEXICO |
| Albuquerque 45 Hotel Circle |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
| Asheville 801 Fairview Road |
| Durham 7001 Fayetteville Road |
| Durham 3300 Westgate Drive |
| MAINE |
| Bangor 6 Bangor Mall Blvd. |
| Portland 200 Running Hill Road |
| MARYLAND |
| Clinton 8401 Mike Shapiro Drive |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
| Dedham 302 Providence |
| Millbury 70 Worcester Providence Tpk/Rt 146 |
| Holyoke 50 Holyoke Street |
| Bellingham 217 Hartford Ave. |
| Northborough 6110 Shops Way |
| Framingham Shoppers World Plaza,1 Worcester Road |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
| Nashua 29 Gusabel Ave. |
| NEW JERSEY |
| Phillipsburg 1280 Rt. 22 & St. James Ave. |
| Eatontown 137 Route 35 |
| Bridgewater 100 Promenade Blvd. |
| Union 2700 Route 22 East. |
| North Brunswick 909 US Hwy 1 South. |
| Burlington Rt. 541 & Cadillac Road |
| Cherry Hill 2135 Route 38 |
| Wayne 7 Wayne Hills Mall |
| Paramus 545 Route 17 South |
| East Hanover 98 Route 10 West |
| Elizabeth-KidsWo 900 Center Drive |
| Mt. Olive 50 International Drive South |
| NEW YORK |
| College Point 139-19 20th Ave. |
| Union Square 24-30 Union Square E |
| Sayville 5181 Sunrise Hwy. |
| Massapequa 5214 Sunrise Hwy. |
| Henrietta 2335 Marketplace Drive |
| Amherst 1569 Niagara Falls Blvd. |
| Kingston 401 Frank Sottile Boulevard |
| Glens Falls 708 Upper Glen St. |
| Latham 221 Wade Road Extension |
| Yonkers 2700 Central Park Ave. |
| Middle Village 66 Metropolitan Ave. |
| Westbury 1350 Corporate Drive. |
| Commack 108 Veterans Memorial Highway |
| Williamsport 461 Lycoming Mall Cir |
| Greece 1530 Ridge Rd. West |
| OHIO |
| Western Hills 6251 Glenway Ave. |
| Dayton 2661 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd. |
| Mentor 7841 Mentor Ave. |
| Dublin 3610 West Dublin-Granville Rd. |
| OKLAHOMA |
| Oklahoma City 1119 SE 66th St. |
| Fort Smith 5609-E Rogers Ave. |
| Norman 560 Ed Noble Pkwy. |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
| Dover 1061 N. Dupont Highway |
| Horsham 100 Welsh Road |
| Erie 6680 Peach St. |
| Monroeville 3700 William Penn Highway |
| Exton 104 Bartlett Ave. |
| Ross Park Mall 2003 Cheryl Dr. |
| Washington 301 Oakspring Road |
| Beaver Valley Route 18/Valley View Dr. |
| RHODE ISLAND |
| Warwick 300 Quaker Lane |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
| Columbia 254 Harbison Blvd. |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
| Rapid City 450 E. Disk Drive |
| TENNESSEE |
| Memphis 7676 Polo Ground Blvd. |
| Nashville 5731 Nolensville Rd |
| TEXAS |
| West El Paso 801 Mesa Hills Dr. |
| Katy 9730 Katy Freeway |
| Allen 170 E. Stacy Road |
| Irving 7730 N. MacArthur Blvd. |
| Lewisville 420 E. Round Grove Rd. |
| Dallas Galleria 13710 Dallas Parkway |
| Hurst 1309 W. Pipeline Rd. |
| Hulen 5800 Overton Ridge Blvd. |
| UTAH |
| Ogden 4042 Riverdale Rd. |
| Midvale 1122 Fort Union Boulevard |
| VIRGINIA |
| Potomac Mills 14173 Crossing Place |
| Newport News 12153 Jefferson Ave. |
| WASHINGTON |
| Silverdale 3567 N.W. Randall Way |
| Everett 1325A S.E. Everett Mall Parkway |
| Spokane 6104 N. Division Street |
| WISCONSIN |
| Brookfield 18550 W. Bluemound Rd. |
| Madison 2161 Zeier Rd. |
The stores will begin closing in February, and closures are expected to end in April. In Kansas, the two stores we have frequented over the years are closing, but the Topeka, KS store looks like it will remain open. According to Toys R Us, Canada stores are not expected to close. There are still over 1,400 Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores around the world after this round of closing.
In the past, Toys R Us was the place to go to buy the cool toys, and I remember going to the Smyrna, GA store almost on a weekly basis. The same is true for many of the California stores when I loved there in the early 2000s. Interestingly, for the last two years, almost all toy purchases have been made from our local Big Box Store or online. Our Christmas 2017 shopping was done exclusively through Amazon. There have been a number of factors that have contributed to the Toys R Us decline, but I can’t help but think the largest factor is online sales.
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While I’m not immediately affected, as my two closest stores are staying open, I do have a little twinge of sadness because a couple of stores I frequented when I lived in other areas are on the list.