Toys R Us announces 17 new locations in WH Smith partnership
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv29wnwek7eo
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Toys R Us announces 17 new locations in WH Smith partnership
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv29wnwek7eo
Posted by One_Psychology_
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I thought they went fully bust. Didn’t know they were going to pop back up again, or that it was even possible to do so.
A partnership between two brands no one wants to be brought back.
Sounds like how I inexplicably found a ‘Game’ in the back of a Sports Direct.
17 locations, do you reckon they’re all airports? Can’t wait to see the guy trying to get his duty-free Lego Millennium Falcon in the overhead locker
Bold strategy here cotton let’s see how this plays out
Toys R Us and Blockbuster bringing the 90s boys back from the dead, whens woolies coming back
Makes sense really. Smith’s will have more shelf space to play with as their market has dried up a bit with the rise of digital and whilst they already have a small toy section, having the TRU name attached to it will draw customers in
Two sinking ships lashing themselves together in an attempt to stay afloat…
These are all big stores that already have a toy section tucked away somewhere.
Sounds like Smith’s bought the name to remind the public the toys are there.
Except no one goes to any of these high street shops.
Toys R Us is all about a massive warehouse in which you could find every possible toy and play for hours, not a corner in shoddy WHSmiths.
The boomer’s high street is long dead, no idea why these companies insist on funding loss making endevours.
Smiths also tried to bring back modelzone that’s flopped as well
Will they open in 50% of the shops’ floor area or a single aisle?
So a dying brand has rescued a dead brand?
Next year will we see that GAME has bought out WHSmith and Toys R Us?
store within a store concept. Nothing new. Argos/sainsbury been doing this.
There’s the main town post office in my local WH Smith. Still has a large magazine section too.
WH Smith partnership? As if toys r us wasn’t already expensive enough. You’re gonna be needing to take out a mortgage to buy a bloody barbie
They’re missing that the magic of Toys R Us was an enormous store that was how you would imagine a toy shop
Not nestled in the back of the most depressing shop on the high street
I still cannot believe that Smiths are still going: being kept afloat entirely by fleecing passengers at train stations and airports
It kind of works, the one in Solihull has been operational for. While now, on separate floors, likely WHsmiths stop selling their toys which are usually garbage, large sites half empty so more efficient use.