Welcome to the chaotic end to Toys R Us as the world has known it for the past several decades.
The shuttering of the retailer’s online operations represents one more step along the path of full business wind-down as the retailer puts full focus on liquidating store inventories to pay back its debtors. Toys R Us’ online business has long been behind competitors, which did not change during a disastrous holiday season when it was outgunned on price and strategy and was plagued by operational bugs.