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Inside the Death of a Toy Empire: Debt, Greed, and Failure.

Toys “R” Us didn’t die because of Amazon. It was dismantled from the inside.

In 2005, a group of private equity firms (KKR, Bain Capital, and Vornado) bought Toys “R” Us for $6.6 billion. But they didn’t use their own money—they used a Leveraged Buyout (LBO), saddling the iconic toy store with $5 billion in debt.

What followed was a decade of "air starvation," where every cent of profit went to Wall Street interest payments instead of fixing stores or updating technology.

This is the story of how financial engineering turned a beloved American brand into a "zombie company" and left 33,000 workers with nothing.

In this video, we expose:
🔴 The LBO Trick: How to buy a company using its own credit (and why it’s a death sentence).
🔴 Zombie Stores: Why maintenance was cut while executives took millions in bonuses.
🔴 The Human Cost: The 33,000 employees laid off with zero severance while the pension fund was gutted.
🔴 The Failure of Private Equity: Why Toys “R” Us was just a "poker chip" for Wall Street.

If you’re tired of seeing iconic brands being hollowed out for short-term profit, this video is for you.

🕒 Timestamps:
0:00 - The Murder of a Childhood Icon
1:30 - What is a Leveraged Buyout (LBO)?
3:15 - $5 Billion in Debt: The Debt Trap
5:45 - The "Air-Starvation" Strategy
8:20 - Bonuses for Bosses, Pink Slips for Workers
11:00 - Why Amazon Wasn’t the Real Killer
13:30 - The Future of Retail: Who is Next?

Should these debt-driven takeovers be illegal?

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