Toys R Us Is Back! (Sort of...) : Shock UK Return

As of 2023, five years after it ostensibly closed down for good, Toys R Us is BACK in the UK. I decided to visit the first new Toys R Us in the UK, near York, to see what was going on. And if it's worth a visit...

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When Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy in 2017, then liquidated in 2018, we thought we'd seen the end of this brand forever. But you can't keep a good giraffe down. Through partnerships with Macy's (in the US) and WH Smith (in the UK), Toys R Us once again has hundreds of physical locations.

But are these locations actually worth visiting or just glorified concessions inside existing retail entities? I wanted to find out, so I checked out a couple of locations to get a feel for what the new face of Toys R Us looked like. Be sure to watch the video to find out what I made of them!

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