Toys R Us closes flagship store: Ferris wheel, T-Rex and all
NEW YORK: For decades, children visiting New York City savored one stop above all: a outing to a kind of fondle store that existed usually in their imagination.
The large Toys R Us superstore in Times Square, that wowed shoppers with a 60-foot indoor Ferris wheel, a growling, 20-foot (6-meter) animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex, and a life-size Barbie dollhouse, had a final selling day Wednesday.
Toys R Us also cited high lease costs in Jul when it sealed F.A.O. Schwarz, when had enchanted generations of children in dual locations nearby Central Park.
She pronounced a association is acid for another Manhattan flagship store and will try to find positions for those among a some-more than 350 employees of a store who wish to keep operative during Toys R Us.
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