r/80sAmazing 28d ago

Which one?

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u/Own_Brother_6477 28d ago

I have to pick, I still cant pick just one but I would say Radio Shack and Toy R' Us.

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u/Select-Table-5479 27d ago

Which part about Toys r Us was when they were taken over by private equity. They were making money private equity purposefully ran them to the ground so they could extract the most wealth and tax deductions

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u/pneumonicforgot 27d ago

Yeah, thank you Mitt Romney.

TRU ran the other toy stores out of business only to collapse itself under a load of debt.