Toys R Us is going to close 180 stores in the next few months. Rather than just post a link to an article, I have listed the stores that will be closing below. It looks like Des Moines will be losing both of their TRUs.



Full list of stores on closure list:

Alabama

Tuscaloosa 2600 McFarland Blvd. East AL

Birmingham 335 Summit Boulevard, AL

Arizona

Yuma 801 W. 32nd Street AZ

Paradise Valley 12801 North Tatum Blvd. AZ

Scottsdale 9139 Indian Bend Rd. AZ

Tucson 4619 N. Oracle Rd AZ

Scottsdale 7000 E. Mayo Blvd AZ

Mesa US 60 and Signal Butte Rd AZ

Arkansas

Little Rock 2616 S. Shackleford Rd AR

Fort Smith 5609-E Rogers Ave AR

California

Indio 42500 Jackson St. CA

Simi Valley 1189 Simi Town Ctr Way CA

Santa Clarita 26573 Carl Boyer Dr. CA

Covina 960 Lakes Drive CA

Puente Hills 1600 S. Azusa Ave. CA

Brea 2575 E. Imperial Highway CA

Westminster 530 Westminster Mall CA

Torrance 20120 Hawthorne Blvd. CA

Riverside 2550 Canyon Springs Pkwy S. CA

Yuba City 700 "A" Onstott Rd. CA

Folsom 2785 E. Bidwell St. CA

Pinole 1330 Fitzgerald CA

Pittsburg 4505 Century Blvd. CA

San Rafael 600 Francisco Blvd. CA

Brentwood 5461 Lone Tree Way CA

Fairfield 1400 Gateway Blvd CA

Emeryville 3938 Horton CA

E. San Jose 2179 Monterey Hwy CA

San Jose / Almade865 Blossom Hill Road CA

Fresno 3520 W. Shaw Ave. CA

Union City 31250 Court House Drive CA

Stockton 10640 Trinity Pkwy CA

Santa Ana 3900 Bristol Street CA

Corona 3665 Grand Oaks CA

Mission Bay 1240 W. Morena Blvd. CA

Mira Mesa 8181 Mira Mesa Blvd. CA

Vista 1990 University Drive CA

Colorado

Aurora 1150 S. Ironton CO

Connecticut

North Haven 376 North Universal Drive CT

Waterbury 275 Union St. CT

Newington 3491 Berlin Turnpike CT

Manchester 169 Hale Road CT

Florida

Tallahassee 1625 Apalachee Pkwy. FL

St. Petersburg 1900 Tyrone Blvd. FL

Tampa 3908 West Hillsborough Avenue FL

Orange Park 6001 Argyle Forest Blvd FL

Altamonte Springs 708 West State Rd 436 FL

Boca Raton 21697 State Road # 7 FL

Port St. Lucie 10732 SW Village Pkwy FL

Royal Palm Beach450 South SR 7 FL

Kissimmee 2601 W.Osceola Parkway FL

Coral Springs 6001 West Sample Road FL

Kissimmee 3214 N John Young Pkwy. FL

Georgia

Albany 2601 Dawson Rd. GA

Smyrna 2955 Cobb Parkway GA

Alpharetta 6380 No. Point Parkway GA

Dunwoody 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy GA

Douglasville 6875 Douglas Boulevard GA

Conyers 8160 Mall Parkway GA

Newnan 221 Newnan Crossing Bypass GA

Fayetteville 132 Pavilion Parkway GA

Indiana

Indianapolis 3928 E 82nd Street IN

Greenwood 8800 US 31 South IN

Iowa

S. Des Moines 1211 E. Army Post Rd. IA

Des Moines 8801 University Ave IA

Illinois

Highland Park 1610 Deerfield Rd. IL

Schaumburg 16 East Golf Road IL

Vernon Hills 295 Center Drive IL

Matteson 5001 Lincoln Highway IL

Bricktown 6420 W. Fullerton IL

Burbank 7750 South Cicero Avenue IL

Niles 5660 Touhy Avenue IL

Kansas

Wichita 4646 W. Kellogg KS

Overland Park 8500 W 135th ST KS

Kentucky

St. Mathews 4900 Shelbyville Rd KY

Simpsonville 1155 Buck Creek Rd. KY

Lexington 1965 Star Shoot Parkway KY

Louisiana

Slidell 137 Northshore Blvd. LA

Michigan

Muskegon 5363 Harvey Street MI

Traverse City 2620 Crossing Circle MI

Lansing 5900 W. Saginaw Highway MI

Grand Rapids 4923 28th Street South East MI

Ann Arbor 3725 Carpenter Road MI

Ann Arbor 3725 Washtenaw MI

Minnesota

Minnetonka 14100 Wayzata Blvd. MN

Blaine 170 89th Ave. MN

Woodbury 8236 Tamarack Village MN

Richfield 900 West 78th Street South MN

Mississippi

Meridian 1003 Bonita Lakes Circle MS

Bass Pro Dr. MS

Missouri

Columbia 1901 Bernadette MO

Cape Girardeau 201 Silver Springs Rd. MO

Bridgeton 5590 St. Louis Mills Blvd MO

Chesterfield 220 THF Blvd MO

Nebraska

Omaha 3505 S. 140th Plaza NE

Nevada

Las Vegas 2150 North Rainbow Blvd. NV

Spring Valley 7020 Arroyo Crossing Parkway NV

New Mexico

Albuquerque 45 Hotel Circle NM

North Carolina

Asheville 801 Fairview Road NC

Durham 7001 Fayetteville Road NC

Durham 3300 Westgate Drive NC

Maine

Bangor 6 Bangor Mall Blvd. ME

Portland 200 Running Hill Road ME

Maryland

Clinton 8401 Mike Shapiro Drive MD

Massachusetts

Dedham 302 Providence MA

Millbury 70 Worcester Providence Tpk/Rt 146 MA

Holyoke 50 Holyoke Street MA

Bellingham 217 Hartford Ave. MA

Northborough 6110 Shops Way MA

Framingham Shoppers World Plaza,1 Worcester Ro MA

New Hampshire

Nashua 29 Gusabel Avenue NH

New Jersey

Phillipsburg 1280 Rt. 22 & St. James Ave. NJ

Eatontown 137 Route 35 NJ

Bridgewater 100 Promenade Blvd. NJ

Union 2700 Route 22 East. NJ

North Brunswick 909 US Hwy 1 South. NJ

Burlington Rt. 541 & Cadillac Road NJ

Cherry Hill 2135 Route 38 NJ

Wayne 7 Wayne Hills Mall NJ

Paramus 545 Route 17 South NJ

East Hanover 98 Route 10 West. NJ

Elizabeth-KidsWo 900 Center Drive NJ

Mt. Olive 50 International Drive South. NJ

New York

College Point 139-19 20th Ave NY

Union Square 24-30 Union Square E NY

Sayville 5181 Sunrise Hwy NY

Massapequa 5214 Sunrise Hwy NY

Henrietta 2335 Marketplace Drive NY

Amherst 1569 Niagara Falls Blvd NY

Kingston 401 Frank Sottile Boulevard NY

Glens Falls 708 Upper Glen St. NY

Latham 221 Wade Road Extension NY

Yonkers 2700 Central Park Ave NY

Middle Village 66 Metropolitan Ave. NY

Westbury 1350 Corporate Drive. NY

Commack 108 Veterans Memorial Highway NY

Williamsport 461 Lycoming Mall Cir

Greece 1530 Ridge Rd. West NY

Ohio

Western Hills 6251 Glenway Ave. OH

Dayton 2661 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd. OH

Mentor 7841 Mentor Ave OH

Dublin 3610 West Dublin-Granville Rd. OH

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City 1119 SE 66th St. OK

Norman 560 Ed Noble Pkwy. OK


Pennsylvania

Dover 1061 N. Dupont Highway PA

Horsham 100 Welsh Road PA

Erie 6680 Peach St. PA

Monroeville 3700 William Penn Highway PA

Exton 104 Bartlett Ave. PA

Ross Park Mall 2003 Cheryl Dr. PA

Washington 301 Oakspring Road PA

Beaver Valley Route 18/Valley View Dr. PA

Rhode Island

Warwick 300 Quaker Lane

South Carolina

Columbia 254 Harbison Boulevard SC

South Dakota

Rapid City 450 E. Disk Drive SD

Tennessee

Memphis 7676 Polo Ground Blvd. TN

Nashville 5731 Nolensville Rd TN

Texas

West El Paso 801 Mesa Hills Dr. TX

Katy 9730 Katy Freeway TX

Allen 170 E. Stacy Road TX

Irving 7730 N. MacArthur Blvd TX

Lewisville 420 E. Round Grove Rd TX

Dallas Galleria 13710 Dallas Parkway TX

Hurst 1309 W. Pipeline Rd TX

Hulen 5800 Overton Ridge Blvd TX

Utah

Ogden 4042 Riverdale Rd. UT

Midvale 1122 Fort Union Boulevard UT

Virginia

Potomac Mills 14173 Crossing Place VA

Newport News 12153 Jefferson Ave. VA

Washington

Silverdale 3567 N.W. Randall Way WA

Everett 1325A S.E. Everett Mall Parkway WA

Spokane 6104 N. Division Street WA

Wisconsin

Brookfield 18550 W. Bluemound Rd. WI

Madison 2161 Zeier Road WI















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I can't speak for most of the stores on the list, but the two in Oklahoma need to close.

The Norman location is in a strip mall that has become a ghost town. TRU and Barnes and Noble are the only two stores left over there, and Barnes and Noble is moving.

The OKC location is next to a mall that has fallen on hard times. All the large department stores have closed and it has been taken over by gangs. No one goes to that TRU out of safety concerns.

So, if much of the rest of the list had similar problems, this may be a great way of trimming the fat.

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1 of the 6 closest to my home are closing.

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This is the one closest to me:

Tucson 4619 N. Oracle Rd AZ

I'm sincerely shocked, since it's right across the street from Tucson's largest mall. This will only leave one TRU in Tucson, and it's clear across town and not easy for me to get to. I am very upset about this.

CORRECTION -- I thought something was a little off about that address, so I checked. They're actually closing the Babies "R" Us that's across the street from the Toys "R" Us, which is located at 4525 N. Oracle Rd.

I feel badly for the employees of the Babies "R" Us, and its customers, but the Toys "R" Us, thankfully, is remaining open!

Two of my semi-regular stops are on the list.

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My local store is closing. Closest one after that is 40 minute or more drive. Bah.

Plus side is that I hate the shopping center it was in. The place had only one east bound exit, always a long wait and always some panhandlers there. Unfortunately there is a 5 Below there I like to check.

I have a 45m drive to anywhere I didn't even know toys r us had a store at "bass pro" drive. that is a new swanky outlet mall in pearl ms. I can't believe they are not closing the only one in Jackson ms, everything is leaving that area . there is so much crime that jpd sits a car with blue lights flashing in that lot all day....

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Hate to see this, but I'm expecting this to be the next few years in retail.

Kinda sad to see the Tucson Oracle store shut down. Years ago, that was the one that got most of the new stuff in town. Now, you go in it at night, and it's like a ghost town.

Not sure you guys are looking. At this from the right perspective:

When (and how much) are the clearance sales for the store closings?

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I was surprised to see both of those on the list. Sucks too, I usually stopped at the one on University when ever I was down there. Been going there since '95 when my brother moved down there.
We got our plush Peyton Manning there, on a whim, for $0.02, on our way to Denver in 2014. He became our vacation mascot and we took pictures of him at places we went (like a flat Stanley).

Thankfully our TRU in Cedar Rapids is not on the list, and surprisingly neither is the one at the Williamsburg Outlet Mall. It is essentially a KB*Toys store with the TRU name on it.

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Thankfully, it's not. It's the Babies "R" Us across the street that's closing. I stopped into the TRU, though, after the announcement, and needless to say the clerks are relieved. They've also been inundated with phone calls since the article didn't distinguish between TRUs and BRUs.

I don't know how TRUs will be affected up here in Canada, but I went to the one closest to my house last Sunday and things were pretty sad.
The shelves and pegs were pretty bare. I don't know if it's the after Christmas drought or just the state of the business.

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Has anyone been to any of the TRUs that are closing? The sales are supposed to start today.

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One of my local friends went to the one in Wayne, NJ that is closing and the sales are not all that great:

10% off the "decent" toys ("Star Wars", "Marvel", etc.)
30% off clearance items and non-desirable toys.
No discount on video games/electronics/etc.

Hopefully the discounts get better, quickly LOL

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I'll hit my closing store eventually, as I have some reward dollars, but they really don't have anything I want. But on another forum, someone spoke with a TRU employee and was told the closing stores clearance won't be that great. All the high-end stuff will be sent to other stores and that some closing stores will get the junk from other stores to try and move.

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