Blankets “R” Us (or, The Strange Comfort to Be Found in a Retailer’s Demise)
WEEK 37 – Toys “R” Us Closing, Columbia, SC (II)
As promised two weeks ago, we begin our set this week at the closing Columbia Toys “R” Us with a look at an example of its liquidator-procured, additional non-TRU merchandise. While I believe there were several scenes of such items to be found throughout the store, this is the first one that I stumbled upon, and the one that evidently captured my attention the fullest. That’s because, of course, I can’t recall ever seeing a “blanket department” at any other Toys “R” Us store back during normal operations!! Yep, as you can see here, the liquidators for some reason or another thought that all these throws would fit in well with TRU’s merchandise, or at least would prove attractive to its liquidation sale clientele.
It’s actually quite common, believe it or not, for liquidators to add merchandise to store closing sales that they’re conducting, primarily because they often get stuck with merchandise left over, unsold, from other retailers whose GOB sales they conducted. One example off the top of my head is some old Sports Authority stuff that popped up at a Kmart or two one time (think one of y’all shared that one!). Another example, more current in nature, is a bunch of toys and games that have recently appeared at Pier 1 stores. I’ve even seen throws like these (or similar, anyway) at Pier 1, too; as well as the exact same message that we saw taped to the door in that pic I linked to above.
Sometimes, it can be funny to see just what exactly the liquidators consider to be merch of “like kind and quality” to the closing retailer’s normal fare – like the toys at Pier 1, or the blankets here at TRU. (Don’t forget the “Holiday” tote bag, also!) Makes me wonder how much the liquidators actually think the shoppers at those stores will be inclined to buy those items… and, for that matter, how many of the shoppers actually do buy them.
(I’ve got a confession to make, to that end: we did in fact actually purchase one of the throws from this store, haha! It was a yellow one, though, not pictured above. Also, I don’t think we ever used it; and unfortunately it got totally soaked by accident at one point later on, and so we wound up simply throwing it out rather than keeping it. :/ )
(c) 2020 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
Blankets “R” Us (or, The Strange Comfort to Be Found in a Retailer’s Demise)
WEEK 37 – Toys “R” Us Closing, Columbia, SC (II)
As promised two weeks ago, we begin our set this week at the closing Columbia Toys “R” Us with a look at an example of its liquidator-procured, additional non-TRU merchandise. While I believe there were several scenes of such items to be found throughout the store, this is the first one that I stumbled upon, and the one that evidently captured my attention the fullest. That’s because, of course, I can’t recall ever seeing a “blanket department” at any other Toys “R” Us store back during normal operations!! Yep, as you can see here, the liquidators for some reason or another thought that all these throws would fit in well with TRU’s merchandise, or at least would prove attractive to its liquidation sale clientele.
It’s actually quite common, believe it or not, for liquidators to add merchandise to store closing sales that they’re conducting, primarily because they often get stuck with merchandise left over, unsold, from other retailers whose GOB sales they conducted. One example off the top of my head is some old Sports Authority stuff that popped up at a Kmart or two one time (think one of y’all shared that one!). Another example, more current in nature, is a bunch of toys and games that have recently appeared at Pier 1 stores. I’ve even seen throws like these (or similar, anyway) at Pier 1, too; as well as the exact same message that we saw taped to the door in that pic I linked to above.
Sometimes, it can be funny to see just what exactly the liquidators consider to be merch of “like kind and quality” to the closing retailer’s normal fare – like the toys at Pier 1, or the blankets here at TRU. (Don’t forget the “Holiday” tote bag, also!) Makes me wonder how much the liquidators actually think the shoppers at those stores will be inclined to buy those items… and, for that matter, how many of the shoppers actually do buy them.
(I’ve got a confession to make, to that end: we did in fact actually purchase one of the throws from this store, haha! It was a yellow one, though, not pictured above. Also, I don’t think we ever used it; and unfortunately it got totally soaked by accident at one point later on, and so we wound up simply throwing it out rather than keeping it. :/ )
(c) 2020 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)