- Amazon.com Inc. has looked at the possibility of expanding its retail footprint by acquiring some locations from bankrupt Toys “R” Us Inc., according to people with knowledge of the situation.
The online giant isn’t interested in maintaining the Toys “R” Us brand, but has considered using the soon-to-be-vacant spaces for its own purposes, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private.
So are they taking the CompUSA/Circuit City model, whereby their "everything must go" prices are slightly higher than what you could have gotten at Target any day of the week, or are they serious? I tried to pick over a couple Radio Shacks. Their prices were batshit even at 50% off.
Appears to be this way. Small change price tags on shelving units that still had a few beleaguered stuffed animals on them. From my estimates they had sold over 70% of the retail stock and over 50% of fixtures were already labeled for sale. I recognized the truck of a guy who trolls my apartment complex for scrap every few weeks in the parking lot.are they serious?
I don't know about CompUSA, but if I remember rightly Circuit City was carried out by a third party. Usually when a company, not always but usually, does their own close outs, their clearance prices are legit. If you see actual draw down prices for high ticket items like bikes and video game consoles, that'll be a pretty good indicator that the clearance prices you see are on the up and up.
When they say "everything must go, no reasonable offer refused," often they really do mean it. If you have a workspace or a garage and want some decent storage space for them, it's really hard to beat the modular shelves and pegboards that retail stores use if you can get them for a decent price.