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09-10-2009, 04:46 PM | #81 |
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09-11-2009, 07:11 AM | #82 |
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OK guys, here's the gist of why Wal-Mart overtook Toys R Us as the USA's biggest toy seller:
Wal-Mart is in practically every town in the country, often with multiple stores in relatively easy driving distance. Toys R Us isn't nearly that pervasive. Further (and more importantly), Wal-Mart is some place people go to shop at every day. They're more likely to buy toys there because most people aren't going to make the "special trip" to TRU when they can likely find what they're looking for at Wally World that's a closer drive and they were going to anyway. Toys R Us is a specialty store, and by their nature specialty stores aren't "regular stops" for most consumers. Until I was old enough to drive myself, I could count on one hand the number of times I got to go to a Toys R Us when I was a kid. Most ordinary (non-collecting) folks might go to Toys R Us once or twice a year (The Holidays and maybe looking for a child's birthday gift), even if they have one in the area. But they might be in Wal-Mart once a week or more. |
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