Amazon Didn’t Kill Toys R Us. A 2005 Contract Did

Everyone blames online shopping. But in its last full year, Toys R Us sold eleven and a half billion dollars of toys, and its stores still made money. In this case file we investigate the death of Toys R Us: a category killer that met bigger killers, an online store handed to Amazon, and a document signed in 2005 that almost no customer ever saw. Three suspects, one witness, and five possible causes of death. Watch to the end for the verdict, then tell us your memory of the store. 0:00 The case 1:10 The man who built the store 2:50 The category killer 3:44 Act two: Did Toys R Us kill itself? 5:33 Act three: Was Toys R Us murdered? 7:20 Act four: The witness nobody calls 8:54 The end 10:01 The verdict