Toys R Us To Close 27 California Stores

WAYNE, NJ — Toys R Us plans to close 182 stores nationwide — about 20 percent of its stores in the country, according to court documents filed in a Virginia bankruptcy court. The company plans to begin the mass closures early next month, according to documents filed late Tuesday. That process will last through April and includes 27 California stores.

David Brandon, chairman and CEO of the toy retailer, said the brand is reinventing itself, and that requires some “tough decisions about our priorities and focus.

"The reinvention of our brands requires that we make tough decisions about our priorities and focus," Brandon said in a letter posted on the company's website late Tuesday. A court still has to sign off on the mass closures.

The company, based in Wayne, New Jersey, has about 880 stores in the U.S. Existing stores will be combined into Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores.

The moves come four months after Toys R Us filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid declining sales and climbing debt. Savvy shoppers can take advantage of going-out-of-business sales, which are slated to to begin in February.

• List Of Retailers Closing Stores In 2018

In California alone, 27 stores are planned to be shuttered. Nevada has two locations due for closure, Washington has three and Arizona has six.

• Indio 42500 Jackson St.
• Simi Valley 1189 Simi Town Ctr Way
• Santa Clarita 26573 Carl Boyer Dr.
• Covina 960 Lakes Drive
• Puente Hills 1600 S. Azusa Ave.
• Brea 2575 E. Imperial Highway
• Westminster 530 Westminster Mall
• Torrance 20120 Hawthorne Blvd.
• Riverside 2550 Canyon Springs Pkwy S.
• Yuba City 700 "A" Onstott Rd.
• Folsom 2785 E. Bidwell St.
• Pinole 1330 Fitzgerald
• Pittsburg 4505 Century Blvd.
• San Rafael 600 Francisco Blvd.
• Brentwood 5461 Lone Tree Way
• Fairfield 1400 Gateway Blvd.
• Emeryville 3938 Horton
• E. San Jose 2179 Monterey Hwy.
• San Jose 865 Blossom Hill Road
• Fresno 3520 W. Shaw Ave.
• Union City 31250 Court House Drive
• Stockton 10640 Trinity Pkwy.
• Santa Ana 3900 Bristol Street
• Corona 3665 Grand Oaks
• Mission Bay 1240 W. Morena Blvd.
• Mira Mesa 8181 Mira Mesa Blvd.
• Vista 1990 University Drive

You can find a complete list of locations here.

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