Toys R Us Closing Remaining Ohio Stores, All U.S. Stores

CLEVELAND, OH — Toys R Us said it must liquidate in a Bankruptcy Court filing, meaning it will likely close its remaining U.S. stores and sell-off all its merchandise. That means Ohioans at more than a dozen Toys R Us locations throughout the state will likely soon be out of a job.

The company announced in a press release on Thursday that it has asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for approval to start the process of winding-down its U.S. businesses. "I am very disappointed with the result, but we no longer have the financial support to continue the company's U.S. operations," said the company's CEO Dave Brandon.

That means some 33,000 Americans will soon be out of work. It also spells doom for the remaining Ohio stores.

Toys R Us already closed 180 stores nationwide earlier this year, including four locations in Ohio. Locations in Mentor, Western Hills, Dayton and Dublin were initially targeted for closure.

Toys R Us has the following stores left in Ohio:

• Aurora, 549 S. Chillicothe Road
• Canton, 6655 Strip Ave. NW
• Canton, 4822 NW Whipple Avenue
• Cincinnati, 6251 Glenway Avenue
• Cincinnati, 7800 Montgomery Road
• Cincinnati, 9959 Colerain Avenue
• Cincinnati, 4585 Eastgate Boulevard
• Cincinnati, 925 Cincinnati Mills Drive
• Columbus, 1400 Gemini Place Road
• Columbus, 3610 W. Dublin-Granville Road
• Columbus, 4285 Groves Road
• Copley, 52 Rothrock Road
• Cuyahoga Falls, 590 Howe Avenue
• Dayton, 2661 Miamisburg
• Dublin, 6547 Sawmill Road
• Elyria, 1601 West River Road No.
• Florence, 4999 Houston Road
• Florence, 7960 Connector Drive
• Heath, 851 S. 30th St.
• Mansfield, 2196 W. 4th St.
• Mayfield Heights, 1385 SOM Center Road
• Mentor, 7723 Mentor Avenue
• Miamisburg, 2859 Miamisburg
• Olmsted, 26520 Lorain Road
• Olmsted, 27048 Lorain Road
• Parma, 8515 Day Drive
• Reynoldsburg, 2686 Taylor Road
• Sunbury, 400 South Wilson Boulevard

Last year was a disaster for brick-and-mortar retailers that announced plans to close more than 7,000 stores - a whopping 224 percent increase in announced store closures compared to 2016.

Chains that already have confirmed they will be shuttering locations in 2018 include Bon-Ton, Gap, Sears-Kmart, Tevana and Walgreens.

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