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Originally Posted by Omegatron
One question though. If Toys R Us are 9% of Hasbro's sales and lets be generous and say Wal-Mart is 20%, then where is the other 70%? If its already from on-line sales through the likes of Amazon, then Uh Oh.
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Probably not that high for amazon (probably around the same as TRU), probably not that high for Walmart either (probably less).
Here are my thoughts;
First is Hasbro don't just make toys, they also have an entertainment and gaming division.
Second it would be a bit foolish for Hasbro (or any company) to rely on just one retailer. In the US their are a lot of retailers to sell to (Target, Kmart, Meijer etc)
Third, Hasbro is a international company selling to most of the world. I've been noting a lot of sighting from TFW2005 from South America and Europe that I wasn't seeing a few years back.
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Originally Posted by justprime
Exactly.70%.....what did we do before toys are us...if there is a vaccume ..
if they go out of business some one (s) will fill that gap ..
I can remember when they were not in exsistance and toys were everywhere from sears ,consumers,to specislty shops if there is a dollar to be made ..someone will fill the gap...maybe we'll get better distribution and more even product flow if they close out excess stores in states...since we're so profitable ...imho
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And yet we are down to 2 major retailers that sell toys year round.
10 years ago we had 5 (Zellers, Walmart, Loblaw, Sears, Toys R Us).
20 years ago we still had K-mart, Consumers Distributing, Eatons and one more I can't remember the name of.
If TRU goes, maybe Marshals/Winner/Home Sence would step up. Maybe Giant Tiger would give it a go.
But considering how much money TRU makes from Babies R Us and how limited Walmarts sellection is (at least near me) I have to conclude much like electronics, their is not a lot of profit in toys.
