**Toys R Us Was Making Money the Day It Vanished**

Toys R Us was the biggest toy store on Earth — and it was still making money the day it announced it would close every store. This is the real story of how Toys R Us was brought down, not by Amazon, but by a $6.6 billion leveraged buyout that buried a profitable company under $5 billion in debt. 0:00 The store that was still making money 0:10 Profitable — and gone 1:15 The bet that built an empire 2:58 The giraffe that owned Christmas 4:39 The deal that looked like a gift 6:42 The $6.6 billion trap 8:45 The slow suffocation 10:15 The end, and the bill 11:35 Sold for parts Rise and Fall Stories — the products and decisions that made or broke the world's most powerful companies. Sources & credits: archival & imagery via Wikimedia Commons (CC/PD) and Internet Archive (Prelinger), stock footage via Envato Elements, original graphics, narration & music. No copyrighted jingle audio used. #ToysRUs #PrivateEquity #BusinessHistory #RiseAndFall #Documentary