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Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, a wicked head-shot to a retail sector that’s been reeling for months.
The TRU filing ranks as the second-largest US retail bankruptcy ever, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Toys R Us had $6.6 billion in assets at the time of filing. Only Kmart was bigger. It had $16.3 billion in assets when it went bankrupt in 2002. Crushing debt pulled the giant toy seller under. According to a Bloomberg report, the company has piled up more than $5 billion in debt. Toys R Us reportedly pays more than $400 million a year on debt service alone.
The company says it plans to continue operating and secured a$3.1 billion operating loan to stabilize operations.
