>>10910242It's the insinuation by saying toy stores can't exist and toy companies not making more toys.
Shit still exists, but large companies are about MAXIMIZING everything for a quicker dollar.
And Blockbuster were all profitable. Like TRU, they were owned by a much larger company who expected billions of dollars in profit/revenue or it wasn't worth it. Dish Network expected Blockbuster to sell cable subscriptions. Stores themselves were profitable, hence so many stores wanting to continue licensing, but Dish didn't want to bother, because hundreds of millions of dollars is below them. So stores couldn't continue getting those sweet distributor deals in ordering stock.
This chart shows how serious conglomerates are about treating even a billion dollars as if it were loose change that they can forget about under the car seat.
Again, you don't understand how fucked up the business world is or how viable businesses can actually be.
This fucked up way to maximum bucks is also why malls that are mostly empty don't want to rent out their spaces for cheap, because they'll gain more money losing money because tax write offs. These real estate owners are usually part of a conglomerate, so they're fine. If it's actually locally owned? It could thrive, because people still crave going outside and buying shit without waiting. Locally/privately owned spaces are harder to come by though, and are rare in big cities.
Also, Frys went under because the family that owned it wanted to cash out. They had long ago stopped ordering new merch, letting contracts expire, and were mostly doing consignment. Even then, it took half a decade for the business to actually go under, so that they could cash out legally.
Read more, dude.
