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What Happened To: Toys "R" Us — Case File 003

Toys "R" Us didn't close because children stopped wanting toys. It closed because three private equity firms loaded it with $5 billion in debt, collected their fees, and walked away. The stores were just the collateral damage.

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What Happened To: _____ — Case File 000

The internet you grew up with isn't the internet that existed first. This is where we open the cases on what came before — and what happened to it.