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Babies R Us stores will close — here's what will happen to baby registries

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Babies R Us stores are closing. AP
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Toys R Us is preparing to sell or close all of its US stores, including its Babies R Us stores.

The company said it will accept Toys R Us and Babies R Us gift cards and honor loyalty-based "rewards dollars" and "endless earnings" for the next 30 days. After that, the value on the gift cards will be useless. 

For the time being, Toys R Us will continue to maintain its website, including its baby registries. 

If all stores are closed, the website would likely be the last part of the business to shut down, according to Joshua Friedman, a legal analyst at Debtwire.

If Toys R Us ends up finding a buyer for its most profitable stores, then the online business could be sold off as part of that deal, he said. 

The company said in a bankruptcy filing Thursday that it must liquidate because it is set to run out of cash by May.

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Hayley Peterson
Hayley Peterson
Hayley Peterson is an Executive Editor who oversees coverage of the economy, tech, media, advertising, defense, careers, and more.She was previously a chief correspondent at Business Insider and wrote breaking news, analysis, and in-depth investigations on large consumer companies, with an emphasis on retailers including Amazon, Walmart, major grocery chains, and department stores.Hayley won recognition from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing in 2018 for "defining the retail apocalypse" through her reporting on retail job losses, the decline of Sears, and the impact of store closings on bondholders.Prior to joining Business Insider in 2013, Hayley was a White House correspondent and embedded on the presidential 2012 campaign trail.