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Toys R Us shuts down its websites in final farewell to shoppers

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Toys R US shut down its website. AP Photo/Alan Diaz
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  • Toys R Us shut down its namesake website and Babies R Us' website on Friday. 
  • The company is holding liquidation sales at its US stores. 
  • Customers with outstanding gift cards will now have to visit stores to use the value on their cards. 


Toys R Us shut down its websites on Friday, just two weeks after announcing that it would be liquidating its US business. 

The company posted a message on its Toys R Us and Babies R Us websites Friday saying, in part, "We have shut down the website for any purchases but our brick and mortar stores are open and holding going out of business sales."

The message directed customers to stay up to date with the sales at a goodbyetoysrus.com

"We encourage you to stop by your local store and take full advantage of hte deep discounts and deals available," the message continued. "Thank you for your business and support over the years."

Customers with outstanding gift cards at Toys R Us will now have to visit stores to use the value on their cards, which will expire in two weeks.

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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.