Top 10 Stores That Don't Exist Anymore

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Given I used to work at Toys r us, it hurts not having them around anymore, even as an adult due to the memories I had going there as a kid!

I speak for everyone when I say, when Toys R Us & Blockbuster got shut down, parts of our childhood died at that moment!

I miss Borders. My Mom worked there when I was little, and over the years she collected enough books from there to last me from elementary school till college. I used to have my own little Borders in my basement! I miss going to the promotional events with her and getting a free book at the end. I loved that I got to have one on one time with the authors at the end while my Mom cleaned up. I’m a junior in college now and I would kill to sit on a colorful rug with a hot chocolate while someone reads to me. I miss it a lot.

Toys ‘R’ Us was everybody’s childhood, we all know that we always begged our parents to get a toy from Toys ‘R’ Us but once we all heard that Toys ‘R’ Us we’re going out of business, all of our hearts dropped, these stores will forever be in our hearts.

Rest In Peace to Blockbuster and Toys R’ Us. Those stores were a big part of my childhood. 😔

The ones I heard of: - Foot Locker - RadioShack - ToysRUs - Blockbuster

The “Welcome To Circuit City…Where Service Is State Of The Art” tagline/jingle is great.

My local Toys R Us was turned into a Wine and Spirits and they recently put a giraffe wearing sunglasses on the front, so it’s like Geoffrey the Giraffe grew up with us

I was heartbroken when Toys R Us and Borders closed. I went to them all the time as a kid

I loved Borders. It was a great place to go to for magazines as well as books. They had a very extensive collection of magazinesm

I remember A&P as a little kid in Maryland. It was the first time I was made aware of the ampersand "&" sign and I still associate the symbol with today.

Kids these days don’t know how awesome Toys R Us and Blockbuster was back then

At the risk of sounding prehistoric, the demise of Sears meant the loss of the very heart of U.S. retailing. Sears had invented nationwide sales, and the money back guarantee, defined middle class accoutrements, and built the world’s tallest skyscraper. All that being gone amounts to the fatal blow.

I worked at a TRU store for nearly 10 years, I was the last employee hired when they first opened. They started to fail when they began hiring upper level management from outside the company instead of promoting from within. Those new people seldom understood the toy business, some had never even worked in retail.

Toys "R" Us, Blockbuster, and Borders used to be my favorite places to go as a kid. It's sad that many things from my childhood no longer exist.

I still remember the MASSIVE ToysRUs book during Christmas

My heart really hurt when I saw that toys r us was putting them out of business, when I had a kid I was telling myself I can’t wait to take them to toys r us. Oh borders closing hurt my heart too! I loved borders when I was kid I used to sit at borders for hours I liked it a lot more than barns and nobles. Also blockbuster was my whole childhood as well I loved going to blockbuster on a Friday night to rent movies, it’s so sad my childhood is crying

I miss Fry's. Their stores were awesome. Radioshack at the end of their run was like going into a mini swap meet. They sold cell phones no one wanted and just odd shit that no one was going to buy.

Toys R Us and Blockbusters being on this list really hits you in the feels!