James Metcalfe
With a reported $6.6 billion in assets, the Toys R Us bankruptcy is easily one of the most severe cases in modern times. A much beloved warehouse-based hub of toys and games for children, Toys R Us constantly seemed to be battling the notions of being outdated and out of touch with the modern equivalents of shopping and were, at one point, reported to be paying half a billion dollars a year in interest on their debt, resulting in a total shutdown of their operations in March 2018.
