Skip to content

Stratechery by Ben Thompson

On the business, strategy, and impact of technology.

  • About
  • Stratechery Podcasts
  • Member Forum

Atomic Content

    New content
    New content

Loading

By Ben Thompson

  • About
  • Stratechery Podcasts
  • Member Forum

The Daily Update

  • About The Daily Update
  • Subscribe Monthly
  • Subscribe Annually

Explore Stratechery

  • Concepts
  • Companies
  • Topics

Free Weekly Articles

Consume via: Email / Podcast / RSS
Follow: Twitter / Facebook / LinkedIn
Exponent Podcast

Archives

  • Articles
  • Daily Updates
  • Years in Review
Companies

Toys R Us

Toys ‘R’ Us Goes Bankrupt; Debt, the Internet, Forests and Trees; Twitter: The Good and the Bad

Posted onWednesday, September 20, 2017Saturday, March 24, 2018 Author by Ben Thompson

Toys ‘R’ Us went bankrupt because of debt, not e-commerce; that said, debt was a problem because private equity didn’t consider e-commerce. Then, Twitter gives good news and bad news.

Atomic Content

    New content
    New content

Loading

By Ben Thompson

  • About
  • Stratechery Podcasts
  • Member Forum

The Daily Update

  • About The Daily Update
  • Subscribe Monthly
  • Subscribe Annually

Explore Stratechery

  • Concepts
  • Companies
  • Topics

Free Weekly Articles

Consume via: Email / Podcast / RSS
Follow: Twitter / Facebook / LinkedIn
Exponent Podcast

Archives

  • Articles
  • Daily Updates
  • Years in Review
On the business, strategy, and impact of technology. © Stratechery LLC 2026 | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy