Toys R Us Retrenches Again, Shutters Its Last 2 US Stores

A girl hugs the Toys R Us mascot, Geoffrey, at the new store at a mall in Paramus, NJ, on Dec. 9, 2019. Seth Wenig/AP Photo

NEW YORK—Toys R Us is retrenching once again.

The only two Toys R Us stores that opened in November 2019 as part of a small U.S. comeback attempt by the iconic toy chain have now closed.