Bankruptcy’r’us

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Via The Australian:

The Australian arm of Toys ‘R’ Us was placed into administration on Monday night, putting the future of more than 700 staff in doubt.

McGrathNicol was appointed voluntary administrator of Toys ‘R’ Us (Australia) and Babies ‘R’ Us by a resolution of the company’s Australian directors.

The move follows the collapse of the retailer’s US parent, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last year and has since moved into liquidation, with more than 800 stores closing.

The UK arm already liquidated. Looks like the same coming here given the retail shakeout.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.