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Re:Toys ‘R’ Us Plans Bankruptcy Filing Amid Debt Struggle by twiss on Monday September 18, 2017 @08:23PM (#15280845)
In many European countries, the prices of books are fixed [1]. Sometimes it's arranged by law, sometimes by publishers. Toy publishers could try to achieve the same.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_book_price_agreement

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Re:Toys ‘R’ Us Plans Bankruptcy Filing Amid Debt Struggle by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:41AM (#15284089)
I think you'd struggle, with the sort of toys ToysRUs sell, to make an argument for cartel-style pricing based on cultural benefit.

Arguably "big box" toy stores work against cultural value in toys.

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