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Toys "R" Us gained a lot of attention while gearing up for the holiday season in 2010, announcing that it would add 600 temporary pop-up stores to boost sales and get in front of more potential customers. The retailer scaled that back dramatically last year.

In a recent New York Times article about Toys' current troubles, an analyst says that it is still dealing from "hangover" costs from the 2010 strategy.

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