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A large sign greets shoppers saying that the Toys B次元官网网址楻B次元官网网址� Us location is closing on Jan. 2, 2023 after several decades at Mayfair. The nearest Toys B次元官网网址楻B次元官网网址� Us store will now be Nanaimo.

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The news shouldnB次元官网网址檛 be a shock to those who follow business news.

Toys B次元官网网址楻B次元官网网址� Us has been a troubled company for many years, leading to Putman Investments saying in 2021 that it will purchase Toys B次元官网网址楻B次元官网网址� Us and Babies B次元官网网址楻B次元官网网址� Us Canada from affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

The Ancaster, Ont.-based investment company did not reveal the value or terms of the deal.

Toys B次元官网网址楻B次元官网网址� Us and Babies B次元官网网址楻B次元官网网址� Us Canada employs almost 5,000 people between its Vaughan, Ont. head office and 81 stores in 10 provinces.

Family-owned Putman Investments is run by Doug Putman, who owns Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited and purchased HMV in 2019.

He purchased closed Davids Tea locations and began planning to open his own tea chain called T. Kettle.

Fairfax acquired Toys B次元官网网址楻B次元官网网址� Us Canada in 2018 for $300 million as the company was filing for bankruptcy in the U.S.

B次元官网网址� With files from The Canadian Press

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