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Originally Posted by Hoffman
Well Walmart is probably much less concerned about profit margins on specific products. They can carry cost increases for much longer, but I'd wager they will follow suit eventually.
The prices above do seem unusually high though, unless it is specific to that store/market for a particular reason. Not sure if TRU does regional pricing?
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My theory: the prices have increased due to a number of factors, and aside from the obvious ones (COVID, Hasbro increasing prices across the board) I think that Toys R Us Canada now being owned by the same person who runs Sunrise Records and Everest Toys and Distribution has a lot to do with it. Sunrise Records sells some toys and a lot of them were at high markups even before we started seeing price increases generally. Hell, Sunrise Records charges a lot for their vinyl too.
