Toys R Smyths

I recently found my old Toys R Us gold card, which I'm sort of nostalgic about. 

I spent good times buying from their clearance shelves in the late 90's and early 00's. So many cool dead lines like Marvel Super Heroes and Defenders of the Earth. I bought tons for my toy fair stall. I still regret not getting an end of line boxed Supernaturals castle tho.

Thinking about TRU I began to wonder why they eventually folded here in the UK? I'm sure there were many knotty business reasons, but it seemed that almost immediately another toy chain arose in their place. 

Smyths.

How come? They're both toy shops. How can one rise where the other fell when they basically do the same thing?

Strange. 

Do you like Smyths?

What's the big toy shop chain in your neck of the woods?