Remember shopping at Toys R Us or Hudson's? Today's retailers are banking on you saying 'yes'

Shopper with bag at Toys R Us on Black Friday
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(WWJ) – We’re inching closer to the holiday shopping season and as usual, what’s old is new again. Retailers are banking heavily on nostalgia being a big motivating factor this year.

We’ve all got vivid memories of Christmas shopping at our favorite stores for our favorite toys as a kid. But many of those stores with glorious window displays we remember from our childhood no longer exist – at least not as we remember them.

On a new Daily J, WWJ’s Zach Clark goes back in time to find out what is popular right now – and what’s behind that trend.

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