TSwizzle
Let's Go Brandon!
So, you ask yourself should I a) operate it, b) sell it to someone who wants to operate it (in actuality sell it to the highest bidder regardless of what they want to do with it) or c) liquidate it.
If the answer comes back "c) liquidate it" think about what that means. That asset must not be creating much value in its current use. In the case of a toy store, it means I am willing to sell the inventory at some fire sale price and eat all the other sunk costs so I can have some bricks and mortar real estate to sell. That real estate may be worth more than the ongoing business. Perhaps it is prime retail real estate that would be worth being deployed into some other use. The whole process directs valuable assets to better meeting human wants and needs. This is called "progress".
Watch for Sears (and K-Mart) going down soon.