Should Smyths and The Entertainer merge?

A thought from the recent US Toys R Us closure.

I'm thinking a merger between Smyths and The Entertainer would allow for an even greater buying power. I feel The Entertainer could benefit from Smyths' aggressive sales strategies, whilst Smyths could benefit from The Entertainer's shopping mall locations. I'm concerned with retail being in such a fragile place at the moment - specialist stores could be in trouble.

The one I think won't last much longer is Hamleys - they have three stores within House of Fraser - and I don't think House of Fraser will last much longer so that's those stores gone. And then they have eleven other stores in the UK, and further five are in airports. I think they will leave the UK apart from the original Regent Street store, and expand even more in Asia where they seem to be doing really well. They might even sell the Regent Street store to Smyths or The Entertainer. The last one is Toymaster - and I doubt their future as well to be honest.