^ 100% correct.
It is simply not the case and hence my tongue in cheek fun poking at that article above.
I don't think the Aussie stores will slump any time soon. As Griffin points out, it will come down to how they remove the US shareholdings and transfer of rights. I know every time I walk into my local TRU they are packed and I always have to line up to buy anything so their sales must be doing ok at the least.