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Old 05-06-2014, 02:39 PM   #193
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The level of competition in the retail sector in Canada has ramped up immensely in the last 2 years especially. So much so analysts universally are calling it unprecedented. If you add up all the targets opened plus all the Walmart expansion in the last two years it's a giant increase in sq ft. The Walmart expansions alone are more square feet than all 1300 shoppers drug Mart stores combined. That's massive
Canada needs competition in product selection not prices. We don't need 100000 stores all selling bottles of coke or pepsi anywhere from $1 to $1.10... Big deal. We need more stores selling something OTHER than coke or pepsi. We don't need 10000 electronic stores all selling the same 5 models of TVs. We need stores selling the other 20 models of TVs that you can get in Europe or Asia. We don't need 10000 car dealerships all selling the same 3 car models. We need car dealerships selling the 20 models you can get in Europe or Asia. There are 30 different laptop models with different specs that might fit you. But in Canada you only get 3 laptop models and the rest are in Europe or Asia. Target came here and offered nothing different. That's the problem. If I go to a new store it's to buy new things. Not to see the same thing plus minus a few pennies. This is the problem with Canadian retail. Not price.
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