Target opening in Canada, why is this exciting?

[browna]

Pretty much sums up the situation south, and north, of the 49th.

http://gawker.com/target-headquarter...3101642/+samer

A good read, and as for the Canada portion...

Overwhelmingly the area that has the most issues is Target Canada. From the very beginning it was a bad decision, but the company had already made contractual obligations and couldn't get out of them. So they carried forth with a really bad plan and had people in charge who don't know what they are doing, making bad decisions. Very simple, elementary things in retail/supply chain are being messed up which is why the Canada opening has gone so bad. To make it worse, they are repeating all the things they did wrong in 2013 - absolutely nothing is getting better. A few execs came back to Target US from Canada and were given promotions, after a complete failure in Canada. And this is who they have in charge.

[Peanut]

The Asians are at Holt Renfrew you guys.

Also I heard Nordstrom's was delaying their debut into Canada? Not sure if true. But the Chinook store is supposed to be opening by end of 2014 and would compete with Holt's. Hudson's Bay is definitely trying to go up-market as well.

I friggin love Target, mainly because it's not busy. They seem to have everything I need when I go. And the prices are cheap too.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I friggin love Target, mainly because it's not busy. They seem to have everything I need when I go. And the prices are cheap too.

I have to agree, if you keep an eye on the sales Target can be dirt cheap. But the best selling point for me is they're not full of the trash that shops at Walmart.