[Info-vax] OT: Demise of Target in Canada

[David Froble]

lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 05:58:06 -0800 (PST)
> John Reagan via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 2:40:05 AM UTC-5, li... at openmailbox.org
>> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:44:53 -0500
>>> JF Mezei via Info-vax <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The business failed spectacularly with constant stream of complaints
>>>> of unstocked shelves ins stores turning away customers. Considering
>>>> that Target in USA has a very good reputation on that aspect, people
>>>> were surprised.
>>> No, Target doesn't have a good reputation in America. It is a distant
>>> 3rd place behind KMart (absolutely terrible) which itself is in a
>>> distant 2nd place behind WalMart which is pretty good to great
>>> depending which store we are talking about.
>>>
>>> Target is a crappy store, has crappy products, crappy service. They
>>> basically sell junk to people who buy junk. Nobody ever said a positive
>>> word about Target that I ever heard. Their stores are depressing and
>>> rundown. If they go out of business it will be a very positive thing.
>>>
>> You must have different Target's then I do.  I like Target.  I drive past
>> WalMart just to get to Target.
> 
> Perhaps you have different Walmarts than I do :-)
> 
> Some things I like about Walmart:
> 
> Gigantic selection. I can't think of any store that has more stuff than a
> Super Walmart. Beer and wine too if you live in the right state(s).
> 
> Gigantic buying power = lowest prices on earth on many important items.
> 
> Watches, calculators, cameras, TV, stereo, hunting and fishing and outdoor
> gear, bicycles, home construction supplies, tools, home and garden shop with
> lawnmowers, sprinklers, plants, trees, pots, topsoil and mulch, I haven't
> seen any department store come close, especially not Target which doesn't
> even stock 99.9% of that stuff. Some watches, but that's about it. And they
> can't match Walmart's prices. You can still buy .22 rimfire ammo at KMart
> but I don't think Target (despite the name) ever had it. 
> 
> One stop shopping with grocery and department store all under one roof
> which is that many less trips to get all sorts of shopping done.
> 
> They make an effort to sell American made products while KMart and Target
> sell whatever the cheapest junk is and it is hard to find anything
> American made on their shelves. Because of their buying power you can often
> get American made stuff at the same prices of Chinese stuff. I would rather
> support my local economy than piss the money away in some foreign land.
> 
> They run my favorite operating system in their data center last I heard.
> 

Possibly China's biggest exported of "junk" to the US.  So much for US jobs ...