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

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In article <56ae8057$0$4554$c3e8da3$b280bf18 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
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>A few years ago, Target USA decided to setup shop in Canada. Instead of
>buying the existing Zellers business from Hudsons Bay Corp, it only
>bought the leases to stores and built its operations from scratch (not
>even bringing in systems from its existing US operations).
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>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.
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>http://www.canadianbusiness.com/the-last-days-of-target-canada/
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>The above article is worth a read in a "how to not fail" scenario that
>could happen to any company.  It does include the 3 letters S A P.
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>I am amazed that SAP is still in business and still being deployed
>considering the number of spectacular failures caused by the move to its
>software.

So, what you are saying is that SAP is selected by saps?
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