Target

[nims57]

Originally posted by videogamer75
Here's an old Target in Muncie, IN, as seen in 1988! (Courtesy of the Flickr user House of Hall) This one is a former Ayr-Way. I looked it up on Bing Maps, and it is now a Rural King (similar to Tractor Supply Co).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/houseofhall/3189217168/in/set-72157612446577615/

And the sign for that location:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/houseofhall/3189215024/in/set-72157612446577615/

What is the address of that store?

I am surprised it seems Target built no new stores from 1984-1986!

[videogamer75]

On Saturday 11/28 I got a digital camera for 88 bucks at Target

[amesman]

Originally posted by videogamer75
Target Greatlands just had an expanded selection of merchandise. That's about it from what I know.  

Target Greatland stores were basically Super Targets, but without the grocery section. They also shared the same layout, with hardlines around the outer edges of the store, and softlines in the middle. This layout is also repeated in some smaller regular Targets as well.

[nims57]

Originally posted by truviking05
The local Target Greatland near me opened in 1993. I remember being very small, reading the construction sign, and thinking to myself, "What is a Target? I don't think I have ever been to Target..." lol. Anyway, they're expanding it like crazy--it's already huge and is going to become a Super Target with groceries, apparently. I like the idea :) There is a regular Target stoe in my actual town that opened in 2002, amid TONS of excitement from locals :)

Does anyone know where that store is? Could it have been in Maryland?

Truviking05 has not posted since 2006!

[truviking05]

Hey nims57--no, that store was not in Maryland, and today it is a Super Target! :)

[jmcnamara96]

Target in Salem NH nice store in side and out
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[gu4ever]

Originally posted by jmcnamara96
Target in Salem NH nice store in side and out
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It's a great Target store on 2 floors, I like the shopping cart escalotrs in the middle of the store!! The building was originally built for Lechmere.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by gu4ever

Originally posted by jmcnamara96
Target in Salem NH nice store in side and out
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It's a great Target store on 2 floors, I like the shopping cart escalotrs in the middle of the store!! The building was originally built for Lechmere.

 the one in NAshua is the 2 level one, the salem one is ONE LEVEL!
 I have been to other multilevel targets

[jmcnamara96]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by gu4ever

Originally posted by jmcnamara96
Target in Salem NH nice store in side and out
<a href="http://s621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/jmcnamara96/?action=view&current=JoesPictures1212.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt295/jmcnamara96/JoesPictures1212.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

It's a great Target store on 2 floors, I like the shopping cart escalotrs in the middle of the store!!




 the one in NAshua is the 2 level one, the salem one is ONE LEVEL!
 I have been to other multilevel targets

:P








Yea the nashua was Lechmere and was demoslished and builkt up the salem one is down the road from the rockinham mall i like the cart escaltors to

[videogamer75]

Target in Philadelphia, PA on Snyder Ave.

[videogamer75]

The interior of that location.

[nims57]

That Target was a Caldor and then Bradlees for a short time. I was there a few weeks ago.

[videogamer75]

That is correct.

[TRJ22487]

Here is the original Target in Roseville Minnesota back in the 60's. It was replaced in 2005 for a current style Target

[Zayre88]

Target, eh? No way, says trademark claim
Minneapolis-based Target Corp. takes on a Canadian retailer that's using the same name.

By JACKIE CROSBY, Star Tribune

Last update: October 15, 2010 - 9:31 PM
A tiny Canadian retailer has drawn a bead on the bullseye company.

Target Corp. is fighting Toronto fashion merchant Isaac Benitah, who is opening his own Target stores at a time when the Minneapolis-based retailer is making plans to expand into Canada.

The American retailer was scheduled to make its case before the trademark office on Friday, according to the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto.

Benitah claims that he has owned the rights to the Target name in Canada for nearly a decade, the newspaper reported. He recently opened a Target Apparel in Nanaimo, British Columbia, using the same red, sans-serif style lettering. Another store is scheduled to follow soon in Sudbury, Ontario.

Benitah has said that he plans to open at least a dozen supersized Target Apparel stores across the "Great White North'' in the next couple of years.

Observers say resolution of the case could take years, and that the conflict makes Target Corp.'s entrance into Canada more difficult -- and perhaps impossible. Target already is on the hunt for possible sites in Canada. Target said it hopes to open stores there by mid-decade. .

http://www.startribune.com/business/105081204.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUoaK7D_V_eDc87DUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs

[ynkeesfn82]

Target in Southington, CT which opened in October 2008 is planning a remodel for the spring of 2011. There was a legal notice in the Southington Citizen that they're going before the Planning and Zoning Commission to set up a staging area in the parking lot while they're completing an interior remodel from March 2011 until June 2011.

[d_fife]

Target in Southington, CT which opened in October 2008 is planning a remodel for the spring of 2011. There was a legal notice in the Southington Citizen that they're going before the Planning and Zoning Commission to set up a staging area in the parking lot while they're completing an interior remodel from March 2011 until June 2011.

to put in Pfresh? the one in Concord told me they get PFresh this coming Spring.

[ynkeesfn82]

Target: Inside The Bullseye. Premiering January 13th at 9PM Eastern on CNBC.

[Zayre88]

Target: Inside The Bullseye. Premiering January 13th at 9PM Eastern on CNBC.

I can't wait to see that!!  I really liked "The age of Walmart" and "The new age of Walmart".

[videogamer75]

I liked the CNBC documentary about Mcdonald's.

[retailisking]

the one in Concord told me they get PFresh this coming Spring.

Somersworth recently got PFresh - I've got to go check it out.

[Zayre88]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/target-heads-north-in-zellers-deal/article1868308/comments/

So this will be Target Corporation's first official venture outside the U.S. (the Australian Target stores are owned by Wesfarmers).

So far reactions are positive.  Many people know the Target chain in Canada so they are really looking foward to shop Target in Canada.

Zellers has been declining for quite some time and they are on the defensive against Walmart.  Many stores are cluttered, too small, and the chain has been poorly trying to copy the Target concept.  Target will certainly do better with their own strategy and money to improve the shopping experience.

[videogamer75]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/target-heads-north-in-zellers-deal/article1868308/comments/

So this will be Target Corporation's first official venture outside the U.S. (the Australian Target stores are owned by Wesfarmers).

So far reactions are positive.  Many people know the Target chain in Canada so they are really looking foward to shop Target in Canada.

Zellers has been declining for quite some time and they are on the defensive against Walmart.  Many stores are cluttered, too small, and the chain has been poorly trying to copy the Target concept.  Target will certainly do better with their own strategy and money to improve the shopping experience.

Looks like not everyone is happy about it (read the ''Comments'' section):

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-01-13/article-2112267/U.S.-takeover-of-Zellers-good-news-for-consumers,-says-developer/1

[ynkeesfn82]

Target: Inside The Bullseye. Premiering January 13th at 9PM Eastern on CNBC.

I caught part of the Midnite Eastern Rebroadcast (after I got home from Illusions) and being that it was so late I fell asleep during it.

For those of you who (like me) missed it Target: Inside The Bullseye will be airing again at the following times:

8PM and 11PM Eastern Saturday January 15th.

6PM Eastern Monday January 17th.

9PM Eastern Sunday January 23rd.

[Zayre88]

Of course not everyone can be happy.  Zellers employees will go through the transition, some will lose their job in stores not picked up by Target.

Some say "we should buy Canadian".  But Zellers was owned by HBC which was owned by an American.  Also, even if Zellers was a canadian chain, merchandise, (like at other retailers) is obviously not all Made in Canada...

It's a bit sad for some to lose a canadian retail icon like Zellers, but we also lost Eaton's, and many others and life goes on.  That the retail market.  If Zellers was so great and profitable, it would have stayed in business on it's own.

Around me, people are happy to see that Target will be a great improvement over Zellers which was kind of lost with no clear strategy.  Many stores are cluttered, with narrow aisles and don't have merchandise people want...

[retailisking]

And of course Zellers was majority owned by W.T. Grant from 1959 until the latter went bankrupt in 1976.

[videogamer75]

Some say "we should buy Canadian".  But Zellers was owned by HBC which was owned by an American.  Also, even if Zellers was a canadian chain, merchandise, (like at other retailers) is obviously not all Made in Canada...

It's a bit sad for some to lose a canadian retail icon like Zellers, but we also lost Eaton's, and many others and life goes on.  That the retail market.  If Zellers was so great and profitable, it would have stayed in business on it's own.

Plus, there will still be Giant Tiger which is 100% Canadian owned.

[retailisking]

Mixed response to CNBC's Target documentary from the employee ranks (BTW, The Break Room is a fantastic resource for getting an idea what it's like at Target from the inside.)  Personally, I thought it was okay, but I wish it had gone into more depth with the Dayton Hudson era, and the interviews with Target execs were generally unenlightening, plus Becky Quick added nothing except eye candy.  Laura Rowley came off best by far, but even she is a bit too worshipful for my tastes (not surprising, as her cousin is a designer and a client of Target.)  As with most CNBC docs, it bears all the hallmarks of an authorized biography. No mention of the Golden Age of Lechmere: fail! :)  Worth seeing anyway....

http://thebreakroom.org/forum/showthread.php?t=9110

[standa]

I read that Target Pfresh will be expanding to many more Target stores in CT.  Has anyone been to Pfresh?  Does it have fresh bakery items and fresh seafood?  How does the produce selection compare to the one of supermarkets (such as Stop & Shop or Shoprite)?

[Zayre88]

I read that Target Pfresh will be expanding to many more Target stores in CT.  Has anyone been to Pfresh?  Does it have fresh bakery items and fresh seafood?  How does the produce selection compare to the one of supermarkets (such as Stop & Shop or Shoprite)?

I've been to one.  It was not that impressive.  There was a display with fruits, bananas, bread and such items.  Maybe it was only a small scale Pfresh.  It did not seem to draw a crowd.