[quote name='PuppetDoctor']I agree with this. I have been to Target in the U.S. and I don't see why some people love it. I can't stand Target and can never find any of the deals people from the U.S. speak of.
Plus when Target comes to Canada the prices will be higher then it is in the U.S.[/QUOTE]
Well, first off, Target's "horrible prices" in the U.S. are pretty much standard -- on par with Walmart, Best Buy and the various other retailers it competes with. Based on my U.S. shopping experience, their sales are probably on par with their rivals, as well... probably slightly less skewed towards doorcrasher-type deals.
As a Canadian, there are plenty of reasons to be excited about Target -- first of all, it should offer a big overhaul of Canada's mostly dismal Zellers experience.
Second, assuming their stock philosophy makes it north of the border, the deals you can never find will come here as they shuffle stock out of their stores. Their clearance philosophy exists in the entire store, and sees merchandise steadily discounted until it leaves the store (in electronics, you find it all on an endcap, so if you're looking with the rest of the games, you're doing it wrong). Compare that to a store like Zellers, where I can see things I've seen several years ago, sitting on a shelf at the same prices they were several years ago.
Fact is, anything is an upgrade from Zellers. But it's also true that with the right leadership, Target could become Canada's best-run department store outside of Holt Renfrew... and that's not really a name that means much to us gamers.
