Fashion

[Happydays]

I hate to hear this too. Target, Walmart, & Kmart are all places we shop on budgets. However they also have online shopping and low shipping prices. I am 81 years old and do almost of my shopping on line, except food, which I have done with Safeway 3 times when I just could not get out and around.

Maybe we have done this to ourselves.

[terrier3]

On 3/4/2015 ShopperAZ said:

I hate to hear this too. Target, Walmart, & Kmart are all places we shop on budgets. However they also have online shopping and low shipping prices. I am 81 years old and do almost of my shopping on line, except food, which I have done with Safeway 3 times when I just could not get out and around.

Maybe we have done this to ourselves.

Very astute comment!

Yes, we have done this to ourselves.

[wilma]

Sorry to hear this. I prefer to shop in stores whether it be in Target or somewhere else. Lots of people do the majority of their shopping online now, so I wouldn't be surprised to see lots of stores scaling back in store personnel.

[Andreatoo]

Target is taking people in to consideration; unfortunately the people are their shareholders..I've noticed recently when I've been shopping for particular products, that plenty of things Target carries are 'on line only' and it isn't only Target that's doing it....

[goodstuff]

The shift to online shopping is affecting the retail model everywhere. It's a fact: more and more of us enjoy shopping online and many of us don't go to B&M stores and malls as often as in the past. You can't expect stores to keep paying FT staff members when there's less and less work for them to do in the stores. The business model is changing, and so will staffing needs. Reality.

Anyway, what Target does or doesn't do makes very little difference to me. I rarely shop there at all, and almost never for fashion. I find Target's style sense and quality "iffy", and I am not gratified or impressed that they relegate their meager plus size offerings to a remote corner of the store adjacent to their back office and the maternity section. Hey, Target: There are a lot of larger women out here, and we have money to spend! I take mine where it's merited and appreciated......which is not Target.

[stevieb]

As noted above, the news item I read indicated that most cuts would come from corporate headquarters, including a location in India and not from stores, and didn't reference this as a move to enhance on-line sales, but to save money and restructure. I hope Target makes a go of it, I enjoy going to Target and prefer it to other similar stores.

[Jacie]

I always think it's a funny thing with Target. New CEO wants to re-do everything and that is his job to make it work. However, I have never in the last few years, been able to round out a grocery shopping list at Target. They still have, and have always had, a problem with keeping their shelves stocked. I figure at least they admitted that when they shut down the Canada operation.

I live in Minneapolis and locally we have heard that this round of lay-offs affects only the HQ. In the past there have been scathing reports in the local paper about the waste at HQ. Executives reportedly spent a large majority of their weeks meeting with mentors, free-wheeling through their days and exponentially spending more time in meetings than the average company. AND decisions were made by a huge consensus so of people so little got done and little left the ground.

While fashionable, fun and clean, it doesn't work if you cannot keep product in the store for your customer. I have spent money elsewhere and it sure didn't hurt! There is lots of shopping available!

[gardensla]

Huge 4th quarter losses. I read that they're restructuring their grocery section, phasing out packaged goods in favor of more fresh based on sales to younger shoppers. They're also going back to reclaim their cheap chic reputation for fashion which they abandoned over the past few years.

Target is usually more expensive for basics and over the last few years I find I rarely go there much; used to be a regular!

[Vivian]

I just wonder what the ultimate result of all the firings will have on the US economy. Almost a century ago, Henry Ford said that he wanted to build a car that his workers could afford. With massive firings and outsourcing there will be a dwindling market for these companies. Customer service and purchasing power will suffer. I have no sympathy for what will happen to those businesses that engage in Draconian practices.

[terrier3]

On 3/4/2015 Vivian said: I just wonder what the ultimate result of all the firings will have on the US economy. Almost a century ago, Henry Ford said that he wanted to build a car that his workers could afford. With massive firings and outsourcing there will be a dwindling market for these companies. Customer service and purchasing power will suffer. I have no sympathy for what will happen to those businesses that engage in Draconian practices.

I don't sympathize with companies that have massive layoffs either.

But unfortunately when companies announce layoffs, their stock price usually rises!