“Target is not an ‘everything store,’” Says CEO , “That’s not what guests want from us.”

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Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

Are you saying Walmart clothing is great?

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Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

I am not this harsh. I have both Target 360 and whatever the equivalent is for Walmart, so I do delivery from both. Walmart more often has lower prices so I use them more.

But if I need to go in person, I will often go to Target even if I know it will be a little more expensive. Walmart is honestly hellish. The one closest to me is an unpleasant experience from the moment you pull into the parking garage -- everything is crowded, loud, aggressively lit, and messy. There is always merchandise on the floor. It's hard to find anyone who works there if you need to ask a question. Like it's just a very unpleasant sensory experience. I went recently to buy extra Valentine's candy for a party I didn't realize my kid was having, and while I probably saved a few dollars over what I would have paid at Target, it wasn't worth it. Just being in there for 15 minutes gave me a headache.

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Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

Are you saying Walmart clothing is great?

DP, and Walmart clothing is not great, but it's also insanely cheap. I only buy it under certain conditions. Like sometimes my kid need specific color t-shirts for camp and I can get multiples at Walmart for cheap, which I appreciate because I don't want to spend $10/shirt when I have to buy 5 of them. I also bought maternity pajamas there because I didn't want to spend a fortune on something I only needed for a few months. When they didn't hold up well, I didn't care.

That said, Target clothes are overpriced even if they are better quality. I used to buy workout gear there sometimes and the price point was great for the quality. It now costs like twice as much AND the quality has gone down. I get most of my workout clothes from Nordstrom Rack at this point.

[Anonymous]

It;s the supporting ICE and unsupporting DEI for me. No way, Tar-jay.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

I am not this harsh. I have both Target 360 and whatever the equivalent is for Walmart, so I do delivery from both. Walmart more often has lower prices so I use them more.

But if I need to go in person, I will often go to Target even if I know it will be a little more expensive. Walmart is honestly hellish. The one closest to me is an unpleasant experience from the moment you pull into the parking garage -- everything is crowded, loud, aggressively lit, and messy. There is always merchandise on the floor. It's hard to find anyone who works there if you need to ask a question. Like it's just a very unpleasant sensory experience. I went recently to buy extra Valentine's candy for a party I didn't realize my kid was having, and while I probably saved a few dollars over what I would have paid at Target, it wasn't worth it. Just being in there for 15 minutes gave me a headache.

I refer to Walmart as the ninth circle of hell! There are certain items I have gone there for (like finding out at the last second my kid needs black slacks for a choir performance) and every moment is torture. From pulling into the parking lot looking at revolting people, the smell of weed hitting you as you open your car door, rolling in with the sticky cart to a total mess, the migraine-inducing lighting, Sean Paul “Temperature” pounding into my skull over the PA, the line extending halfway through the store.
Target is supposed to be the calm and soothing alternative. I’m not treasure hunting at Target.
But 20 years ago it was the best. If you needed a black turtleneck to complete an outfit that was your go to. I even got an angora sweater there. So many cute outfits assembled at Target!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

Are you saying Walmart clothing is great?

DP, and Walmart clothing is not great, but it's also insanely cheap. I only buy it under certain conditions. Like sometimes my kid need specific color t-shirts for camp and I can get multiples at Walmart for cheap, which I appreciate because I don't want to spend $10/shirt when I have to buy 5 of them. I also bought maternity pajamas there because I didn't want to spend a fortune on something I only needed for a few months. When they didn't hold up well, I didn't care.

That said, Target clothes are overpriced even if they are better quality. I used to buy workout gear there sometimes and the price point was great for the quality. It now costs like twice as much AND the quality has gone down. I get most of my workout clothes from Nordstrom Rack at this point.

None of these cheap retailers sell "quality" clothes. Not sure why everyone keeps going on about it. Just buy nicer stuff that costs more and lasts longer as an investment than these cheap sweat shop clothes from discount retailers. This stuff was always crap. If I was wearing Target clothes 20 years ago it was only because I didn't make as much money as I did now. They weren't especially high quality or fashionable. You people are telling lies to yourselves to justify not wanting to shop there.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

I am not this harsh. I have both Target 360 and whatever the equivalent is for Walmart, so I do delivery from both. Walmart more often has lower prices so I use them more.

But if I need to go in person, I will often go to Target even if I know it will be a little more expensive. Walmart is honestly hellish. The one closest to me is an unpleasant experience from the moment you pull into the parking garage -- everything is crowded, loud, aggressively lit, and messy. There is always merchandise on the floor. It's hard to find anyone who works there if you need to ask a question. Like it's just a very unpleasant sensory experience. I went recently to buy extra Valentine's candy for a party I didn't realize my kid was having, and while I probably saved a few dollars over what I would have paid at Target, it wasn't worth it. Just being in there for 15 minutes gave me a headache.

I refer to Walmart as the ninth circle of hell! There are certain items I have gone there for (like finding out at the last second my kid needs black slacks for a choir performance) and every moment is torture. From pulling into the parking lot looking at revolting people, the smell of weed hitting you as you open your car door, rolling in with the sticky cart to a total mess, the migraine-inducing lighting, Sean Paul “Temperature” pounding into my skull over the PA, the line extending halfway through the store.
Target is supposed to be the calm and soothing alternative. I’m not treasure hunting at Target.
But 20 years ago it was the best. If you needed a black turtleneck to complete an outfit that was your go to. I even got an angora sweater there. So many cute outfits assembled at Target!

I live in a really nice area and my Target is such a pleasant experience. I head over to Walmart which is only a block away and it's like a whole new world. The crazies come out of the woodwork there. No one is fully dressed and most are wearing pajamas. Someone is always screaming at someone else. Kids getting smacked over the head, spouses screaming at each other. A lot of domestic abuse going on everywhere. People are also so RUDE. They block the aisles with shopping carts, run into your ankles with their electric scooters. The shelves are always 1/3 bare with no workers in sight. It's insanity. I wonder where these people even come from. My grocery stores are pleasant, as is every other experience in my city.

If Target doesn't carry essentials, I'm ordering online at Walmart or Amazon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

Are you saying Walmart clothing is great?

Great, no, much better, yes, easy returns from the house, bonus.

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Anonymous wrote:I also agree with PP that we don’t want a treasure hunt. I hate that it’s much harder to find things now.

Yup, people who like treasure hunts went to the 99 cent, which of course are all closed now.

Target needs a woman CEO who shopped at Target for her family frequently before COVID.

I vividly remember when my friend, who had a baby with cholic, asked me to BB sit for an hour. She just wanted to go to Target and explore.

FF to today. I can't find much choice in things like laundry detergent. There's a huge isle with 4 choices. Stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

I am not this harsh. I have both Target 360 and whatever the equivalent is for Walmart, so I do delivery from both. Walmart more often has lower prices so I use them more.

But if I need to go in person, I will often go to Target even if I know it will be a little more expensive. Walmart is honestly hellish. The one closest to me is an unpleasant experience from the moment you pull into the parking garage -- everything is crowded, loud, aggressively lit, and messy. There is always merchandise on the floor. It's hard to find anyone who works there if you need to ask a question. Like it's just a very unpleasant sensory experience. I went recently to buy extra Valentine's candy for a party I didn't realize my kid was having, and while I probably saved a few dollars over what I would have paid at Target, it wasn't worth it. Just being in there for 15 minutes gave me a headache.

I refer to Walmart as the ninth circle of hell! There are certain items I have gone there for (like finding out at the last second my kid needs black slacks for a choir performance) and every moment is torture. From pulling into the parking lot looking at revolting people, the smell of weed hitting you as you open your car door, rolling in with the sticky cart to a total mess, the migraine-inducing lighting, Sean Paul “Temperature” pounding into my skull over the PA, the line extending halfway through the store.
Target is supposed to be the calm and soothing alternative. I’m not treasure hunting at Target.
But 20 years ago it was the best. If you needed a black turtleneck to complete an outfit that was your go to. I even got an angora sweater there. So many cute outfits assembled at Target!

I live in a really nice area and my Target is such a pleasant experience. I head over to Walmart which is only a block away and it's like a whole new world. The crazies come out of the woodwork there. No one is fully dressed and most are wearing pajamas. Someone is always screaming at someone else. Kids getting smacked over the head, spouses screaming at each other. A lot of domestic abuse going on everywhere. People are also so RUDE. They block the aisles with shopping carts, run into your ankles with their electric scooters. The shelves are always 1/3 bare with no workers in sight. It's insanity. I wonder where these people even come from. My grocery stores are pleasant, as is every other experience in my city.

If Target doesn't carry essentials, I'm ordering online at Walmart or Amazon.

Yep the Walmart parking lot is dangerous with people barely paying attention. The last time I was in one, some clueless man was talking on the phone blocking the aisle pacing around and I couldn't get my cart past him even after saying "Excuse me!" several times. When I finally went of course he walked into the cart then had the nerve to yell at me for being in his way. Eff that place and the trash who shop there. Target is clean, quiet, and has normal shoppers.

[Anonymous]

Screw Target and their "aide ICE" mentality. I'll never shop there again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

Are you saying Walmart clothing is great?

Great, no, much better, yes, easy returns from the house, bonus.

Nobody ever says they got their great outfit from Walmart or Target. It's basic necessities, that's it.

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I specifically liked that Target funded literacy programs, and I have an LGBTQ kid so I loved their pride themed items. I avoided Walmart due to their predatory pricing models that are so hard for businesses and the fact that so many of their employees are on public assistance. I shop at Costco for similar reasons; they have great employee benefits & pay people well. Target is like VW for me -- both companies made a huge show about their values. VW then was busted for lying & making up their emissions data and Target then went all anti-DEI. I won't buy from either one again, no matter what layout the stores are or the offerings. There are just too many other choices out there -- and honestly, if Target is going to offend me politically I might as well just get stuff for cheaper at Walmart.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped shopping with them hears ago. Their clothing went way down and prices much higher than walmart. Walmart delivery is so easy.

I am not this harsh. I have both Target 360 and whatever the equivalent is for Walmart, so I do delivery from both. Walmart more often has lower prices so I use them more.

But if I need to go in person, I will often go to Target even if I know it will be a little more expensive. Walmart is honestly hellish. The one closest to me is an unpleasant experience from the moment you pull into the parking garage -- everything is crowded, loud, aggressively lit, and messy. There is always merchandise on the floor. It's hard to find anyone who works there if you need to ask a question. Like it's just a very unpleasant sensory experience. I went recently to buy extra Valentine's candy for a party I didn't realize my kid was having, and while I probably saved a few dollars over what I would have paid at Target, it wasn't worth it. Just being in there for 15 minutes gave me a headache.

I refer to Walmart as the ninth circle of hell! There are certain items I have gone there for (like finding out at the last second my kid needs black slacks for a choir performance) and every moment is torture. From pulling into the parking lot looking at revolting people, the smell of weed hitting you as you open your car door, rolling in with the sticky cart to a total mess, the migraine-inducing lighting, Sean Paul “Temperature” pounding into my skull over the PA, the line extending halfway through the store.
Target is supposed to be the calm and soothing alternative. I’m not treasure hunting at Target.
But 20 years ago it was the best. If you needed a black turtleneck to complete an outfit that was your go to. I even got an angora sweater there. So many cute outfits assembled at Target!

I live in a really nice area and my Target is such a pleasant experience. I head over to Walmart which is only a block away and it's like a whole new world. The crazies come out of the woodwork there. No one is fully dressed and most are wearing pajamas. Someone is always screaming at someone else. Kids getting smacked over the head, spouses screaming at each other. A lot of domestic abuse going on everywhere. People are also so RUDE. They block the aisles with shopping carts, run into your ankles with their electric scooters. The shelves are always 1/3 bare with no workers in sight. It's insanity. I wonder where these people even come from. My grocery stores are pleasant, as is every other experience in my city.

If Target doesn't carry essentials, I'm ordering online at Walmart or Amazon.

😂 If I need something from Walmart (sometimes they have more cleaning supply options or something like that) I plan to go very early on a Saturday hoping that all the gross people are sleeping in. The parking lot is insane and all the spaces are angled so that it seems you're always going the wrong way. The cashiers are very nice but the other customers are something else. I want to know like PP does where on earth do these people come from? I just try to get in and out.

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Anonymous wrote:They have been lost for years.

I stopped shopping there 9 years ago.