Target new redesign is the PITS

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Anonymous wrote:SO where are these newly redesigned targets where you are shopping?

OP here. I go to both the Reston and Sterling stores.

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Anonymous wrote:I like it. They're upping they're game. I approve.

Upping what game? It's a big box store that's already better than walmart. They didn't need to do some HGTV redesign to it.

Exactly. It was perfect as it was. Now they've just confused everything and everyone. Totally unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Redesigned here in Southern California - VERY frustrating! The store used to be designed on a grid system. Nice and straightforward. Now the store feels cluttered and non-sensical.

Precisely.
-OP

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if they would add some seating into the new design. My kids used to love to sit and have a popcorn and a slushee sitting at the garden section tables while I shopped nearby. Adding those in throughout the store would be nice. Pregnant women always need to sit for a bit, sometimes a kid wants to sit and read or someone wants to text home or work.

I, for one, hope they do not add seating everywhere. What a potential nightmare of bums napping and teens languishing. Been pregnant myself plenty of times and never needed to sit unexpectedly. I don't think that's normal.

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And also, isn't there already seating in the Starbucks / cafe area?

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Anonymous wrote:I think Target is damned if they do, damned if they don't. They have to continually reinvent themselves to get shoppers a reason to physically go into their stores. They are becoming more like department stores with shops within shops and cut out areas vs the rows of goods with florescent lighting above as we've come to know department stores.

I've never heard any complaints about Target in the past - only since the new remodel. They had a great thing going - everyone I know *loves* shopping there (or did). I hope they get a ton of complaints and revert back to their original model.

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Anonymous wrote:Parts of it remind me of Kohl's. You're looking at clothes, but suddenly here are a few toys on display. When I go to Target, I want the toys to all be organized neatly in their own aisles.

YES. Enough with the mixed-use aisles. Everything should be in its own section. The home goods area is such a mess - they think it's somehow cute or clever to combine things, making it impossible to find what you're looking for. It was so much better when blankets were in the blanket aisle and picture frames were in the frames aisle.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe Target is trying out the Costco strategy of displaying items in such a way that you’re forced to browse and, therefore, find items you didn’t even know you needed.

I always found (and bought) items I didn't need when it was laid out normally. It's one reason I loved going to Target - you never knew what they might have. But now, the nonsensical arrangement has almost turned me off completely from going there, which is awful! I *LOVE* the old Target!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm glad to see this thread. I thought I was just being old and grumpy about the redesign. Count me in as another one who dislikes it. If their plan was to have us wander through the store and buy more, it isn't working for me. I find I go there much less now.

Exactly. It's not fun anymore. Now it's a chore. Maybe if we all contact Target corporate and complain, they'll listen. I'm sure people across the country feel this way.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if they would add some seating into the new design. My kids used to love to sit and have a popcorn and a slushee sitting at the garden section tables while I shopped nearby. Adding those in throughout the store would be nice. Pregnant women always need to sit for a bit, sometimes a kid wants to sit and read or someone wants to text home or work.

I, for one, hope they do not add seating everywhere. What a potential nightmare of bums napping and teens languishing. Been pregnant myself plenty of times and never needed to sit unexpectedly. I don't think that's normal.

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And also, isn't there already seating in the Starbucks / cafe area?

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The tables & chairsi & benches I n the garden section are unsold merchandise, btw, not free-for-all alternative public seating for those not wanting to sit in the cafe . I doubt either the store or the potential/future owners want your kids having popcorn & slushees (!!!) on them!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if they would add some seating into the new design. My kids used to love to sit and have a popcorn and a slushee sitting at the garden section tables while I shopped nearby. Adding those in throughout the store would be nice. Pregnant women always need to sit for a bit, sometimes a kid wants to sit and read or someone wants to text home or work.

I, for one, hope they do not add seating everywhere. What a potential nightmare of bums napping and teens languishing. Been pregnant myself plenty of times and never needed to sit unexpectedly. I don't think that's normal.

+1

+2
And also, isn't there already seating in the Starbucks / cafe area?

+3

The tables & chairsi & benches I n the garden section are unsold merchandise, btw, not free-for-all alternative public seating for those not wanting to sit in the cafe . I doubt either the store or the potential/future owners want your kids having popcorn & slushees (!!!) on them!

This is probably why they were removed. Too much crushed popcorn and spilled slushee ruining the merchandise and making the floor gross. If you need to eat do it in the eating area, not at tables and chairs that are for sale.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if they would add some seating into the new design. My kids used to love to sit and have a popcorn and a slushee sitting at the garden section tables while I shopped nearby. Adding those in throughout the store would be nice. Pregnant women always need to sit for a bit, sometimes a kid wants to sit and read or someone wants to text home or work.

I, for one, hope they do not add seating everywhere. What a potential nightmare of bums napping and teens languishing. Been pregnant myself plenty of times and never needed to sit unexpectedly. I don't think that's normal.

+1

+2
And also, isn't there already seating in the Starbucks / cafe area?

+3

The tables & chairsi & benches I n the garden section are unsold merchandise, btw, not free-for-all alternative public seating for those not wanting to sit in the cafe . I doubt either the store or the potential/future owners want your kids having popcorn & slushees (!!!) on them!

This is probably why they were removed. Too much crushed popcorn and spilled slushee ruining the merchandise and making the floor gross. If you need to eat do it in the eating area, not at tables and chairs that are for sale.

Duh - they’ll be back in the spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be nice if they would add some seating into the new design. My kids used to love to sit and have a popcorn and a slushee sitting at the garden section tables while I shopped nearby. Adding those in throughout the store would be nice. Pregnant women always need to sit for a bit, sometimes a kid wants to sit and read or someone wants to text home or work.

It’s not a cafe.

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Anonymous wrote:SO where are these newly redesigned targets where you are shopping?

OP here. I go to both the Reston and Sterling stores.

As plenty of
People have said throughout the thread: Burke, Sterling, Reston. Leesburg as well. Gaithersburg is coming. Southern California chimed in. If your store isn't remodeled yet, just wait, it's coming. The remodel itself was infuriating because they did it all during store hours and it was a disaster as things were temporarily moved and in the most preposterous locations.

The remodel also seems to have left little room for actual stock so the selection is worse than it used to be. I don't think I was able to buy a single thing for my kids there at Christmas- just no selection. Tiny little tables and mini racks at weird angles everywhere cluttered with crap that don't allow your buggy to move through. It really is not user friendly at all.

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Change is bad!

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Anonymous wrote:Why are lunchboxes in sporting goods, Bento boxes in with Tupperware and thermoses in housewares? Nonsensical.

OMG Yes. Except my Target ( Silver Spring) has some Thermos's with the lunchboxes in the sporting section and some with the cutlery in the kitchen section.