mike rousseau Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 So it looks like target Canada has announced they're closing up shop... 17,000+ Canadians losing their jobs... Plus the effect on contractors that support the business... One of their 3 distribution centers is in Cornwall where I live and my brother works there as an electrician... This is a big loss for my city... And our country... Sad news
SirCranksalot Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 This is a big loss for my city... And our country... Sad news Sad news indeed for your city, but I'm not sure about the whole country though. Surely other companies will supply the demand that Target was 'targeting'---maybe Cdn companies rather than an American one.
adempsey Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 This is no surprise at all. I cannot believe how badly operated the stores were. The whole Target fiasco will undoubtedly be a chapter in many future Business 101 textbooks. I do feel for all those who will be losing their jobs. Hopefully their failure doesn't scare off any future retailers from setting up shop.
Headhunter Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Target is a French company. Sorry to hear this news, but I figure that given the locations they have established here, another retailer will jump in. Question is, can folks wait for the jobs to come back? HH
chris.brock Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) other companies like Walmart Something is odd with Target Canada. The shelves are low on stock, they don't bring in new products, same crappy clothes for years, it still looks like K Mart and has hardly any people shopping like K Mart. I feel bad for those loosing their jobs though. Hopefully they find better jobs. Edited January 15, 2015 by chris.brock
crappieperchhunter Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) Where I work we print all of there in store signage for ALL of Canada. When we got there contract we hired a bunch of people and spend tons of money on new equipment just to service them. Many of our new hires are young kids with mortgages and young families. It's really going to have an impact on our workplace. Not looking forward to going in at 3 today for my shift. That aside. It really was a dreadful flop. I went in the Lindsay store once and said to Debbe. There is nothing in this whole place price quality or uniqueness wise that would ever get me in here again. But I have to say we did an OUTSTANDING job on there instore signage Edited January 15, 2015 by crappieperchhunter
Roy Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Target is a French company. Sorry to hear this news, but I figure that given the locations they have established here, another retailer will jump in. Question is, can folks wait for the jobs to come back? HH Target is an American company. Perhaps the confusion lies here: Some people jokingly give Target the pseudo-French pronunciation /tɑrˈʒeɪ/ tar-ZHAY, as though it were an upscale boutique. This trend is incorrectly believed to have been started by Oprah Winfrey, when she used the French pronunciation to refer to the store on her television show, but has actually been traced back to 1962, the year the first Target store opened. Target once sold a line of shoes called "Ms Targe"[62] this was reinforced by a 1980s television advertisement starring Didi Conn. This pronunciation has also led some people to incorrectly believe that the company is French-owned.[52] In recognition of the nickname's popularity and cachet, Target Corporation licensed its name and logo to Brand Central LLC in 2006, complete with accent over the letter "E", for a new line of clothing intended for more up-scale fashion customers. The line, "Targét Couture", was originally sold at Los Angeles-based store Intuition, which deals with high-end brands.
mike rousseau Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Posted January 15, 2015 As a walmart employee... I'm happy But my brother works for target... So it's a bittersweet announcement for me
asdve23rveavwa Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Sad to lose that many jobs. As far as prices, and, stock. Had two of my biggest scores ever last year in their camera section. Nikon D3100 for less than half what Best Buy was/is charging for it...plus a Nikon point and shoot zoom for a similar deal. The D3100 after a further price drop was under $150. Should be some good deals during this closing.
Ralph Field Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 I feel bad for all the families of all the workers that are affected by the closing. I agree with the TV reports that the store was under stocked and didn't carry the same quality of goods that their US stores carried.
Headhunter Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 I stand corrected Roy! Not sure why I thought they were a French company, but according to Snopes, they are headquartered in India. Can't say I have ever been in a store though! HH
moxie Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) The company my wife works for held their advertising contract here in Canada and will be affected in some way. As far as Target goes they tried to distinguish themselves from Wal Mart instead of mirroring their model as a bargain based outlet. Maybe Target should have followed in step and changed their path to distinction once they had enough of the market. Edited January 15, 2015 by moxie
ketchenany Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 The company my wife works for held their advertising contract here in Canada and will be affected in some way. As far as Target goes they tried to distinguish themselves from Wal Mart instead of mirroring their model as a bargain based outlet. Maybe Target should have followed in step and changed their path to distinction once they had enough of the market. I worked on the pitch for their ad business. We didn't get it or we would be losing people today too.
OhioFisherman Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation
bigugli Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Based on last quarter showings in Canadian retail, Target is just one of a number of retailers that will be closing up. It was said some 2 years ago that the Canadian retail market was over saturated. Now that the economy is struggling, expect to see a major correction and a lot of empty stores. A lot of people will be looking for work.
Terry Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 well they did not live up to the hype stock and subsection were poor what else did they think would happen most of us see the US ads and thought it would be great to get some of those deals seems they were higher priced then Zellers
porkpie Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Sorry to hear of the job losses, but I am unfortunately not surprised. The stores where empty.
irishfield Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Does this mean I'll get my Zellers store back..... ... what a sad waste of billions of dollars and peoples jobs.
ketchenany Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Does this mean I'll get my Zellers store back..... ... what a sad waste of billions of dollars and peoples jobs. You may just get it, the name is still going, they had clearance stores going not to long ago, The Bay owns the name. . . .
outllaw Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 regardless sad to see folks lose there jobs.. pretty hard to eke a living working in retail as an employee
misfish Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 The one they built here in Barrie is a huge building and it,s only been open here for I think 4-5 months. What a waste. Lose of jobs in Barrie is not good. Maybe Sail will move in. One can only hope.LOL
mukluk Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 First time I stepped into a Target store; I said to myself; self the shelves are poorly stocked and you could drive a transport truck down between the aisles. Prices were no bargain in my opinion. Wish you luck on your endeavors.
Fisherman Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 The one they built here in Barrie is a huge building and it,s only been open here for I think 4-5 months. What a waste. Lose of jobs in Barrie is not good. Maybe Sail will move in. One can only hope.LOL If that happened, I'd be using you to pick my lottery numbers..hahahaa
bigbuck Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 They dropped the ball in a big way with distribution. Whoever was in charge of that should get the guillotine. Go a couple times to a half empty store and you will not waste more time going there. I feel for the employees, they were for the most part really helpful. Better than Wallyworld any day.
BillM Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 I've heard about shelves being empty, etc, never experienced that in the Barrie store.
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