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the other big thing about Target Canada - their website was Fing terrible. No products on it at all. Just their flyer

Posted by Beaker (aka anniebecca) Jan 16 '15, 05:19

I would check Walmart, Toys R Us, Amazon to compare prices, go to Target....shit. all.

Unbelievable in today's market that your website could be this shitty.

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On the surface this makes sense to me. They would want to get a foothold in the country before setting up a whole online distribution center model. -- nm - ty97 Jan 16, 05:25 11
- It sounds backwards to me. A chain store is going to rely on distribution. Why not leverage that into online sales from the get-go? - Roger More Jan 16, 05:39 4
  - Target had 133 stores in Canada and only needed a distribution model (and related inventory) to cover that limited number of stores - ty97 Jan 16, 05:42 3
    - But if you're entering a new market with existing competitors and not meeting customer expectations... - Roger More Jan 16, 06:50
    - even if they didn't do shipping, just have their inventory on their site. Alot of complaints from people I know about it -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 05:54 1
      - But again, that's a heavy infrastructure expense to implement. - ty97 Jan 16, 05:56
- This satire site article nails it down pretty well. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 16, 05:30 5
  - The Manatee is great -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 05:55 2
    - It's always funny when people get busted thinking it's a real site. -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 05:56 1
      - yup. Their 4 PM curfew for Halloween story was fantastic in getting people to freak out -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 05:57
  - I think the satire site misses the point that this model works exceedingly well for Target in the US. - ty97 Jan 16, 05:40 1
    - "Americans, on the other hand, will buy anything as long as it’s surrounded by bright-red logos and the illusion of quality.” -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 05:49
It's like Walmart.ca from ~3 years ago. Just a big product dump site with zero ability to actually do anything. -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 05:24

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