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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/15/target-stock-and-sales-fall-as-ceo-brian-cornell-contract-ends.html I mean who could have possibly ever guessed this, right? "Brian Cornell is doing an amazing job leading us through the pandemic and he's an absolute trailblazing industry leader with his highly...

I'm sorry but that is incomplete. Target's checkout process and zone/branding was worlds apart from Wal-Mart for a very long time. The clothing on the floor and the towels & blankets were far better too. I worked there from 2006 to 2016, totaling over 10 years. Nothing compared to your tenure so...

Brian Cornell continued the Greg Steinhaffel blueprint of gutting payroll which becomes a self fulfilling prophecy in terms of how poorly stores operate. They were struggling long before covid, it just wasn't as obvious. I haven't worked for them in 9 years as of next month but it's hardly...

Target absolutely does not care. Target is in the multi decade process of going out of business and this is something I've been saying for about 10-15 years. There is no real business strategy other than to cut costs, which eats into store brand and morale and leads to further decreased sales...

I worked for the company for 10.5 years and it was amazing how often they wanted to reinvent stuff just for the sake of doing it that didn't even save overall productivity but would often cost it. This is how you know you're part of a failing company. When leadership rolls out ideas when it's a...

Bob Ulrich's retirement happened and the psychopaths have had hold of it ever since. It will go out of business, the only question is when. Target has been in the process of going out of business for like 16-17 years. A company that successful can take decades to do it. It was never going to go...

Target is in the multi decade process of going out of business and they have been for 16 years. How much longer? Anyone's guess. I've posted this before and have been repeatedly been met with vitriol and denial. Whatever. The proof is in the pudding. Cornell never had a vision to do anything...

Yeah that's always been the case. Just surprised those greedy bastards haven't decided to completely kill the quality of the clothing and home goods(in the name of short term profitability) and thus really the only thing they have left. Because it sure as hell isn't brand or service.

They are still doing a ton in sales and it is still really profitable. If this is your timeline, even if things started really deteriorating, you should be alright. I think they're the only "not Walmart" alternative the US has nationwide and they still have the rep of being a good store, but...

Slight correction... it's been self imploding since Steinhaffel took over. Basically... Ulrich goes to retire perfectly coinciding with 2008 recession pretty much. Steinhafel takes it, eliminates a bunch of positions, and some stores actually saw increased profitability despite recession(not...

I worked for Target for 10.5 years. I don't want it to happen because a lot of great people work there but the writing is on the wall. The moment that Ulrich retired is pretty much the moment that the company took a turn from expanding their footprint and caring about in store brand to... not...

I laugh heartily when I read threads like these after people have tried to tell me over the years that Target isn't in the process of going out of business over a decade or two timeline. Yeah, Target's checkout process is worse than Wal-Mart's now. Target's stores are also dirtier. It's...

So unless you are completely lying, there you have it. The theft very well may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. And an argument can be made that they made bad business decisions by placing stores with such slim margins in high risk areas such as these in the first place, which...

Most likely not profitable and it has nothing to do with theft? So you have access to the P&L statements or are you just pulling the speculation out of your ass because it adheres to your world view? You could be 100% right. You could be incredibly wrong. We don't know.

Yeah, local small businesses in Oakland (where one one of those Targets is at) literally closed their doors to protest for a few hours due to the theft issue. https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/over-200-businesses-close-up-shop-for-strike-over-rampant-oakland-crime/ But it's definitely...