Archived Target not doing well in Canada

[Barcode]

This is why you don't open hundreds of stores in a new untested market.... They should have opened like 5-10 (a district's worth) and went from there.

 

[Dying Sun]

ah yes but that would require logic something that corp has shown time and time again that they lack

 

[SFTOnThree]

This is why you don't open hundreds of stores in a new untested market.... They should have opened like 5-10 (a district's worth) and went from there.

The problem with that is to do business in Canada, you must have a HQ in Canada. Building all the infrastructure (DCs, HQ Building, etc) and then opening only 5-10 stores isn't cost effective. Also, Canada has some very different labor laws than the US, so there are updates to policy, training on how to handle the differences (Paid Holidays, Health Care are a few I remember off the top of my head), so when you go, you go big.

From having worked with another company that expanded into Canada, it takes a little while to catch on, but they will get the hang of it sooner or later. It took like 4 years until our stores started to show profit up there.

 

[FlowbieCanuck]

I just wish they'd finally figure out the instocks problem. I'm tired of seeing a bare backwall for 1-2 weeks all while watching large quantities of stuff we already have enough of roll off the truck; None of which that would fill that backwall.

 

[Barcode]

Canada isn't doing too well in Thebreakroom either.... 10 threads since Target Canada launch! Yowch.

 

[CanuckTM]

Canada isn't doing too well in Thebreakroom either.... 10 threads since Target Canada launch! Yowch.

Heh. There's surely an extent that most of the regular threads/forums are also relevant to us, and contain more experienced people to help/vent

 

[mrknownothing]

Canada isn't doing too well in Thebreakroom either.... 10 threads since Target Canada launch! Yowch.

On the bright side, they aren't starting 400 threads about the same thing (see: Red Cards).

 

[Barcode]

Canada isn't doing too well in Thebreakroom either.... 10 threads since Target Canada launch! Yowch.

On the bright side, they aren't starting 400 threads about the same thing (see: Red Cards).

I think you forgot Dating

 

[daninnj]

Canadians are weird...

there, I said it.

 

[mrknownothing]

Canadians are weird...

there, I said it.

No worse than us crazy 'Mericans.

 

[Guest]

Murica!

 

[monkeyman90]

things i've read about target canada not working. they can't use us distribution model because of labeling. new distribution sucks, they get lots of stuff they don't need and don't get what they do.

they bought small stores going out of business, can't have enough sku's.

target makes a lot of money off they came into buy x and left with a cart full. its a one stop shop. canada is very happy to go to many stores to get best prices

 

[Guest]

I agree that there probably should have been maybe 10 Target stores open in Canada at first and then it expand if it was successful. I can understand having maybe one or two in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. But when you have a ton in suburbs or the country, you're playing with fire.

 

[Snake54]

I agree that there probably should have been maybe 10 Target stores open in Canada at first and then it expand if it was successful. I can understand having maybe one or two in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. But when you have a ton in suburbs or the country, you're playing with fire.

This right here, they should have started in central Ontario, 25 stores max. Then gone from there.

 

[AllThingsTarget101]

I was helping a few Canadian guests a couple days back and they said they have never seen a TPS at their local target. For those from Canada, how big is your AP team?

 

[CanuckTM]

I was helping a few Canadian guests a couple days back and they said they have never seen a TPS at their local target. For those from Canada, how big is your AP team?

We're a very low volume store in a medium sized city, AP has TL and two uniformed TMs (on about 30 hours/week).

 

[AllThingsTarget101]

I was helping a few Canadian guests a couple days back and they said they have never seen a TPS at their local target. For those from Canada, how big is your AP team?

We're a very low volume store in a medium sized city, AP has TL and two uniformed TMs (on about 30 hours/week).

My store is B volume and that's more than ours....

 

[mrknownothing]

I was helping a few Canadian guests a couple days back and they said they have never seen a TPS at their local target. For those from Canada, how big is your AP team?

We're a very low volume store in a medium sized city, AP has TL and two uniformed TMs (on about 30 hours/week).

My store is B volume and that's more than ours....

Your store might be lower risk though. Either that or Canadian stores get more payroll allocated to AP.

 

[FlowbieCanuck]

From what I know my store doesn't have a whole lot of AP hours, but I don't know much about that tbh.

On-topic: If what I'm hearing is right, Canadian operations looks to be on the up-swing, but just a bit.

 

[Eternal]

I was helping a few Canadian guests a couple days back and they said they have never seen a TPS at their local target. For those from Canada, how big is your AP team?

Yeah we don't do that kinda thing up here. We have AP but we don't have Target Cops. Was shocked when I went to the US and saw two armed "cops" in a store and then saw bullseyes on their badge.

 

[mrknownothing]

I was helping a few Canadian guests a couple days back and they said they have never seen a TPS at their local target. For those from Canada, how big is your AP team?

Yeah we don't do that kinda thing up here. We have AP but we don't have Target Cops. Was shocked when I went to the US and saw two armed "cops" in a store and then saw bullseyes on their badge.

So do you just have undercover AP instead? Some US stores have an APS who wears plain clothes in addition to the TPS (uniformed) team.

 

[FlowbieCanuck]

I was helping a few Canadian guests a couple days back and they said they have never seen a TPS at their local target. For those from Canada, how big is your AP team?

Yeah we don't do that kinda thing up here. We have AP but we don't have Target Cops. Was shocked when I went to the US and saw two armed "cops" in a store and then saw bullseyes on their badge.

So do you just have undercover AP instead? Some US stores have an APS who wears plain clothes in addition to the TPS (uniformed) team.

Never seen anyone on my store's AP team go plainclothes. They're all pretty much identifiable.