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Target shares slide after disappointing 3Q earnings results
Fox Business ^ | 11/20/18

Posted on 11/20/2018 4:52:09 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

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To: LouieFisk
I have two comments...

This weekend, while I was waiting on my lovely wife....I perused the Target flyer that was in the paper. On stuff that I purchase (TP, laundry detergent, etc), prices are between 5 and 20% higher than WalMart. In all of the instances where the prices were lower, the package size was smaller, so the price jump was still maintained. They do have good coupons, though, but they're all predicated on continually shopping at the store ($10 off your next purchase, and so on)

I *was* slowly starting to shop again at Target, mostly due to the coupons and loss leaders. That changed this summer when I walked in to see a massive display of "Celebrate Gay Pride Month" merchandise. Walked out, haven't been back in.

I'm not upset to see the stock take a hit, they're next to fall after Sears, though it will take awhile.

21 posted on 11/20/2018 5:50:45 AM PST by wbill
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To: ArtDodger
Liberalism: The herpes of free market economics.

Which is essentially why Liberals have disdain for, and seek to end, free market economics.


22 posted on 11/20/2018 5:51:20 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SoFloFreeper

I guess when you let Sodomites use the ladies room there is going to be a blow to your bottom line. After three years you would think they would understand that.

But they are more afraid of the freaks then they are of normal people.

I know that I tend to avoid mentally ill sexual deviants as often as I can.


23 posted on 11/20/2018 5:53:04 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: SoFloFreeper
When ever I get the urge to let a female impersonator share the rest room with my Great Granddaughter Target comes to mind!!!
24 posted on 11/20/2018 5:55:56 AM PST by ontap
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To: SoFloFreeper

Target’5s sales are down because they have the ugliest soft goods and home goods all of lowest quality ever.

What were their buyers thinking?


25 posted on 11/20/2018 5:58:37 AM PST by amihow
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To: SoFloFreeper

I guess there aren’t enough transgenders and pedophiles to keep it open.


26 posted on 11/20/2018 6:09:30 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Da Coyote

The only time I go to Target now is to leave the toilet seats up in the women’s rest room.


27 posted on 11/20/2018 6:11:51 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Maybe Target should announce again that they don’t care if women’s restroom are used by men, and are willing to remove the door signage and add urinals to any restroom that doesn’t have them, just to fit in with what’s happening now.


28 posted on 11/20/2018 6:14:45 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: SoFloFreeper
So on Saturday morning, I was going to head to Kohl's to get a pair of gloves as cold weather was predicted for later this week. I stopped for a cup of coffee and as I was drinking it, I went to Amazon.com to check out some gloves there as I was not looking forward to the whole Kohl's experience of standing in line and then getting a hard-sell at the register about how much money I would save if I opened a credit card.

So I saw a quality pair for $15 and were available for PRIME shipping. I clicked a button, finished my coffee and went back home. Yesterday afternoon, I got back from work and there were the gloves sitting in my mailbox.

So even minor purchases are being made online now. I can't be the only one doing this. Retail brick & mortar is a dying industry. Until they improve the experience, more and more people will just shop online.

29 posted on 11/20/2018 6:25:17 AM PST by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Agreed. Target, Nike, and the NFL are all dead to me. I have not watched a game, purchased a product with the swoosh, or entered a Target store since they betrayed our country and our children.


30 posted on 11/20/2018 6:25:24 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: SoFloFreeper
Haven't been to Target since they allowed me to use the women's bathroom. Use to go there all the time.

ML/NJ

31 posted on 11/20/2018 6:28:23 AM PST by ml/nj (.)
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To: wbill

“I’m not upset to see the stock take a hit, they’re next to fall after Sears, though it will take awhile.”

Though I mourn the loss of most of the good ol’ brick and mortar places, I won’t feel sad when Target goes belly up. 30-40 years ago it used to be okay, but now - who cares?


32 posted on 11/20/2018 6:54:20 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: rrrod

Free Beer Tomorrow! ;)


33 posted on 11/20/2018 8:44:23 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: SoFloFreeper

I have a Wedding and Baby Shower for two of my Nieces coming up this year - both registered at Target.

I looked at what they were asking for and bought it elsewhere.

The last time I spent $ at Target was 3 years ago and only because I had a Starbucks Gift Card from a Vendor for $50 that I was NOT going to let go to waste. So, Target didn’t get any of that $, either. :)


34 posted on 11/20/2018 8:47:04 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: SamAdams76

” I can’t be the only one doing this”

you’re not. i hate “shopping”, this is, looking for something in stores that you’re not sure they have, what it costs, what its quality is, etc. ... and then there’s the whole issue of fighting traffic full of crazy drivers, parking lots full of crazy drivers, going fruitlessly to multiple stores that all carry the exact same limited selection, and long slow lines to check out with clerks who operate at the speed of three-fingered morphine addicts.

i only shop brick and mortar for groceries and common lumber-yard and hardware store items ... everything else is purchased online ...


35 posted on 11/20/2018 9:31:04 AM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: SamAdams76
minor purchases are being made online now

Yep. There's a handful of things that I want to look at, try on, etc etc. New shoes is one thing that comes to mind immediately. Or if I'm in the right mood, sometimes it's fun to hit the sales and see what I can discover and save a boatload on....

Otherwise? What's the point when I can go to Amazon (or wherever) and order a replacement for what I like that's worn out, and have it at my house in a couple of days? Or, in your case, gloves are gloves, and there's little to be gained (unless you need them that minute) by shopping around.

36 posted on 11/20/2018 1:31:46 PM PST by wbill
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To: SoFloFreeper

Glad to have helped Target’s shares to slide.

I used to shop there pretty regularly. Since allowing men to enter the women’s restaurant, I have been there once and that was only because my son needed some stuff for his dorm and Target was around the corner.

Someone just gave me a gift card, so I’ll be using that. But otherwise, I hope they continue to slide away until they straighten up and realize the insanity of allowing men into a women’s restroom.


37 posted on 11/20/2018 1:50:30 PM PST by Reddy (B. O. stinks)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Target,Lowes,best Buy and the list goes on. All in the crapper.
Nothing to do with trannys or boycotts.
Sorry


38 posted on 11/20/2018 2:24:18 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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