I would also like to point out that a large part of the expense is put on the vendors, requiring them to put RFID tags on all products. Which will make all items inflate in price. Target also buys from some surprisingly small companies, so requiring RFID might actually be a breaking point for...
No disrespect here, but go ahead and remind me how JCP is doing. I'd rather work at Target than be at JCP right now... They are struggling pretty bad because of their debt.
Honestly, it could be done really well... Just let the REDcard people in at the regular time, make everyone else wait one hour. Have a table sitting outside signing people up on the spot (get it??) so that the guests could get in early with all of the other REDcarders. And then it'll be even...