Archived 10 years... goodbye... how Target has changed.

[Flabbergasted]

1986

Any more questions?

Just a joke.

 

[Kartman]

Hard to tell w/o an emoticon.

 

[Firefox]

I don't think we're as bad as a "few years ahead of KMart". Kmart is truly in the shitter, having made only $12 billion in sales last year compared to Target's $72 billion. While I agree that this very well may be the beginning of the end, I think it will take at least a decade before Target is in a position that is at all comparable to Kmart's.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Good luck! You are great asset to the forum. You are correct that spot is losing its edge in retail. I have been at spot over 15 years. Gregg started the mess, Brian gives us broken promises. He still gets a pay raise

 

[BoxCutter]

(but SO many of us at the store level see it SO plainly).

And, we, the TMs in the store, are the ones who feel the pain from the thousands of pin pricks.

 

[PassinTime]

I don't think we're as bad as a "few years ahead of KMart". Kmart is truly in the shitter, having made only $12 billion in sales last year compared to Target's $72 billion. While I agree that this very well may be the beginning of the end, I think it will take at least a decade before Target is in a position that is at all comparable to Kmart's.

I believe that some point Target will have to pull a Macy's and start closing stores. Not just a few of them like in past years, but a good chunk of them.

In order to give shareholders (the top of the food chain) the rate of return that they DEMAND, lower performing stores will need to be cut; even when they are profitable.

Also, retailing is changing. Stores are becoming more of a showplace, and not really where folks go to buy things. Yeah, there are still people that prefer the whole tactile experience, but more and more are doing their shopping through electronic means. In order for Target to survive in a meaningful way, it needs to get its electronic house in order: inventory systems, POS, pda, security, ...

 

[redstripes]

I was with a couple other companies when the recession hit, and I can say this entire post could be transposed into an open letter format with the company name changed or omitted and properly be addressing so many retail businesses.

Retail used to be fun. I still enjoy aspects of it, but retailers that are staffed with appropriate resources for succeeding in all levels are scant any longer.

I used to wonder if the general American population would remember the poor service from the companies that used the recession as an excuse to pinch the budget to the point of exasperating the employees and customers, but the example of companies that did not do this are virtually non existent.

Glad to hear you made a move toward your own happiness, OP!

 

[Signkitty]

They only care about the price of stocks. Cut cut cut, cash out.

Long term doesn't matter when you get paid with stock options.

 

[redeye58]

Were these taken during the Johnson Administration?

1986

Years after I graduated college. lol

 

[Kartman]

Yea.

Wish I'd have done that...

 

[Frontlanegirl]

Amen let's get Brian on Undercover Boss, I wonder if he could keep up with some of you HL/Logistics people.

Forget that, just start him out in guest services.

 

[redeye58]

Forget that, just start him out in guest services.

I would sell tickets & popcorn to THAT spectacle.

 

[mrknownothing]

I would sell tickets & popcorn to THAT spectacle.

Imagine him being coached for not getting any Red Cards.

 

[Coqui]

Imagine him being coached for not getting any Red Cards.

I would LOVE to be his GSTL.

 

[redeye58]

Imagine him being coached for not getting any Red Cards.

I would LOVE to be his GSTL.

Yeh, it'll never happen but a girl can dream.....

 

[jenna]

Forget that, just start him out in guest services.

Ha! Let him toss a truck on the unload when a ton of stuff has shifted around - and it's 100 degrees inside the truck.

 

[Redzee]

And there's a witch's brew of shampoo, detergent, spaghetti sauce, bleach, ammonia and Christ knows what else that has broken and mixed. And you've got an unload deadline,a bunch of newbies and a bunch of call-outs. Corporate doesn't know this life nor do they respect us. Insurance? No. Living wage? Never again. Do our work? PAH. Weaklings.

 

[Bosch]

Ha! Let him toss a truck on the unload when a ton of stuff has shifted around - and it's 100 degrees inside the truck.

He can guest service then throw a truck. Cross train to get 23hrs a week!

 

[redeye58]

Don't forget cleaning up 'code browns' & restroom checks