HardlinesFour
Super Ninja
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2011
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I dumped every share I had in this company over two years ago, and honestly, I haven’t looked back. I’ve only been in a Target store a few times since, and every time I walk through the doors, I’m hit with the same feeling: I made the right call. The guest experience is pure garbage, and the stores and merchendise are not even marginally better.
This isn’t the same company I believed in. It’s not even close. Target is a sinking ship. At this pace, it won’t be around by 2035, and may even be gone by 2030 —and that’s not an exaggeration, that’s just where the numbers and the reality are pointing.
The only real value left is in the real estate—leases, owned buildings, whatever. The brand itself? It’s been dragged through the mud and lost nearly everything that once made it matter. The trust, the image, the culture—it’s all gone. The "leadership" at the company, couldn't save the brand if their lives depended on it.
Give it another couple of years of shrinking sales and lost market share, and shareholders will do what they always do: cut their losses and start shutting it all down. Liquidation won’t be some shock twist—it’ll be the only logical next step.
I honestly feel bad for all the store team members and corporate employees who built a life around this place. People who gave it years, even decades. I was proud to be part of Target back in 2007. It actually meant something then. But now? It’s just sad.
I wish the best for all of you. It pains me looking at what this company has become.
This isn’t the same company I believed in. It’s not even close. Target is a sinking ship. At this pace, it won’t be around by 2035, and may even be gone by 2030 —and that’s not an exaggeration, that’s just where the numbers and the reality are pointing.
The only real value left is in the real estate—leases, owned buildings, whatever. The brand itself? It’s been dragged through the mud and lost nearly everything that once made it matter. The trust, the image, the culture—it’s all gone. The "leadership" at the company, couldn't save the brand if their lives depended on it.
Give it another couple of years of shrinking sales and lost market share, and shareholders will do what they always do: cut their losses and start shutting it all down. Liquidation won’t be some shock twist—it’ll be the only logical next step.
I honestly feel bad for all the store team members and corporate employees who built a life around this place. People who gave it years, even decades. I was proud to be part of Target back in 2007. It actually meant something then. But now? It’s just sad.
I wish the best for all of you. It pains me looking at what this company has become.
