Originally Posted by
SassyAshley
I will check out the new Target but I am not sure they will get a lot of my business. Wal-Mart is a lot closer for me and I am really not sure how competitive Target is going to be.
Price match Target to Walmart
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It has been said that to start there main focus will not be on the 1 stop shop yet, they want to enter the market slowly and there main focus will not be on grocery and household needs which surprises me, especially since they got the huge Zellers in Aurora, Ontario. If there main focus is not going to be the 1 stop shop how are they going to fill that store. When that Zellers first opened their grocery section was great but as time went on, it went downhill. Never had what was on sale and in general I found the store messy.
I said this in another thread about Target, the issue here is the same, Target does these things in the States as they have to compete.
PRicing, employee salaries, employee benefits, store costs, store suppliers, store overheads -- differ between Canada and the U.S.
It is like many other American stores looks at the rewards and discounts offered in the States and than look at them same chains in Canada. None of the same rewards and discounts are offered, why because no one is going to be the first one to do it unless they have too.
I will be contacting Target and Walmart encouraging them to mimic the same rewards and online coupons that are on their US store websites.:)
Everyone said Wal-Mart would be exactly the same in Canada as they are in the US but they are not,
Due to Canadian government requirements, tariff and trade agreements, the US and Canadian stores cannot be identical.:sad:
it was not until the Canadian dollar went up that pricing the same or close to what it was in the States, why because in Canada there is not the same competition here and they are not going to be the first. Unless Target coming forces Wal-Mart to take these steps or Target is forced to, to compete with Wal-Mart I highly doubt we will see the same rewards and discounts.
Let's be honest how many people cross boarder shop, they keep saying Canadian retailers are trying to keep Canadians in Canada but when the US chains we have in Canada do not offer the same discounts in US people will keep crossing the boarder to shop and these stores although taking small steps they are not willing to go as far as they do in the US to get your business, why because most cross boarder shoppers are shopping at these stores in US so no matter what they are still getting your money. It is sad but true, I will be happy to see Target offer coupons in Canada but I think if they do it will probably be at least a year or more before they even start to talk about it.
