Muji --> The next Target?

[Shwa Girl]

Canada is getting a replacement to Target.
From Japan. Muji.
They sell clothing, linens, stationary and storage systems.
They will open 1 store per year, here. They are in Toronto now.
Yorkdale will open in 2016.
They are looking at Vancouver next

[Shwa Girl]

Muji/Uniquo

[Midnightly]

it won't replace target unless they plan on going nation wide fairly quickly (and not just in the top handful of big markets like ikea has)

[annedougherty]

Obviously not a target replacement

[maiyuu]

Muji has already opened a location in downtown Toronto. The stationary is quite cheap but otherwise everything is not reasonably priced like socks, scarves, household items... Or at least not as cheap as Walmart or Target. Muji is a different store from Target. Muji focuses on items that are neutral coloured, simple. Muji does very well in other countries, I don't see Muji being located anywhere but big cities like Toronto, Vancouver

[Natalka]

Never heard of them. Probably won't go nationwide.

[mulock]

Muji who? No thanks.

[bargain_hunter_lola]

I can't say that I won't shop there. I'd need to go to an actual store to decide, but from the info & pics I've seen I don't think its my type of store. Besides I highly doubt it will come to my city.

It definitely can't replace my much beloved Target. I'll be heading across the border for my fix. Lol

[JDI007]

Not interested in this store..

[Ciel]

Ah, Uniqlo is not Muji-must have missed any connection. But yesterday's Star article CONFIRMED that Uniqlo will open at the Toronto Eaton Centre as well as Yorkdale. Think TEC will get the volumes/sales more easily due to have so many students and GO commuters via Union coming through the core!

Vancouver is likely on track for its Uniqlo store another year. Though many probably thought Vancouver would be the first place to put a Uniqlo, it's not.

Muji got some free publicity in the Uniqlo article about not spending on advertising. PR!
http://www.thestar.com/business/2015...get-flees.html

The seemingly eclectic product mix isn’t haphazard – they are everyday items designed to be simple, attractive and affordable.

Aside from putting Muji on the hoarding while the store was under construction; a countdown on the brand’s Facebook page; a small event that included media, and a free giveaway on opening day, Muji did not advertise.

With Target Canada leaving the retail marketplace, tweets on Uniqlo's US Twitter account requested Uniqlo's full line, e-commerce site and even an Ottawa store.
https://twitter.com/UniqloUSA/status/559726834854948864

The Uniqlo brand is sort of like H&M in apparel. It has an Ines de la Fressange capsule designer collection (former Chanel model of the 80s is now a designer). The brand sponsors two of the men playing in the Australian Open. http://www.uniqlo.com/us/

We're expecting great things from this brand!

(Muji is inside The Atrium on Bay, the shopping complex directly north of the TEC, so its proximity will mean J-brand shoppers will have both stores close by-expect to see H&M in the TEC to duke it out with Uniqlo over designer capsule collections. Muji store faces the TEC so that's a major retail location. OLG prize claim office is also down the street, if you have a big winning lottery ticket and need to go shopping!)

[Shwa Girl]

Ah, Uniqlo is not Muji-must have missed any connection.

maybe I mixed up my Mujis with my Uniquos

[LunchLady]

We're getting a Marshall's in Windsor very soon. I think it opens in February. That will be our new Target. (actually it's across the street from Target) I haven't heard if there are already any Marshall's in Ontario but we'll see how well this one goes .

[GoddessDigi]

There is a Marshall's in Heartland, in Mississauga.
And a Winners...

[Ciel]

We're getting a Marshall's in Windsor very soon. I think it opens in February. That will be our new Target. (actually it's across the street from Target) I haven't heard if there are already any Marshall's in Ontario but we'll see how well this one goes .

Hamilton, ON got a Marshall's two years ago. I went once and saw it was essentially a Winners store with less clothing merchandise but the shoe dept was right by the entrance (that is one thing I can give the chain credit for).

[Lyssia510]

We're getting a Marshall's in Windsor very soon. I think it opens in February. That will be our new Target. (actually it's across the street from Target) I haven't heard if there are already any Marshall's in Ontario but we'll see how well this one goes .

It's essentially Winners with a bigger shoe department, and some of them sell actual designer(Gucci, Prada, Burberry, D&G, Fendi etc) bags/shoes/clothing, but that's usually in the bigger cities.