Target Closure

• Retailers just endured their ‘worst year’ – but will this one be any better?

  With economic storm clouds gathering over large tracts of the country, many are asking how the current year will compare to the bloodbath of 2015.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2016
  
• Target closing more than a dozen U.S. stores

  Retailer plans to close 13 stores throughout the United States as it continues to regroup and refocus itself.

  Consumer

  Nov 4, 2015
  
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• Bye bye big box: Ex-Target locations to be divided into smaller stores

  It looks like the end of the big box era for more than a dozen ex-Target Canada locations. Unable to find tenants, stores will be divided into smaller formats.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2015
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• Can Target click with Canadian shoppers a second time around?

  That’s the question experts are wondering as the U.S. retailer opens up online sales to Canadians – six months after it closed its last department store here.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2015
• Target launches online grocery shopping for U.S. customers

  Target is testing the online grocery delivery waters in the United States. The launch comes as the North American online grocery market heats up.

  Consumer

  Sep 15, 2015
• Retailer Laura’s keeping some stores open as mall landlords cut rents

  Laura's Shoppe Inc. is planning to close five fewer stores than originally planned as rents voluntarily lowered and suppliers offer discounts.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2015
• Shoppers showing new love for department stores, Sears Canada says

  After years of waning appeal with shoppers, some have cautiously returned to the iconic department store, Sears Canada says.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2015
• Target is getting its groove back after Canada exit

  Retailer is picking up momentum as efforts to spruce up fashions and other merchandise at U.S. stores bring back shoppers.

  Consumer

  Aug 19, 2015
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• Lowe’s building out new stores, moving into ex-Target locations

  Lowe's Canada said Friday it will spend $50 million to build new stores in Ontario and expanding into locations vacated by Target.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2015
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• Target parts with chief merchandise exec as shakeup continues

  Target says that its chief merchandising and supply chain officer, Kathryn Tesija, is exiting her post.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2015