[Dr. Sivana]

Target is pretentious? That’s a hoot.

A lot depends on what you grew up with. If you had Woolworth, Ames or Kresge/K-Mart, yes, Target would be pretentious in presentation by comparison. Where I was, Barker's and Stars were "normal" and Grant's (with it's Bradford House diner) and Caldor were "upscale".

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I grew up with Jamesway in NYS. I’ve known K-Mart, Kresge, Ben Franklin, JC Penney, Sears in the old days of basic store design. All stores these days are a lot more pleasant than those cheap stores in the 50s and 60s. I wouldn’t call pleasant surroundings pretentious nor would I expect many of today’s shoppers would be happy in those old school stores.