[discostu]

Target is still a discount store. Interstingly Target was the ugly stepchild, Mervyns made it to grab at lower end market, now it's the king of that corporate heap. For a while Target was experimenting with Target only bonus tracks on special CDs, Bon Jovi (who's rebuilt his career prostituting himself to anyone with a check that won't bounce) was the first. Funny how they're flying under everyone's radar while WalMart gets all the attention.

[Joe Bonforte]

Funny how they're flying under everyone's radar while WalMart gets all the attention.

Good point. I will actually shop at Target. I stopped shopping at WalMart because of the combination of employee ineptitude and low-quality merchandise. (Switched to Lowe's over Home Depot for the same reasons.)

But it's important to understand the perspective of others. I know one Russian immigrant who thinks WalMart is heaven on Earth. The idea of filling a basket with clothes, medicines, and semi-useful geegaws, and paying less than one day's wages just amazes her. Living her whole life in a socialist "paradise" where they were lucky to have food to eat gives her a very different viewpoint.