Posted on 06/17/2005 9:17:36 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
I saw a show on one of the geek channels about the rise of Ikea. I was really impressed by their business sense, but not impressed by their stuff, it mostly looked like the hyper-modern incredibly uncomfortable stuff that was popular in the 70s, I hated that style the first time around. But if they ever switched to merch that I found aesthetically appealing I would definitely shop there, the stores looked really pleasant.
WalMart is closer to my house than Target and the groceries are much cheaper than the grocery store across the street from WalMart. I shop there alot but not to buy 'upscale' merchandise. It is chaotic but if you know what you want and can get in and get out it is worth it to me to put up with the mess. Recently I purchased Fruit of the Loom tagless t shirts for under four bucks a piece. They were in good summer colors and wash up great. I never go there after dark though because the clientele gets a little scary.
Huh. And I thought it was the sloppy displays, crowded aisles, dirty floors and crappy merchandise.
plus the service at wal-mart sucks big time!
Yes. Looks great but it can be cheap in more ways than price. They even use cardboad in some of their funiture to keep cost and weight down. Seriously. They had a show on one of the educational channels about them and they use cardboard components sandwiched between thin of layers of wood. If it works for you, buy all means buy it and use it. But personally I'm not impressed with the Ikea furniture that I've seen.
Mark my word: Within the next three to five years Walmart's business plan will start to wobble and it will need to close non-performing stores to keep Wallstreet happy. As result, more than a few communities will be stuck with big ugly empty boxes of little value to anyone other than Walmart. The real funny part is that the people who left their $7.00 an hour jobs at the "Mom & Pop Stores" to work at Wallyworld for $7.05 an hour will have no place to work because the Mom & Pop Stores went out of business shortly after Walmart came to town.
No. You simply will not make a purchase at that time. Then when it is time to go looking for fashion items, you will go to that nice Target store instead.
When I am in WalMart, my mission is to get what I need and get the He!! out. I am not going to stop and shop for something I don't need today!
They need to put a Jelly Belly aisle in their Super Stores.
In the NE part of the cou ntry..we have no Wal-Marts..so I rarely ever have been in one..thoguht when both dauighters werew in college in PA..I loved the store..they had everything in one place..A huge TARGET just opened nearby...I really like it...big wide aisles..
Much as I find the Wally shopping experience unpleasant I still go occasionally, can't beat the deals on a lot of stuff. Generally I develop a list of "Wally stuff" I want or need, when the list gets deep into double digits I go to Wally at some off hour to avoid as much crowd as possible and go through as fast as I can. Even with the relatively thin crowds I encounter the place is still a nightmare to navigate because the aisles are so tight, I think the main aisles are the only ones where two shopping carts can exist side by side without collision.
But for general needs I'm a Target guy, it's gotten interesting lately as it almost seems my house is the center of Target's target area in Tucson, when the wife and I decide to go to Target the next question is which one, we've got three nearly equidistant from home, and another further away but on a frequent travel path. There's a Wally on that travel path, but we don't go there nearly as often as Target.
Boycott Target.
The best shoes I have bought are a $28 pair of Reeboks from Mervyn's. Like pillows for my feet. I like Mervyn's better than both. With their constant sales they are comparable to Target in price.
You're logic is faulty because if people are spending their disposible income elsewhere, then they are not saving, and that's one of the problems with places like Walmart: People with absolutely no savings whatsoever end up buying things they don't need if only because the stuff was cheap and they couldn't resist the bargain.
I prefer to shop at Target over Walmart (Not because my wife works there and we get at 10% discount) because Target has a better selection of items than Walmart.. I have a feeling that Target is going to the next target for the Anti-Walmart crowd..
Target hates Christians and is very pro-homo and pro-abortion. Walmart supports Christian charities. Enough said. I shop Walmart and stay away from Target.
'Target has wider aisles and their merchandise is displayed far better than Walmart. And best of all, Target doesn't have that Walmart popcorn/hot dog/cotton candy odor that permeates every square inch of it's stores.'
And here's another: you don't have to worry about being run over every other aisle at Target.
They do have great prices on textiles, china, and glassware.
Mervyn's is definitely better for clothes hands-down, but their overall selection is limited, that is, non-clothes. Mervyn's has heated up my debit card a lot over the past decade.
More than 100 million people shop at Wal-Marts 3400 stores each week. Me thinks they are attracting many more middle-income consumers than this Reuters reporter cares to admit.
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