As a loyal Target customer, there is one thing that consistently frustrates me about the shopping experience – the consistent lack of readiness. When the doors are opened, the place should be fully stocked and ready to make money. Alas, almost every time I visit a Target store, at least one of the aisles is blocked by someone or something associated with re-stocking the shelves. Usually, there is nobody around to help, and I leave scratching my head as to how this is so. Why can’t stocking shelves be done at night or early in the morning? Just this past weekend, my family and I were at a Target store shopping for groceries, diapers, clothes, and other assort
ed items, when we came upon an aisle that was totally blocked. No one was around to move the slew of items blocking our path and blocking merchandise that we might have been interested in buying. Thus, we took the long way around, never to return to that section of the store. If this were an isolated incident, I would just brush it off, but it happens with such regularity, that I thought I should say something. I hope that this post finds its way to someone at Target who can do something to change this, as I think it would be a real improvement and ultimately lead to more sales for one of my favorite retailers. Please. Restock your inventory while you are closed. When you open your doors, be ready to sell me something. I came there to buy your goods, so make that process easy. If, due to unanticipated demand, you are forced to restock while there are customers in the store, please make sure that people are actually stocking shelves, and not just abandoning blocking your aisles with abandoned carts and pallets. I like shopping at Target. I spend a lot of time and money there. Please, make it easier for me to continue doing so.
Be Prepared to Sell Me Something
Attention Target Shoppers…
Do you consider yourself a Target aficionado? Do you regularly peruse the fluorescent lit aisles of the big box retailer that made big box retail cool? My wife definitely falls into this category – perhaps even bordering on Target ninja or even guru. She seems to intuitively know how to get the best deals on the things we need – never paying full price for kids clothes, toys, lawn tools, soda, you name it. It is quite amazing. Thanks to her observation of the huge differences in price , we have abandoned buying non-perishable items from the grocery, opting instead to save big bucks by buying the stuff in cans, containers, bags, and boxes all at Target. She will scope out things for our kids weeks in advance of purchasing them – never paying full price and saving us a lot of money. Well, versed as she is in Target knowledge, there is always more to learn. So for her and other Target shoppers out there, I urge you to check out this outstanding post from a site called WiseBread about the way that Target prices and discounts merchandise. This may prove enormously valuable if you are looking for ways to spend a little less on the things you need. Here is an excerpt from the post outlining the weekly discount schedule for merchandise:
Monday - Electronics, Kids Clothing and Stationary (Cards, GiftWrap, etc.)
Tuesday – Domestics, Women’s Clothing, Pets and Market (food items)
Wednesday – Men’s Clothing, Toys, Lawn & Garden, Health and Beauty items
Thursday – House Wares, Lingerie, Sporting Goods, Shoes, Music / Movies, Books, Decor and Luggage
Friday - Auto, Cosmetics, Hardware, and Jewelry
From the looks of this we may need to change grocery day. This is just a mere portion of the information outlined in the post. Take a look for your self. Thanks to WiseBread for saving me some dough, and thanks to Lifehacker for pointing me to the site. Now if I could just get a schedule of the time when they are not blocking the aisles by restocking the shelves in the middle of the day. I will save that rant for another day.
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