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Old 05-07-2009, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Evanston
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Target must have marketing geniuses over there. It defies common logic, but somehow by erecting a temporary shack ("3 days only!") with the same Chinese-made crap you can find in their regular store 365 days a year...people flock to it. Go figure

Correction: more expensive Chinese-made crap, lol. Don't I even get points for walking in there and not buying anything?

You're right, though. It was mobbed and they have made such a big deal about it. There were celebrities who flew into town for this!
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Old 05-07-2009, 03:29 PM
 
Location: Logan Square
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Correction: more expensive Chinese-made crap, lol. Don't I even get points for walking in there and not buying anything?

You're right, though. It was mobbed and they have made such a big deal about it. There were celebrities who flew into town for this!
Not sure that Kate Walsh and some 19 year old from a CW show no one watches really count as celebs though. They might have just been there for the deals and got papped.
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Old 05-07-2009, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Evanston
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Not sure that Kate Walsh and some 19 year old from a CW show no one watches really count as celebs though. They might have just been there for the deals and got papped.
Yeah, definitely not A-listers, but they said they were there for the opening. (Saw it on the news.) That means Target paid them to come promote this. Kind of pathetic - I did see a lot of people leaving there empty-handed. I wonder if they really will make a profit off of this.
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Old 05-08-2009, 09:05 PM
 
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Yea we went just to check it out. It was way too expensive and they didn't have anything worth buying. It reminded me of the crate and barrel down the street the way they had it set up. I saw a lot of people in there but no one was buying anything.
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Old 05-08-2009, 10:30 PM
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I was in the area so I peeked in on my way home. It was crap. I didn't buy anything.
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