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Over my way Targets are in all the high end areas, their prices are a little higher than Walmart as well. The lower end stores are Kmart/Walmart. If you want an offline higher end store that has a bit of everything, I'm not sure where you would go. I guess Costco? But that is primarily bulk items.
Meijer is a great offering in the Midwest for this market segment.
Target is a discount retailer which sells cheaper and frequently less durable goods than higher end stores. Based on my personal business experience, when discount retailers are up strongly as opposed to other sorts of retailers, it has usually tended to be a warning sign.
They're mostly located near KMarts and mall locations of Sears. They're going to benefit from their demise where people were shopping for small appliances and low-end clothing. Unlike Kohl's which operates standalone stores, Targets anchors strip shopping centers.
If you bought Sears and one of Target, Costco, or Walmart, you would've made money in the last year. Even the laggard Walmart is up twice as many points as Sears has lost.
The economy was great 6-12 months before the last financial crisis.. At a point in time sure things look great but dig just below the surface and one will see major problems ahead.
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