06-20-2009, 10:10 PM
LOL Kathy... I have a friends in the East Bay that will not even drive in Richmond, let alone shop there!
In the last few years Target has gone significantly upscale (in design,not pricing), using major designers to design lines just for them. Even their own brand of gourmet foods and drinks is better than anything I have ever seen in a Walmart. I guess K-Mart has done the same with Martha too (though I haven't been in one for 30 years), but Target took it to a new level, in every department with different designers. It has more of an Ikea style to it. Smith and Hawken even developed a line for them.
I think you are right, here we will at least have friendly employees, and ones that are delighted that they have a job! I think that the Hilo Target will also be cleaner and better organized than the store you visited.
The only departments that will be missing in the Target vs Walmart contest will be that Target has no Mc Donald's, no gun sales and no fabric/craft department. I can't remember if Target has opticians either, I don't remember them. They too usually have a Starbucks in all of their stores. I wonder if we will have a Starbucks in both Target and Safeway, that would be strange wouldn't it? Every Target and Safeway store I have been in on the mainland has a Starbucks, but I have never seen them both in the same center before, though I have seen them in neighboring centers. This could be a first.
Unfortunately, I think with the economy what it is, the old Safeway is probably going to sit empty for a while. I have heard (never actually been in the mall) that there are a lot of empty stores in the mall now. It could make a great skating rink or youth center.
Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany
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In the last few years Target has gone significantly upscale (in design,not pricing), using major designers to design lines just for them. Even their own brand of gourmet foods and drinks is better than anything I have ever seen in a Walmart. I guess K-Mart has done the same with Martha too (though I haven't been in one for 30 years), but Target took it to a new level, in every department with different designers. It has more of an Ikea style to it. Smith and Hawken even developed a line for them.
I think you are right, here we will at least have friendly employees, and ones that are delighted that they have a job! I think that the Hilo Target will also be cleaner and better organized than the store you visited.
The only departments that will be missing in the Target vs Walmart contest will be that Target has no Mc Donald's, no gun sales and no fabric/craft department. I can't remember if Target has opticians either, I don't remember them. They too usually have a Starbucks in all of their stores. I wonder if we will have a Starbucks in both Target and Safeway, that would be strange wouldn't it? Every Target and Safeway store I have been in on the mainland has a Starbucks, but I have never seen them both in the same center before, though I have seen them in neighboring centers. This could be a first.
Unfortunately, I think with the economy what it is, the old Safeway is probably going to sit empty for a while. I have heard (never actually been in the mall) that there are a lot of empty stores in the mall now. It could make a great skating rink or youth center.
Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany
www.myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com
www.eastbaypotters.blogspot.com
Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany
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www.EastBayPotters.com
devany
www.SassySpoon.wordpress.com
www.myhawaiianhome.blogspot.com
www.EastBayPotters.com