I'm a long time Target customer - and I know I have to drive in
circles and avoid shopping carts just to get a parking space, then
walk a block to get in the front door.

 I also worked for Target once for Xmas money, and gotta tell ya, that
was the best job I ever had in my entire life - best most friendly
people, treat their employees overall very well, employees aren't
bickering with each other.  I work as a corporate paralegal - I should
have taken a career position with Target

They have a very impressive loss - prevention system, the company is
paranoid about safety, they have team leaders instead of supervisors -
and if a customer is looking for something, they get somebody over
there to help them

Some of the most pleasant working conditions I ever experienced.  I
can actually save a buck by driving 5 miles to Walmart and parking in
the next town, then shoving my way past a bazillion crying babies and
very depressed people.  A lot of people shop at Target because it's
cleaner and happier.  We even go there for dinner.  They have an
Archer Farms soup that is better than most restaurants, in a
breadbowl, for $3.00. The coffee is very decent, and there's a few
Starbucks in some of the stores.

They have designer furniture and designer accessories, really cute
stuff.  They have a basic color and fashion line in clothes, and a
great end of year clearance rack that everybody knows about.  The
jewelry department isn't that great, and handbags could definitely use
an upgrade -

I would like to see them do something about the horrible shoes -
that's the only criticism I have about Target.  Not a place I ever buy
shoes.  Appliances, electronics, really good TV department, but every
time I go into Target, I push a cart out the door that costs about
$100 - and so does everybody else.  I have yet to go into a vacant
Target store.

And the stores are reliable.  I've been all over the US, on vacation,
and all the Target stores seem to be on the same strategic plan.  Go
figure.

With the market the way it is right now - I suppose I could throw down
money on emerging technologies (which I did and made money) and stand
around watching the market jump around.  Honestly, I'm going to turn
off CNBC, they seem to be as useful as a flashlight on a trip to the
sun.