Target

Target, you really missed the mark.
Even though you’re attempting to go down in a blaze of glory, I still walked around your store, wearing my wallet on my sleeve, trying to get suckered into liquidation deals and to purchase a tonne of junk that I didn’t need, and… No success.
You say that every thing is «up to 30% off» and what you mean is «somewhere hidden deep within the depths, we have placed an item at 30% off. Everything else that anybody even might want to take off of your hands is 10% off… The sad problem with this is a good majority of the stuff you have on sale is the same junk I can get at Wal-​Mart for less than your sale price every single day.
I had a small basket put together of 20% off office supplies and I was unable to find nearly enough of what I was looking for… This looked to have mostly to do with poor buying and merchandizing, not due to items being sold out due to the mad pricing purchases that haven’t actually been happening.
After spending far too much time in your store entertaining ridiculous sale claims and trying to find anything I at least kind of needed I finally put the few items I had in my basket down and just walked away.
The amount of time I spent trying to get anywhere isn’t even close to cover the fictitious savings. I decided to go to Staples across the parking lot and found everything I needed…
Sorry to kick you when you’re down and out, Target. But today’s experience, even in your final closing days was very clear to me why you haven’t succeeded.

If you’ve heard the saying «You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig» that’s basically what Target Canada is. It’s Zellers with lipstick on.
It doesn’t feel like Target. Still has that Zellers feeling. The shelves are not stocked well. They’re always out of stuff especially when it’s on sale. And all the good stuff that Target in the USA sells can not be found here. There isn’t any real order to where things are. You get kitchen next to beauty next to pet stuff next to kids clothes. It’s a hodge podge mix.
I’m so disappointed but actually not too surprised that it’s not the same as in the US.

This is by far the worst Target in the city. It is NEVER stocked. I’m so disappointed with this location. Since it’s in a mall, you would think they would restock it consistently but nope. I went in one day looking for a specific product; out of stock. Thought, «okay well maybe in a couple weeks time it will be back in stock…» Nope. Came back and it still was not stocked. The store is insanely picked over and I even asked one of the staff why they don’t restock or when they are going to and she just shrugged her shoulders. Horrible customer service. Never going back to this location.

Everyone was so friendly. Every department I went too, someone asked if I needed help. Only went in for a couple things but left with a few bags. Great prices and selection.

Poor selection. There are numerous sections but very few choices. The stand alone stores like up in Signal Hill are way better

I am a fan.
I will admit, some of the shelves a couple of weeks after X-​mas were pretty slim pickings but I did not fare too badly overall.
***The X-​mas stuff that is left is 90% off! Unreal!*** Good quality too, I feel better quality than Walmart.
I just went in to «look around» and came out with a couple of bags of goodies.
Some of the grocery items for some reason ring up even cheaper at the register than the listed shelf price. Maybe they go on sale and it is up to the customer to know what is on sale as they are not marked? At any rate, that was a plus, as well as the self check-​out option and how easy it was to use a few coupons here.
I thought the pricing was really good overall in all departments.
I love the price scan stations all over the store for something you are not sure about.
If you need help, you may have to scour to find someone but if you are OK to help yourself, this is a great place for you to furnish any room in your home and stock your fridge and cupboards. I got a ton of stuff and after using my coupons, seriously, my total for a couple of bags worth was under $ 10.
2 store levels.
Great location in Market Mall.

Just checked this store out a couple of days ago with my hubby! I was nervous about what Target would be like, but I see it is a lot like Zellers only better: P
The store seems bigger, brighter and cleaner than Zellers. They offer typical departments such as electronics, housewares, apparel for the whole family… and even an extensive food department!
I see other Unilocalers have noted that the shelves are empty already and sizes are hard to find, and I agree with that. We looked and could not find men’s shoes in the style Rob wanted, even though they have lots of shoes for women and children.
Note that there is a functioning pharmacy which seems to have reasonable prices for it’s OTC medication, though I have not filled a prescription there.
There are elevators for people with strollers or wheelchairs (please do NOT use the escalator when you have a stroller!!)
It’s fabulous that each Target store is equipped with a full Starbucks Coffee as well :)
One of the nicest things I’ve noticed there, is the area by the doors where they have misc. $ 1 merchandise. A really good department store, minus a couple of things but that’s forgivable.
*In addition to Market Mall, I’ve also seen Chinook, Forest Lawn and Red Deer’s stores.

I was in a US Target store 4 days ago so a pretty direct comparison is quite possible. At first glance it appears to follow the US model but under closer scrutiny there are a couple of shortcomings.
First of all, where is all the merchandise? Isn’t it retail sacrilege to leave open shelf space? There was a LOT of empty shelves and missing sizes in garments and shoes. I am not sure where their distribution center is located so there may be some supply issues related the floods, but I was told that these issues preceded the flood as well, so no excuse Target.
As no surprise Canadians are paying a premium for the exact same thing (which is manufactured in China). For example, a pair of sandals that I saw for 11.99 in the US are $ 15 here. This percentage of markup is pretty consistent across the board.
I am happy to see Target in Canada because there really was a gap in that niche of department store. It isn’t at the level of it’s US counterparts but it isn’t half bad.

Love this place. They do over staff it which I like. Wherever you look there is help for you to find things. Selection at the Market Mall location is good, but they still need more space. Food selection is small, frozen and non perishable items only. They have pretty much everything else though. If you dread going to Wal Mart, head here, most of your life is at Target.

Had the chance to visit Target’s brand new Market Mall location and I have to say, I was kind of impressed. I don’t have much to compare this to, as the last time I visited a Target was in Kalispell, MT some years back and it was late and it was to grab cheap John Cusack movies and be on our way, so I consider this my first actual visit as an adult, and not a spoiled kid on vacation in Florida or something.
It was buzzing about, but not so busy one couldn’t move. I was especially stricken by the women’s clothing. Tons of cute clothes for spring and summer. I had to actually enlist some self control and give myself a budget, because I could have easily walked out of there with armfuls of new things. I will totally be back though.
Staff were fairly friendly, if not a little preoccupied with the busy-​ness and trying to stay on top of things, I guess. More plentiful than most department stores, though I doubt it stays like that forever. I left with two summer dresses, some shorts, and a pair of flats. Will totally be back for more cute things before I head on a trip later this month.
Prices are definitely reasonable. Average department store reasonable, comparable to Forever 21 or something if I had to draw such a comparison. Less annoying high school girls, things covered in tacky studs, crummy store soundtracks, though.
As for the rest of the store, I had to restrain myself from buying alllll the kitchen gadgets, and houseware stuff looked decent from what I could tell.
All in all, I suppose this is a welcome addition to Calgary’s soul sucking malls, and I will visit here when in need of THINGS.
Ps. FIRST TO REVIEW, SUCKAS