Target Does Not Want Your Money for Christmas

[ElfBot]

Embattled retailer Target endeared itself further with Christmas fans by declaring today they have “listened” to those who are tired of Christmas creep and they will now only feature Thanksgiving stuff between Halloween and Thanksgiving — not Christmas stuff. Supposedly this means no Christmas trees, no Christmas cards, no Christmas candy, no Christmas sweaters, no […]

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[made582]

Umm, so these are thanksgiving lights now?

 

[Jeff Westover]

Ask Target, they are the ones who put out the press release....

 

[made582]

Ask Target, they are the ones who put out the press release....

That’s from last week. I’ll have to check and see if they are still there tomorrow when I pick up mom’s prescriptions.

I have a feeling they are going to say one thing while doing another though.

 

[MerryCarey]

That’s from last week. I’ll have to check and see if they are still there tomorrow when I pick up mom’s prescriptions.

I have a feeling they are going to say one thing while doing another though.

If they have managers who know the local shoppers want to buy Christmas items earlier than Thanksgiving, hopefully they'll be smart enough to stock what the customers want!

 

[made582]

If they have managers who know the local shoppers want to buy Christmas items earlier than Thanksgiving, hopefully they'll be smart enough to stock what the customers want!

Yeah, ours had even more out yesterday. So they are definitely still stocking it.

 

[MerryCarey]

I saw a news article that pointed out that they're not banishing Christmas items before Thanksgiving, but they refuse to put them in the FRONT of the store. That's quite different, and a little hypocritical ... they're willing to sell and make money off the items before Thanksgiving, but are refusing to "feature" them. That smacks of playing both sides of the fence, and is not really taking a stand at all!

 

[RadioJonD]

I saw a news article that pointed out that they're not banishing Christmas items before Thanksgiving, but they refuse to put them in the FRONT of the store. That's quite different, and a little hypocritical ... they're willing to sell and make money off the items before Thanksgiving, but are refusing to "feature" them. That smacks of playing both sides of the fence, and is not really taking a stand at all!

So, the gist is their plan isn't exactly on target.

 

[MerryCarey]

So, the gist is their plan isn't exactly on target.

Right ... now pay the pun tax!

 

[RadioJonD]

Right ... now pay the pun tax!

I'm afraid I'll get audited. And we know IRS accounting is accrual profession.

 

[MerryCarey]

Got me again, Hank ...

 

[Aaron Henton]

From a news article (link below): "The retail giant, in response to feedback from customers, will ease up on Christmas signs and displays at the front entrances of their stores until after Thanksgiving, a Target spokeswoman said Tuesday. In the past, Target jumped into the Yuletide spirit right after Halloween."

So all Target is doing is delaying their storefront Christmas displays. There doesn't seem to be any mention of not selling Christmas decorations, etc until after Thanksgiving. Seems reasonable to me - a little more attention to Thanksgiving when you enter the store for the next three weeks. I'm sure that their shelves will be stocked with Christmas merch starting tomorrow.

I couldn't find the source press release, but all the news stories I found had similar information - just a re-focus of story entry decor.

Maybe the Christmas Weekly post is an attempt at satire?

Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/co...hristmas-creep-just-time-thanksgiving-n813756