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Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins!
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Sun, 6 Jan 2002 05:54:43 GMT
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> Clearance items are tagged at the corporate level but the computers at the
> local stores actually control when items move from one clearance level to
> another. As long as merchandise is moving out of the store at a reasonable
> rate the discount level will remain at the current level (30% in the case of
> my local store). Once things stop moving, the computer system will flag a
> price reudction and the staff will go tag appropriate items and the process
> will begin again until at some point when the system essentially flushes
> what ever is left (i.e. 75% off).
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> Mike
If Target is this advanced nationwide I would be impressed. A local food
vendor here in Texas (HEB) was starting to use a computer to help with or
better yet controll stocking this summer (at the time it was only the 4th
HEB to have such a system(San Antonio)). It is an excellent idea in theory
and is definatly the wave of the future.
The Food chain computer tracket each and every item and then reordered a
case after a case had been sold. I wonder if the target computer is doing
the same? Is it tracking the # of Droid Escapes sold or just the number of
clearance toys? I'd bet all toys are lumped in together in a section.
Target seems to like getting rid of clearance items, unlike K-mart. Perhaps
the computer can only flag for early reductions, meaning by Monday all
stores would be at 50% anyway. I hope so anyway, I've been checking the
site all day for a Target update :)
Just out of curiosity was this a new or an old target?
Matt
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| "Matt Penney" <glister5454@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GpI5r7.3rF@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) of (...) I agree - I got the impression that it was an aggregate flow of clearance items the computer monitored. (...) Perhaps (...) The (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins!
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| (...) Actually, Target controls this on a store by store basis. 2 weeks ago, Kare 11 (local TV news here in Minn) had a 15 minute extra on store advancements on how they are trying to improve moving merchandise. Target was explaining how the system (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| "Mark Cornell" <mcornell@chi.tds.net> wrote in message news:3C371988.BD1288...tds.net... (...) clearance (...) 30% (...) sets, (...) Stone (...) 12 down (...) [ ... snipped ... ] We do a lot of shopping at Target for our general needs so it isn't (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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