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Re: Target Exclusive Trains On Clearance
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Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:44:22 GMT
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I believe, that in general, if a new product does not move in a few weeks,
Target will blow it out.
I think this is a great strategy by Target. I'm no retail expert, but I
think selling a slow moving item at a cut price and getting fresh stock on
the shelves will generate more revenue rather than clogging the shelves with
the slow movers and management hoping the items eventually sell.
(<cough>TRU<cough>).
Whenver I go to Target, the shelves are about as immaculate as can be. And
there is usually a relatively low number of items on the shelf. The number
of items allowed on the shelf seems to vary by department. For example,
there is always tons of toothpaste and other personal car products on
display. You always need those.
But the toy, office supply, seasonal and other sections seem to have some
restrictions on how much is out. For example, there might be only one or two
computer keyboards or 6 spindles of CDRs on the shelf at a time.
Perhaps this is a sign of very tight inventory control? Or just a way to
make sure the stores always look neat and tidy.
Regardless, cheap passenger cars are a good thing.
Bryan
"TWS Garrison" <tgarrisBASSo@ISmath.BESTpurdue.edu> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.44.0212131051160.7041-100000@banach.math.purdue.edu...
> I've wondered the same sorts of things about Target. What I particularly
> remember is that last spring/summer Target had the Tantive IV and the Yoda
> sculpture, and clearanced them quickly. In that case it was great to see
> big sets in the stores, but the clearancing was disturbing; it was as if
> Target wanted to get rid of them as soon as the Episode II hype was over,
> while ignoring the realities that a) these were classic Star Wars sets,
> not Ep II toys and b) the market for these sets is teenage and older Star
> Wars and Lego fanatics---a population that might well *receive* these sets
> for Christmas, but whose spending power would be most diluted during May
> and June (the big release of SW and SW Lego items). So Target clearanced
> them well before the Christmas season, which is the only time that I would
> expect these big ticket items to sell well.[1]
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| "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:H72H60.4C5@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I have to agree with you here. One thing about this hobby, you get to learn the habits of some of the big retailers. TRU, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I've wondered the same sorts of things about Target. What I particularly remember is that last spring/summer Target had the Tantive IV and the Yoda sculpture, and clearanced them quickly. In that case it was great to see big sets in the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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