Screw Wal-Mart, Shop Target !!!!!

[ohplease!]

Target is the old Dayton Hudson Department stores. They're headquartered in Minneapolis.

(That's in Minnesota... not France)

dig a little deeper......

 

[SiuDude]

dig a little deeper......

There's nothing else to dig. Target is an American corporation owned by American stockholders. Just like Wal-Mart.

 

[Flybet3]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Federal immigration agents detained more than 100 workers at a construction site for a new Wal-Mart distribution center, authorities said.

HA! well.....who's going to finish the construction of the wal-mart? white boys? I dont thinks so. God forbid for a white man to get his hands a little dirty or work under the blazing sun or freezing cold.

 

[ohplease!]

There's nothing else to dig. Target is an American corporation owned by American stockholders. Just like Wal-Mart.

wrong answer....

 

[coolnamepending]

How about screw both of them. Target doesn't allow the Salvation Army to collect change infront of it's stores during the holiday seasons.

That was later proven to be an urban legend...not true.

 

[SiuDude]

How about screw both of them. Target doesn't allow the Salvation Army to collect change infront of it's stores during the holiday seasons.

Actually that is true. They're still not allowed at Target.

 

[DX Rick]

Actually that is true. They're still not allowed at Target.

would I ever tell a lie?

 

[Dizel8]

As for Target not being US owned, well, it might be true, but if so, they have hidden it well. Looking over the stockholders, their financials etc., I see no indication that they are not US held. Snopes apparently agrees:

"The Target Corporation is a publicly held U.S. firm which has been based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since it began as the Dayton Dry Goods Company in 1902. Target is not now, nor has it ever been, foreign-owned."

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

As for the Salvation army thing, they used to allow SA and only SA to solicit in front of their store, they have changed that policy, but has entered into a partnership with the Salvation Army.

More info about Target can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Stores

 

[I.P. Freley]

dig a little deeper......

You might want to follow your own advice.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-target-veterans.htm

Go to the last entry on that page, the 2003 anti-French revision.

Since you're so sure that the French are in charge of Target, why don't you show us your source instead of dancing around the issue? You sure didn't get your information from the New York Stock Exchange or from the Target Corporation.

 

[SiuDude]

As for Target not being US owned, well, it might be true, but if so, they have hidden it well. Looking over the stockholders, their financials etc., I see no indication that they are not US held. Snopes apparently agrees:

"The Target Corporation is a publicly held U.S. firm which has been based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since it began as the Dayton Dry Goods Company in 1902. Target is not now, nor has it ever been, foreign-owned."

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

As for the Salvation army thing, they used to allow SA and only SA to solicit in front of their store, they have changed that policy, but has entered into a partnership with the Salvation Army.

More info about Target can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Stores

From the Wikipedia link you gave us:

"Target has a standard no-solicitation rule at its properties, as it wishes to provide a "distraction-free shopping experience for its guests". Exemptions to this policy were previously made for the Salvation Army to station its traditional red kettles and bell-ringers outside Target stores during the Christmas season. However, the company decided that it would no longer allow the Salvation Army to solicit on Target Stores' properties in 2004 because they believed it was a distraction to their guests and because an increasing number of other nonprofit groups also wanted to be granted exceptions to the "no solicitation" policy to support charity [4]. Many religious organizations objected to this decision, and called for boycotts of Target; however, this has failed as Target's financials over the last year have been setting company records and Target's same-store sales have been outperforming Wal-Mart. Additionally, when Target ousted the Salvation Army bell ringers, Target Corporation said that they planned on seeking an alternate method to donate to the organization. For example, Target donates annually to the United Way (the Salvation Army is a member of the United Way coalition)."