Waikiki Target opens at International Market Place

[veteran+]

They also need someone that will get serious about FOOD!

Food is what carried Walmart through many economic and competative vagaries.

[babs]

They also need someone that will get serious about FOOD!

Food is what carried Walmart through many economic and competative vagaries.

They did. They hired a former exec from Fred Meyer and he got pushed out after he realized food wasn't.a priority for Target.

I disagree with the comment above that a new CEO can't save Target. Cornell initially did a great job fixing many of the issues with Target when he first joined but Target has outgrown him. A new leader could do wonders. Target has great real estate, lots of customer goodwill and mostly a strong team. This isn't Kmart or Sears.

[storewanderer]

They also need someone that will get serious about FOOD!

Food is what carried Walmart through many economic and competative vagaries.

This isn't Kmart or Sears.

It feels like it is getting there fast... or I should say, where those two chains were back in the early 90's. Various operational issues, lack of focus, execution issues, etc...

[Bagels]

@ClownLoach - if you were to visit the Albertsons in Quail Hill you’d soil yourself. The entire HBC section is locked up, as is all of the laundry detergent. It seems to be the trend retailers are adapting to. It’s also the reason I infrequency shop there. Wifey downs a large bottle of Tide a week (I gave up), so it’s a frequently purchased items. The store has a barebones staff and I’ve waited 15+ minutes before somebody came to help me. Beyond that, I doubt understand why $1 off brand laundry sheets are locked up… usually it’s just Tide but now it’s everything.

[storewanderer]

@ClownLoach - if you were to visit the Albertsons in Quail Hill you’d soil yourself. The entire HBC section is locked up, as is all of the laundry detergent. It seems to be the trend retailers are adapting to. It’s also the reason I infrequency shop there. Wifey downs a large bottle of Tide a week (I gave up), so it’s a frequently purchased items. The store has a barebones staff and I’ve waited 15+ minutes before somebody came to help me. Beyond that, I doubt understand why $1 off brand laundry sheets are locked up… usually it’s just Tide but now it’s everything.

Theft has to be very serious for Albertsons to actually do this lock up you are describing. I know of one store that has constant thefts and they will NOT do the lock up cases in that store. The store wants/needs them. It is like a store needs 2+ years of theft data on categories to finally implement lock up. I mean they don't even have security camera monitors or anything posted on the aisles despite these issues.

There is another location I know of (not even the same division as the one I describe above) that has been having significant theft issues for the past 5 years that keep getting worse and worse, and actually finally started to lock all this stuff up- laundry and HBA/OTC. The theft then moved to the paper category. Now there is talk of locking that category up. Zero support from police and people walking out with unpaid stuff constantly. Cannot wait to see what C&S does to that turkey of a store.

[ClownLoach]

@ClownLoach - if you were to visit the Albertsons in Quail Hill you’d soil yourself. The entire HBC section is locked up, as is all of the laundry detergent. It seems to be the trend retailers are adapting to. It’s also the reason I infrequency shop there. Wifey downs a large bottle of Tide a week (I gave up), so it’s a frequently purchased items. The store has a barebones staff and I’ve waited 15+ minutes before somebody came to help me. Beyond that, I doubt understand why $1 off brand laundry sheets are locked up… usually it’s just Tide but now it’s everything.

Theft has to be very serious for Albertsons to actually do this lock up you are describing. I know of one store that has constant thefts and they will NOT do the lock up cases in that store. The store wants/needs them. It is like a store needs 2+ years of theft data on categories to finally implement lock up. I mean they don't even have security camera monitors or anything posted on the aisles despite these issues.

There is another location I know of (not even the same division as the one I describe above) that has been having significant theft issues for the past 5 years that keep getting worse and worse, and actually finally started to lock all this stuff up- laundry and HBA/OTC. The theft then moved to the paper category. Now there is talk of locking that category up. Zero support from police and people walking out with unpaid stuff constantly. Cannot wait to see what C&S does to that turkey of a store.

I've heard that nearly all of the Vons and Albertsons in San Diego have installed the exact same lock ups. All health, beauty, laundry, cleaning supplies, all locked up. It was a massive rollout in the last 60 days and customers are absolutely pissed. So what @Bagels is describing is probably part of the same initiative. The store he speaks of is relatively quiet, rich area, and easy to disappear from via multiple freeways. My experience managing a Irvine store was surprising, the highest theft store in the district because the extensive freeway and toll road network and relative ease of getting on/off attracts thieves. Cerritos is another area with similar problem. Where multiple large highways intersect you always find more theft. San Diego is very much like that the further south you go.

I haven't seen any Albertsons lock up in my area outside of alcohol and the usual small case at customer service desk with a few medications and such, but I would not be surprised if the thieves move this way as they're pushed out of Orange County and San Diego county.

[Bagels]

It’s literally the entire HBC, plus the entire cleaning supplies & laundry detergant. Here’s a picture I took this afternoon. The retail world is going bananas’

[storewanderer]

It’s literally the entire HBC, plus the entire cleaning supplies & laundry detergant. Here’s a picture I took this afternoon. The retail world is going bananas’

!!! That is ridiculous. In Irvine? Something went terribly wrong for this to happen there. I think they'd be better off just barricading off the aisles with these items during slow/understaffed times. I wonder if there is some kind of internal theft issue and controlling even employee access to these aisles is needed.

I don't like the Ralphs set up that is common? around Los Angeles with everything squeezed into one aisle and a bored employee at a lackluster cash register in front of that aisle but I actually think that might be a better set up.

[babs]

It’s literally the entire HBC, plus the entire cleaning supplies & laundry detergant. Here’s a picture I took this afternoon. The retail world is going bananas’

!!! That is ridiculous. In Irvine? Something went terribly wrong for this to happen there. I think they'd be better off just barricading off the aisles with these items during slow/understaffed times. I wonder if there is some kind of internal theft issue and controlling even employee access to these aisles is needed.

I don't like the Ralphs set up that is common? around Los Angeles with everything squeezed into one aisle and a bored employee at a lackluster cash register in front of that aisle but I actually think that might be a better set up.

An awesome showroom for Amazon. The more stuff stuff you lock up, the more Amazon sells. Stores and law enforcement need to find a better solution.

[ClownLoach]

It’s literally the entire HBC, plus the entire cleaning supplies & laundry detergant. Here’s a picture I took this afternoon. The retail world is going bananas’

!!! That is ridiculous. In Irvine? Something went terribly wrong for this to happen there. I think they'd be better off just barricading off the aisles with these items during slow/understaffed times. I wonder if there is some kind of internal theft issue and controlling even employee access to these aisles is needed.

I don't like the Ralphs set up that is common? around Los Angeles with everything squeezed into one aisle and a bored employee at a lackluster cash register in front of that aisle but I actually think that might be a better set up.

This matches the pictures showing up in San Diego. I think this is a larger rollout for Albertsons Cos.

They probably sell very little of this product, so the shrink rate is in the stratosphere. Irvine is one of the most cost conscious retail areas I've ever seen. The people are rich, or at least have high credit scores, and want to keep it that way. They will shop around, they will use coupons. Or the ones that don't care will just buy it all from Amazon for delivery, they don't eat at home anyway only restaurants and bars. I'm surprised any of the drugstores remain in Irvine.

I wonder if/when they'll either try to close the right entrance door at that location permanently or remodel to move all of liquor. It is a high end liquor set comparable to Pavilions, and it was all built into that front right corner. After the Safeway merger they fully remodeled that liquor department to the 8ft racks. You have $150-$200 bottles 12 feet from the door.