It's official: Target Heading North

Home Textiles Today Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 12/21/2010 3:19:43 AM

In the 1990s, Kmart tested international retailing in Mexico and then-Czechoslovakia and ended up retreating. Wal-Mart headed across the border and kept on going. Target, known for exercising prudence, did not follow.
     That will change next year, when the chain will branch out into Canada - a move the company hinted at earlier this year and confirmed during its recent quarterly conference call.
     "We expect to have new [smaller format] sites in 2012, and we also plan to open new sites outside the U.S., with stores in Puerto Rico and Canada," said ceo Gregg Steinhafel.