Target Closing Down all 133 stores

[lrt's friend]

This is a retail disaster. So we dismantle Zellers for what? Nothing? Are we creating a pseudo monopoly for Walmart in that class of retail?

I never liked the Target store at Billings Bridge. A quarter of the store was dedicated to groceries. Why? I just find stores like Target and Walmart are trying to cover too much territory and for any type of product there is poor selection.

I don't see this a big boon for the Rideau Centre. The Rideau Centre benefits from the new stores and the growing number of condos in the area. But the days of downtown shopping are long gone for most of the city. It is simply too difficult to get there from the suburbs and too expensive to park. And yes, I remember the days when downtown shopping was routine. But traffic has gotten a lot worse over the years.

So what fills the void?