Comments on: Loving the blue light special http://www.lakecountrysaver.com/loving-the-blue-light-special/ Saving and spending wisely in Southeastern Wisconsin Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: McKenna http://www.lakecountrysaver.com/loving-the-blue-light-special/comment-page-1/#comment-28 McKenna Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:54:34 +0000 http://www.lakecountrysaver.com/?p=104#comment-28 Yes, I do remember when Target was just another discount store. It started changing in the mid-1990s. I remember buying a skirt there when I was 16 and nobody could believe it came from Target. And let's not even talk about WalMart. I'm not ready to dive into that abyss. "Surreal" is a good word for Kmart. When I'm there, I feel like I'm in the twilight zone of retail, as if the store should be closed and cleared out but somehow isn't. How long can <em>that</em> business model last? Yes, I do remember when Target was just another discount store. It started changing in the mid-1990s. I remember buying a skirt there when I was 16 and nobody could believe it came from Target. And let’s not even talk about WalMart. I’m not ready to dive into that abyss.

“Surreal” is a good word for Kmart. When I’m there, I feel like I’m in the twilight zone of retail, as if the store should be closed and cleared out but somehow isn’t. How long can that business model last?

]]> By: dan http://www.lakecountrysaver.com/loving-the-blue-light-special/comment-page-1/#comment-27 dan Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:37:11 +0000 http://www.lakecountrysaver.com/?p=104#comment-27 remember when target <em>was</em> kmart? just another general discount store? then they rebranded in the early 2000s as a trendy, cool alternative to walmart. check this: median age: 41 median income: 63Keducation: 48% have college degrees it's the holy grail demographic for a discount store! i agree with you: the few times i've been in kmart (in my life) it has been almost surreal. weird lighting, sparsely peopled, inexplicably unrepaired and damaged floor/ceiling tiles. remember when target was kmart? just another general discount store? then they rebranded in the early 2000s as a trendy, cool alternative to walmart. check this:

median age: 41 median income: 63Keducation: 48% have college degrees

it’s the holy grail demographic for a discount store!

i agree with you: the few times i’ve been in kmart (in my life) it has been almost surreal. weird lighting, sparsely peopled, inexplicably unrepaired and damaged floor/ceiling tiles.

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