{"id":213845,"date":"2010-01-22T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T21:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1051599"},"modified":"2010-01-22T16:42:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T21:42:24","slug":"target-coming-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/213845","title":{"rendered":"Target Coming to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b><u>Target marks bull\u0092s-eye on Canada<\/u><\/b><br \/>\nBy QMI Agency<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated: 22nd January 2010, 2:47pm<\/p>\n<p>.Target Corp. has set its sights on expansion outside the U.S., with possible stores in Canada within the next five years. <\/p>\n<p>In its strategic growth plan outlined on Thursday, Target said initial expansion is most likely in Canada, Mexico and or Latin America beyond a three-to-five year horizon. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are excited about the growth potential for Target and believe we have the capital, talent, and right blend of discipline and innovation to deliver meaningful value to our guests and shareholders,\u0094 said Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Target. <\/p>\n<p>Other areas of focus for the company in 2010 include a $1 billion renovation at 340 existing stores, fewer than 10 additional store openings and the development of smaller, urban stores. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;As we approach each of these growth opportunities, Target will apply the same rigorous financial discipline that we have applied historically, ensuring a returns-based approach and the prudent use of capital,\u0094 Steinhafel said. <\/p>\n<p>The Minneapolis-based mega retailer owns and operates 1,744 stores in 49 states across the U.S.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Target marks bull\u0092s-eye on Canada By QMI Agency Last Updated: 22nd January 2010, 2:47pm .Target Corp. has set its sights on expansion outside the U.S., with possible stores in Canada within the next five years. In its strategic growth plan outlined on Thursday, Target said initial expansion is most likely in Canada, Mexico and or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3861,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}