Target Ticked at Apple/Disney iTunes Deal

Target is only French if you pronounce it:

Tah-JAY

;)

hey tundraboy,
target doesn't have customers.
target has guests.

It's ridiculous because the retailer should have no power in bullying companies like this. The only way they'd ever have the power to speak like this to a retailer is if they gained way too much power, and thats when the US government needs to start anti-monopoly proceedings. Not so much for target, because they basically got laughed off for this, but if Walmart were to pull a move like that, I cant help but feel like they'd get a lot of consideration.

Actually, this lil' rainy moment in a coffee cup was over long before TUAW heard of it. When Disney shook its figurative fist, Target caved. All the Disney promotion material will be back.

One of the interesting aspects (utterly missed by the TUAW blogger, of course) is that a disproportionate number of Apple managers and officers come from, you guessed it, Target. A few phone calls and. . . .

Target. Stick to socks & undies.

nuff said

In a grand hissy fit for the ages, Target yells at its customers, "All of you who want to buy Disney DVDs, go to Walmart! You're not wlecome here!"

I work at Target and I sent this in about 3 weeks ago.

I guess all the Weblogs, Inc. tip links don't do a thing.

At any rate, all the Disney promotional signs have been gone for about about 3 weeks. This includes entertainment, toys, and even clothing. I think we have 1 lighted sign left, and as far as I know, they will be replacing that too.

ArizonaDK, you're in idiot.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

from that site:
"The Target Corporation is a publicly held, U.S.-based firm which has been headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since it began as the Dayton Dry Goods Company in 1902. Target is not now, nor has it ever been, foreign-owned. (A French-based financial institution, AXA, holds about 42 million shares of Target stock, but that holding constitutes less than 5% of Target Corporation's outstanding shares.)"

and so what if it was French owned? why don't you explain to all of us what you're trying to say, huh?

i think companies need to realize that right now, the market for tangible goods like CD's and DVD's still exists. sure, people want content, but they also want things they can "hold". i mean, instead of having a 'Cars' DVD wrapped up under the tree, what if Santa gave a little kid a card that said "I've downloaded your present onto the computer"?

ArizonaDAK,

You are totally wrong.

"Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1962. It is the sixth-largest retailer in the United States."

"Some of Target's fans jokingly refer to a Target store as "Tar-zhay" or Targé (Tar-jé) (IPA: [tɑɹˈʒeɪ]), as though it were a French word, a reference to its more upscale image compared to its competitors. This trend is incorrectly believed to have been started by Oprah Winfrey, when she used the French pronunciation to refer to the store on her television show. This conflicts with the information in Laura Rowley's book, On Target, which traces the pronunciation back to 1962, the year the first Target opened. This pronunciation has also led some people to incorrectly believe that the company is French-owned"

Hate to break it to you, they are 100% American.

Look it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation

Target is a French-owned enterprise. What else would expect from the French?