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Coventina

(27,064 posts) Thu Dec 20, 2018, 03:34 PM Dec 2018

My local Target is tearing down Christmas and setting up Valentine's displays.

It made my last-minute Christmas shopping just that more irritating.

Can't they at least wait until Christmas is over before shoving all the Christmas stuff into the back of aisles?

Why are we constantly living our lives months in advance?

OK, rant off. My fault, I guess, for leaving little odds & ends for the last minute....

(I went to a few other places, and Christmas was still in full swing there...it seems it's only Target where Christmas is over).

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My local Target is tearing down Christmas and setting up Valentine's displays. (Original Post) Coventina Dec 2018 OP

Having worked in Retail for over 4 decades Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #1

You make good points, but I would say Coventina Dec 2018 #2

That would make sense to the shopper Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #4

Well, in my case it backfired, because it caused me to leave sooner rather than later. n/t Coventina Dec 2018 #5

brainwashing shifting to product lol. nt msongs Dec 2018 #3

Yep, most store are so over Christmas. Fla Dem Dec 2018 #6

Just wait a few weeks SCantiGOP Dec 2018 #7

Happy Valmas Donkees Dec 2018 #8

It's actually for Valentine's Day 2020 Blue Owl Dec 2018 #9

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. Having worked in Retail for over 4 decades

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 03:41 PM

Dec 2018

I would think that this is an effort to

1). Condense down the Christmas Seasonal Sections that have likely sold through and have pretty big holes in them now. (You can't sell empty shelves.

2). Get stuff out of the backroom, so that people can move safely. This time of year, it's a maze of incoming deliveries from warehouse and vendors and they are being pounded with the Beer, Soda, Chips, Liquor deliveries that need space for the final push this weekend.

3). Keep the staff working, particularly seasonal workers who will likely soon be departing.

4). Generally get a jump on things. Being ahead is never, ever a bad thing.

Coventina

(27,064 posts)

2. You make good points, but I would say

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 03:48 PM

Dec 2018

Shove the Christmas stuff to the FRONT of the store, rather than hiding it away on the back end caps of aisles.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

4. That would make sense to the shopper

Reply to Coventina (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 03:54 PM

Dec 2018

however, If you are going into the store to buy Christmas items this time a year (a reasonable bet) as a Retailer I want you to walk to the back of the store past as many things as possible in order for you to get there. Stores and displays are laid out as they are for a reason.