I'm getting a Target in mid October, and I think Bristol is getting one too. Canadians at work tell me that Canadian Targets' are rubbish in comparison to those in the states....never having been in one I won't be able to judge. Are they OK?...the Zellers that it replaced really was a bit dire. I don't like Walmart, but I like Costco (sorry Oink) do you think that I might like a Target?

Not much, it has all the grace and charm of an abscessed tooth.

In comparison to Walmart they are much more pleasant, they don't feel as basic and don't have mile long checkout lines, but have roughly the same prices. I agree that the Canadian ones made some stupid decisions, for instance changing their Market Pantry Coleslaw recipe from the really nice one in the US to a green mush one in Canada - I have no idea why they did that. They also lack US products that I enjoy such as Quorn and the smaller Starbucks Frappuccino drinks, but they're just a grocery store, not a US product importer so that's to be expected.

Their selection of home stuff is very good, in fact they make some of the nicest reasonably priced bedding I've found. Their extra-soft bedsheet is extremely good.

I really like Target, but have only visited them in the US, and generally newer ones at that. There was a thread on this a while back and the view seemed to be that the Zellers replacement Targets were nothing special.

I'm sorry I seemed to have missed that one, but I've just searched it... Yes I see what you mean, possibly not great for haute couture but not bad for pots and bedding.

Why oh why don't Ikea realise that Atlantic Canada is here and ready and waiting.....

I went to a Target store in Toronto a couple of months ago. It was more or less a mirror image of the ones in the US...same merchandise...layout etc. Don't know about food items as I tend not to buy food from Target.

As long as you don't go in expecting the exact items you find in the US and remember your in Canada, you will be fine.

They have the new Philip Lim fashion line .. Nice bags

The naan breads and pita breads are really good.

I recently visited a Target in Canada, for house stuff, (never been to one in the US) and the store left me cold. Ikea offers a much better shopping experience, so hopefully Ikea will hear your call.

I'm a reasonably frequent customer of Target in the US. I went to one in Canada where they wouldn't accept my credit card. "It works in Buffalo" I said "Yes, but the stores have been adapted for Canada, they're not quite the same" said the fluttering advisory woman. I left my stuff on the till thinking that I don't like shopping enough to deal with difficulty.

Probably has to do with differing bank issuing the cards in each country.

There are regular rumours

I find it really cheap for branded hair products

They do a fab Moroccan oil hair serum for 4 bucks

Wasn't overly impressed by either the US or Canadian one tbh