"Shrinkage" is an expected loss in all retail stores, and they work constantly on ways to combat it. (I spent time in the Financial Accounting dept. at Target Co. writing computer programs to try to pinpoint such losses.)

But despite high shrinkage, the bottom line is that the Lake St. Target has been profitable, while the Broadway one has lost money for the past 8 years. Why would we expect a business to keep operating a store that the neighborhood has shown they do not want to patronize? Do we want to force Target into bankruptcy like K-Mart? How would that be helpful to the city?

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson

A couple of years ago, I got trapped in conversation with a man who does (or
did at the time) financial analysis for Target.  He told me that the Lake
Street Target, not the Broadway store, was the worst store in terms of
internal losses and shrinkage,
. . .
Eric Oines
North Minneapolis


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2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject 
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