As a response to Ameera Ladak’s blog post about Target taking over stores like Zellers in Canada. Target is basically just a bigger version of Zellers but the fact that a large American company is coming into Canada and taking over a branch of HBC is unsettling for many Canadians. Having such a powerful neighbor Canada has had to stand its ground many times from intrusion. The fear now of many Canadians is the loss of classic Canadian companies like Tim Hortons being taken over as well.

Of course this is not the case for all. Living next to a Zellers that has recently closed, i am excited to see what everyone is raving about when Target opens. As Ameera said, more people will be attracted to the malls if Target is there but personally i enjoy living by a more “quiet” mall. Target attracting more customers will definitely benefit the rest of the mall (which is also expanding) but will take away from the “quiet residential” areas where many Zellers currently reside.Hopefully the good will outweigh the bad in this expansion and the Canadian economy will benefit from such an influence.