Directly next to the entryway was the customer service counter and Starbucks, with offices upstairs. I say "was" because this store has been remodeled since this visit, and while I haven't been back (P09 and P17 are both too boring for me to do a before and after, even though I love before-and-afters), this part of the store often seems to get reconfigured in recent Target remodels.
Wow, there's a lot here which looks like it could have been taken at my former local Target which operated between ~1981-2006 before it moved to a new location. The space just got it's first retail tenant since 2006 when Ollie's opened their first (and only so far) store in Houston. I guess there was a lot of holdover design elements between the early 1980s and early 1990s. Granted, even modern Targets share some elements with 1970s Targets so I suppose that is hardly shocking!
ReplyDeleteI don't go to Walmart or Target a whole lot these days, but I had reason to make a brief visit to Target a couple weeks back. The store I went to is a mid-1990s store which once had stripes, but now has a P17 design inside and out. Anyway, upon entering the store, it was nice to be greeted by a shiny white vinyl floor and a clean looking drop ceiling. While common some years ago, Target is one of the few retailers where that combo is still common. Target does still seem pretty committed to store maintenance so that's good. I wouldn't say that I like P17, but it doesn't look bad in this particular store at least. It's still nothing too wildly off from memories of Target stores from years ago or the Target scenes in the movie 'Career Opportunities'!
I believe this is a fairly standard Target layout for the era, but not that common around here since Target didn't really get going around here until a bit later.
DeleteYeah, Target still knows how to make their stores look good! They don't always look great -- some have gotten very cheap remodels lately, and some smaller-format stores have rather poor concrete floors -- and they do tend to be rather bland these days, but they're certainly way nicer looking than Walmart!