Details have been released on where Target will expand in Canada
Posted Jan 6, 2012 05:31:00 AM.
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An update on the expansion of U-S retail giant Target to Canada.
Minneapolis-based U-S department store chain Target has announced where the first 24 of its stores will open in Canada — and all of them are in Ontario.
Locations include malls in Toronto and surrounding area, Hamilton, Windsor, London, Kawartha Lakes and Orillia.
Target plans to open 125 to 135 stores in Canada beginning next year.
Each location will employ between 150 to 200 workers, with hiring slated to being in 2012.
Locally, the Cambridge Centre and Stone Road Mall in Guelph will also see Target stores in the near future.
The Cambridge one is currently a Zellers, and is expected to change over in 2013.
This morning’s Record reports employees at the Cambridge Centre Zellers were given notices on Wednesday telling them their jobs will be gone in September.
It’s not clear how many people work there, but it’s believed to be around 100.
They will have to apply for jobs if they want to work at the new Target store.
