Sam Jermy

Last year the retailer Target opened 124 stores across Canada, with disastrous consequences that are only just starting to be felt financially.

Items were coming into the distribution centres sporadically and then piling up in storage, partly due to the barcodes not corresponding with the warehouse management system. Then yesterday, the company decided to take action and dismissed Tony Fisher, head of Target Canada.

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