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Target Should Be Ashamed of Their Women’s Department

Posted by on Sep 16, 2009 in Personal | 15 comments

I love love love love shopping for my family at Target.

Their Circo line of kids clothes are not only adorable, they are so affordably priced!  And we always find a treasure or two in their electronics department, from Wii games to $10 movies to the newest music CDs.  We buy many of our kids’ toys from Target at Christmas time, and they are always the very first place I go for back-to-school supplies.

But when it comes to shopping for ME, for my lovely plus-size self, Target absolutely breaks my heart. 

I have been in at least five different Targets in the past three years that have the exact same situation in their Women’s department:

  1. it’s tucked in the back corner of the store, past the jr’s, past the misses, even past the maternity department
  2. it’s almost always where the clearance racks from all other departments are located
  3. if there IS any selection of plus sizes, they’re not often very attractive designs, but…
  4. there’s usually very little selection to choose from anyway

I bought my 2yo son most of his Fall wardrobe at Target today, along with a fabulous SuperWhy! action figure (the only place I’ve been able to find something like that).  Truly, I love the store. 

That’s why it feels like such a royal smack in the face to walk over to the area underneath the huge “Women’s” sign and find 6 racks of clearance items filled with size 4s, some carry over from the nearby Maternity department, and a few unattractive plus-size sweaters hanging along one corner of the wall. 

Either have a Women’s department, or DON’T HAVE a Women’s department.  But don’t put it there, and then treat it like such a laughable excuse of a retail area and make me waste my time.  And a little bit of my respect for you.

Honestly, whoever thought up the location, layout, and design of the Women’s department in Target should really be ashamed.

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  • http://www.uppercasewoman.com Cecily

    Sing it sister!

  • http://robynsonlineworld.blogspot.com Robyns Online World

    I agree – I really love Target – but the plus-size department sucks. I stopped looking in that department many moons ago even and have to look elsewhere for my clothing.

  • http://www.uppercasewoman.com Cecily

    Sing it sister!

  • http://robynsonlineworld.blogspot.com Robyns Online World

    I agree – I really love Target – but the plus-size department sucks. I stopped looking in that department many moons ago even and have to look elsewhere for my clothing.

  • http://www.momof3girls.net Deb – Mom of 3 Girls

    I’ve found the exact same thing in our local Targets too – and I avoid shopping there for myself for that reason. Other than maternity clothes, I can’t remember the last time I bought an item of clothing for myself at Target in the past 9 years – and I used to shop there all the time back in college and before having kids when I could still fit into the ‘non-Womens’ sizes. It’s hard enough to find cute clothes in so-called ‘plus’ sizes to begin with, and Target’s the worst I’ve seen for sure. Good for you for calling them out on it!

  • http://www.momof3girls.net Deb – Mom of 3 Girls

    I’ve found the exact same thing in our local Targets too – and I avoid shopping there for myself for that reason. Other than maternity clothes, I can’t remember the last time I bought an item of clothing for myself at Target in the past 9 years – and I used to shop there all the time back in college and before having kids when I could still fit into the ‘non-Womens’ sizes. It’s hard enough to find cute clothes in so-called ‘plus’ sizes to begin with, and Target’s the worst I’ve seen for sure. Good for you for calling them out on it!

  • Amy Christensen

    I completely agree!! I don’t even shop for myself in Target anymore because I have been so frustrated in the past!! I worked at Target years ago when I was much thinner and I loved to buy clothes there, but not anymore!!

  • Amy Christensen

    I completely agree!! I don’t even shop for myself in Target anymore because I have been so frustrated in the past!! I worked at Target years ago when I was much thinner and I loved to buy clothes there, but not anymore!!

  • http://notadiylife.blogspot.com Heather @ Not a DIY Life

    Great post! I hope that someone from Target corp. reads this and pays attention. Not only is Target’s women’s section laughably small, with clothes that are terribly out of fashion, the quality of said clothes does not live up to the quality of their other departments. The last time that I did buy a shirt for myself at Target, it shrunk so much after one washing that I can’t wear it.

    It’s sad. Target, get your act together.

  • http://notadiylife.blogspot.com Heather @ Not a DIY Life

    Great post! I hope that someone from Target corp. reads this and pays attention. Not only is Target’s women’s section laughably small, with clothes that are terribly out of fashion, the quality of said clothes does not live up to the quality of their other departments. The last time that I did buy a shirt for myself at Target, it shrunk so much after one washing that I can’t wear it.

    It’s sad. Target, get your act together.

  • http://changingmylifeonechoiceatatime.blogspot.com/ Kristy

    Totally agree. Not to mention, their Jr/Misses sizes are cut so weird. I can fit into some of them but not in the chest & sometimes the hips. It is like they tailor them for girls with no curves at all. Even my skinny but curvy friends have a hard time finding something that fits with them or at least they occasionally have to go up a size.

  • http://changingmylifeonechoiceatatime.blogspot.com/ Kristy

    Totally agree. Not to mention, their Jr/Misses sizes are cut so weird. I can fit into some of them but not in the chest & sometimes the hips. It is like they tailor them for girls with no curves at all. Even my skinny but curvy friends have a hard time finding something that fits with them or at least they occasionally have to go up a size.

  • http://Don'thaveone Amber

    I agree with all you ladies. Please join me and write Target an e-mail asking them to changed their ways. It’s a small step, I know it may not help, but at least we can say we tried!

  • Jen

    I have been tweeting and complaining about Target’s women’s department for so long. I thought it was just me! I was so glad to run across this blog post. I really resent that it’s lumped in with maternity – size 18 does NOT equal pregnant size 4!

  • Jen

    I have been tweeting and complaining about Target’s women’s department for so long. I thought it was just me! I was so glad to run across this blog post. I really resent that it’s lumped in with maternity – size 18 does NOT equal pregnant size 4!

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