Please read the following articles regarding Target's strategic initiative to operate retail stores in Canada and then answer the following questions:

1. What went wrong in Target's strategic initiative to operate retail stores in Canada?
2. Target chose to discontinue its Canadian operations, what other options could Target have chosen?
3. What advice would you have given Target's CEO?

Target to Discontinue Its Canadian Business, Forbes, Jan. 2015

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2015/01/20/target-to-discontinue-its-canadian-business/#7ec2e6c45736(Links to an external site.)

Did Target Understand the Canadian Market? By Josh Kolm, Strategy

http://strategyonline.ca/2015/01/16/did-target-understand-the-canadian-market/(Links to an external site.)

Jan. 2015

Why Target's Canadian Expansion Failed. By Denise Dahlhoff, HBR

https://hbr.org/2015/01/why-targets-canadian-expansion-failed(Links to an external site.)

Jan. 20, 2015