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Old 09-30-2014, 12:25 AM   #68
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by jbcohen View Post
For some what Target is adding is the ability to get the ebooks from a store that they know. With the multitude of computer security concerns a lot of people are warry of surfing to large e-stores such as amazon. Target offers a web site that they can be more sure that it does not have virus and other hacking schemes. Although there is some foundation for these sort of issues, computer security eperts that I work with every day say that Amazon is a "safe" site.
Amazon is pretty well trusted by everyone, I'd think.

Target, on the other hand:
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Originally Posted by khalleron View Post
Target recently had a HUGE data breach, so no, that's not it.
If anything, that is an excellent example of everything Target cannot offer.

I suspect the real answer to "what can Target offer" is nothing, except the faint hope that they will remain relevant.
That is not an offer to customers, it is an offer to shareholders.
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