Worse, for me, is how my local Target loves to drop products I've been buying there for years in order to "simplify" its inventory.

I had a list of dozens upon dozens of products that disappeared from its shelves, but I think I deleted it as I kept getting triggered every time I added to it.

What my local store, just a block away, hasn't seemed to figure out is that every time they drop a product I used to buy, they're just encouraging me to shop elsewhere for it.

My latest woe was the fact that they had, for a grocery store, very, very good garlic bread... that they've now dropped and replaced with a dramatically inferior substitute.

During their quarterly conference calls, Target management loves to complain about challenging economic conditions and about how sales are down.

I wonder why?