@@karyon1007 Depends on the Target as some even in Minnesota can be with few items. I have found this to be the biggest issue with USA Targets is some seem to be bare of items 1/2 the time or have odd sizes of items ever since 2010's well before 2020.
@@IDontWantThisStupidHandle Legally, Australia and the USA are different countries and neither company has a presence in the others respective country.
@@IDontWantThisStupidHandle Unless the name/logo were registered as trademarks in both Australia and the USA beforehand, it would require no agreement, not even a discussion.
Yeah, it must be the reason. You can't just copy a huge American business and get away with it in a western country. If it was in China it would be a different thing.
I live in australia and went to seattle in sep 2019. Went to the big 2 story target in the city and it was very shocking. The bottom floor is for groceries and the second floor is for normal target stuff. A lot more range than australia and it has escalators for trolleys
Yeah the moment you said target was only in the USA, I did a google search to double check if the USA Target and the AUS Target were related. Turns out they aren't really
@@turdleybrown356 Not anymore. The entire Coles Group was taken over by Wesfarmers in 2007. They spun off the Coles Group in 2018, however that was just the Supermarket, liquor and flybuys parts. Target and Kmart are still owned by Wesfarmers. Myer also hasn't been part of Coles Group since 2006.
Target australia is like the Kmart of the USA and vice versa. In australia Target is the dying brand that is not very popular as their products are cheaper than department stores but more expensive than others but the quality/ range is not that high. Kmart has cheap products of decent quality and generally have cheaper prices making them very successful
About 60-ish years ago, the Myer chain of department stores bought the right to use the name and format in Australia. But today Target AU is owned by Wesfarmers, NOT Myer.
Can’t be pure coincidence… there must be some kind of agreement to be able to use the same branding and logo… otherwise why doesn’t one sue for copyright over the other?
probably same kinda reason why burger king is called hungry jack's here in Australia. Somebody got it first here, target just happens to be a whole ass company
@@JackoNorm ^ What Jacko said. Unless the name/logo were registered as trademarks in both Australia and the USA beforehand, there would be no grounds for one to sue the other.
@@davidliddelow5704 There is no need for Target AU to license anything. Target US does not have a trademark for the brand in Australia. There is nothing preventing Target AU from using the branding.
Um, canada is NOT ‘overseas’ lol Canada shares the longest LAND border in the world with -wait for it- the USA (!) That being said, This expression (‘overseas’) could easily (though incorrectly) be used interchangeably with ‘international’. - and not just by a gifted ESL speaker using a stock idiom out of context but even by a less-than-gifted native english speaker who lazily relies upon generic terms without understanding their meaning. Anyways, given the superb quality of these reports, this niggling complaint is really just ‘small beer’ (which, as it happens, is how Canadians would mock the anemic quality of American;s enervated beer in comparison to their own lusty concoctions lol).
Target US once used the slogan "Expect More, Pay Less." Target. Australia never stooped that low when it comes to plagiarism; they used the totally different "Get More, Pay Less."
I don't remember any of them the last time I went, target Aus is mostly targeted towards stuff on the cheap end clothing, electronic, kitchenware, furniture, a fairly wide range of things. But specific brands seem to come and go
Australia and New Zealand are so cheesy for this. we have a Bed Bath and Beyond too almost exactly the same but totally different companies. it kind of bit the NZ one in the arse because the American one if going bankrupt and when it appeared in the news people thought the New Zealand one would be affected but it is not.
Both companies are about as old as each other and used the name Target around the same time (the 60s). An American corp (Burger King) has already tried the "sue local business then expand into the country" technique and lost the lawsuit. The name would be protected under Australian IP laws, but apparently licenses the American company's logo.
Because the jurisdiction of Amerika ends at the USA borders (as surprising as that may be to many Americans :P) Unless the name/logo were registered as trademarks in Australia beforehand, there are no grounds for one to sue the other.
@@turdleybrown356 All they have is "I used to work there. my boss said so". ie, they have nothing. Without a trademark registered in Australia by Target US, there is nothing preventing Target AU from using the branding.
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from the US to canada is not going overseas, there is no sea in between.
Lmao I saw the Australian comments and I had a feeling this was going to happen
Oh. That explains it
@@Vortex-7358 Yep I was one of them haha
Where’s Canada? Is it a city in China?
As an Australian, I always get confused looking up things from target only to realise I’m browsing the US website. So confusing!!!
I hate that, u think you’re getting a good deal then you realise you’re on the us site
Is your Target as addicting as ours in the US?
It's good as. JB Hi Fi has price matched to the wrong target before. Get a good $ 100 off
@@jameswhitehead34 HAH thats so funny
@@karyon1007 Depends on the Target as some even in Minnesota can be with few items. I have found this to be the biggest issue with USA Targets is some seem to be bare of items 1/2 the time or have odd sizes of items ever since 2010's well before 2020.
As an ex Target Australia employee, I was told by the regional manager that they leased the Branding from the US
@@IDontWantThisStupidHandle Legally, Australia and the USA are different countries and neither company has a presence in the others respective country.
@@IDontWantThisStupidHandle Unless the name/logo were registered as trademarks in both Australia and the USA beforehand, it would require no agreement, not even a discussion.
@@IDontWantThisStupidHandle Trademarks don't follow on other countries
@@IDontWantThisStupidHandle clone companies like this are actually quite common
Yeah, it must be the reason. You can't just copy a huge American business and get away with it in a western country. If it was in China it would be a different thing.
Bro I straight up was thinking you were trying to tell us about gaslighting, watching the entire video made sense.
Bruh
I love the Great Lakes as much as any red-blooded Canadian, but even I think "over seas" is a bit of a generous description
sometimes us americans use the word overseas for anything outside the country, its weird
@@sammymarrco47 probably because we only border 2 countries. Any else is actually overseas.
🤓
Probably crossing the border will be harder than crossing the ocean for most Americans since they don't have passports.
Lol
til Canada is overseas 😂
I had the same thought. Like...I guess it's "overseas" from Hawaii?😆
I was about to make this comment too
Overseas can technically also just mean in a different country, but it’s a slightly odd way of phrasing it 😅
Maybe if you live on the great lakes you can fool yourself into thinking that?
Recently, Target trademarked their logo in Japan. I wonder which one was it.
the one with the red circle.
I live in australia and went to seattle in sep 2019. Went to the big 2 story target in the city and it was very shocking. The bottom floor is for groceries and the second floor is for normal target stuff. A lot more range than australia and it has escalators for trolleys
You gonna make a full length video on Target Australia's blunders? lol
what are they
Actually, the Target Australia logo is upside down but we see it straight up
🤓
This is not Target. This is not a Target store. Or is it? *vsauce music begins *
Don't know how Target's lawyers have never gone at each other
They probably just kinda went "Perfectly balanced, as all things should be"
Target AU went as far as blocking all non AU users from accessing their website 😂 I had to use VPN to check it out.
Yeah the moment you said target was only in the USA, I did a google search to double check if the USA Target and the AUS Target were related. Turns out they aren't really
"This little period down under" I see what you did there! lol
Make a video about target Australia too? Already watched that one.
I'm Australian and I literally learned this the other day after watching your video
“Same same, but different.”
Thanks for clearing up our confusion. Going to target (au) is going to feel weird now
Same with Kmart, Kmart in Australia ID pretty great
Target & K-Mart both owned by Coles-Myer Group too
@@turdleybrown356 Not anymore. The entire Coles Group was taken over by Wesfarmers in 2007. They spun off the Coles Group in 2018, however that was just the Supermarket, liquor and flybuys parts. Target and Kmart are still owned by Wesfarmers.
Myer also hasn't been part of Coles Group since 2006.
Aussie Target is pretty good, Aussie Kmart is nowadays cheap and nasty.
how to avoid double taxes, nah bro it’s a different company i swear
Target australia is like the Kmart of the USA and vice versa. In australia Target is the dying brand that is not very popular as their products are cheaper than department stores but more expensive than others but the quality/ range is not that high. Kmart has cheap products of decent quality and generally have cheaper prices making them very successful
Kmart is successful? 🤔 They barely exist anymore
I have the same question when I came to Australia 😂 how can this be a pure coincidence?
The answer is that it's not, our target just stole your target's branding.
About 60-ish years ago, the Myer chain of department stores bought the right to use the name and format in Australia. But today Target AU is owned by Wesfarmers, NOT Myer.
I'm glad you made this 😅 i left this exact question as a comment.
I’m still so mad Target isn’t in Canada 🇨🇦
Used too
@@tvcatoof yea 😢
Can’t be pure coincidence… there must be some kind of agreement to be able to use the same branding and logo… otherwise why doesn’t one sue for copyright over the other?
trademarks aren't worldwide
I got news for you bud: Canada ain’t overseas
Australia stole Burger King, naming it Hungry Jacks -
they are the same company? they just failed when they first arrived as burger king. so renamed when they tried again
Target Australia should try expanding to America.
In Puerto Rico, they have Target Rent A Car.
Want target in Japan?
Nope, you get Nissui.
This is targeted advertising
*slow clap*
You should see the logo for the shops named "continente" from Portugal. It looks similar to the one target uses
What's the relation to target Australia? There must be some relation between the two for target to not have sued the hell out of target Australia
Target Australia licences the logo.
probably same kinda reason why burger king is called hungry jack's here in Australia. Somebody got it first here, target just happens to be a whole ass company
@@JackoNorm ^ What Jacko said. Unless the name/logo were registered as trademarks in both Australia and the USA beforehand, there would be no grounds for one to sue the other.
@@davidliddelow5704 There is no need for Target AU to license anything. Target US does not have a trademark for the brand in Australia. There is nothing preventing Target AU from using the branding.
its simple trademarking something in USA doesnt trademark it worldwide
Canada is not "overseas" from the US
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I thought at first there was going to be a twist, like the store’s name really was “Not Target”.
Um, canada is NOT ‘overseas’ lol
Canada shares the longest LAND border in the world with -wait for it- the USA (!)
That being said, This expression (‘overseas’) could easily (though incorrectly) be used interchangeably with ‘international’. - and not just by a gifted ESL speaker using a stock idiom out of context but even by a less-than-gifted native english speaker who lazily relies upon generic terms without understanding their meaning.
Anyways, given the superb quality of these reports, this niggling complaint is really just ‘small beer’ (which, as it happens, is how Canadians would mock the anemic quality of American;s enervated beer in comparison to their own lusty concoctions lol).
The man just said Canada us overseas 😂
I didn’t know Canada was overseas
Yes, that is target (because I am Australian)
The Australians pirated the Woolworth’s store name too! That’s what happens when a country is peopled entirely with criminals!
At least the Aussie Woolworths still exists and is thriving 😅
Holy shit, how are you this dense? 🤦
Last time I checked, Canada isn’t overseas from the US.
If they expand it would be so funny
Target US once used the slogan "Expect More, Pay Less." Target. Australia never stooped that low when it comes to plagiarism; they used the totally different "Get More, Pay Less."
Do Americans not know geography and that Canada is not "overseas" lol
Target Period 💅🏻
of course they're not the same- in America, its actually Tar-jay!
This is great, but you should try adding subway surfers footage
Have you see or heard about Conway Panama? I believe the legal name of that store is Target S.A. and it's logo is the same as Target USA
expanding from the US to Canada is not really what I would call “expanding overseas”….. where is the sea? Lol
That link dont work
polymatter getting into short video content 👀
I left with more questions than answers.
I have the impression that Canada is not overseas from the US...
Canad is not "overseas", it's "international" but it's not "overseas" ffs
does the australia target have similar brands like up&up, threshold, room essentials and heyday?
no
I don't remember any of them the last time I went, target Aus is mostly targeted towards stuff on the cheap end clothing, electronic, kitchenware, furniture, a fairly wide range of things. But specific brands seem to come and go
It’s the same with kmart Australia and kmart USA
Is Canada overseas from America?
as an australian i can say target still fell off here too lol
Damn bro proved me wrong
Seriously, how has there not been a giant lawsuit? Did Target US spend its whole litigation budget on old Zellers stores?
because trademarks aren't worldwide
if you apply for trademark in US it only gives you the trademark for the US not worldwide
I worked there and I didnt know that. I knew we were separate but assumed rights were sold.
I can smell lawsuit
no lawsuit as trademarks are not worldwide if you trademark a name in USA it only trademarks it in USA not worldwide
Wait but I want to learn about the Australian target not the Canada one
My bad...
Like how Kmart aus is more successful than the original.
of course you do this to us. just because this 1 factor.
lmao I like the idea of Canada being "overseas" from the US
Overseas = Canada 🤣
I liked the pun
Australia and New Zealand are so cheesy for this. we have a Bed Bath and Beyond too almost exactly the same but totally different companies. it kind of bit the NZ one in the arse because the American one if going bankrupt and when it appeared in the news people thought the New Zealand one would be affected but it is not.
Is Canada really "over seas"
Gonna go to another country and start a chain of stores called "Target?"
……and kmart, but kmart (U.S.) went bankrupt
How dose target us not sue target Australia into oblvion? Wouldn't target Australia be committing trade mark and copyright infringement?
Both companies are about as old as each other and used the name Target around the same time (the 60s). An American corp (Burger King) has already tried the "sue local business then expand into the country" technique and lost the lawsuit. The name would be protected under Australian IP laws, but apparently licenses the American company's logo.
Because the jurisdiction of Amerika ends at the USA borders (as surprising as that may be to many Americans :P) Unless the name/logo were registered as trademarks in Australia beforehand, there are no grounds for one to sue the other.
What kind of coincidence...
Oh! My!
Oh like delmonte asia
Think you’d at least use the current Australian logo 😅
Seems like searching for a Target store is really his or miss
Canada is not over any sea
Canada is not overseas to the US
Its not target in australia... Its target (but you pronounce it like youre from france. Its a fancy person thing
How is Canada overseas? 😂 Are you in Hawaii?
You are wrong, is it Target it's just not Target Corporation. Who is to say Target America is more legitimate than Target Australia?
Thanks. I was really confused. Sorry I had a go at you.
Coincidence? I Think NOT.
Target Australia licences the logo
People keep making that comment but I can't find anything other than speculation on the internet. Do you have any details?
@@turdleybrown356 All they have is "I used to work there. my boss said so". ie, they have nothing.
Without a trademark registered in Australia by Target US, there is nothing preventing Target AU from using the branding.
Boycott target
Canada "overseas"... Do you mean Lake Superior?
Canada is not overseas
I dunno, it looks like Target to me.
Next you'll tell me a woman is not a woman, and a man is a woman. -_-
A polymatter video that isnt about china...am i supposed to drop dead of shock?
Okay
Look at target Puerto Rico
But it is Target? It literally says Target
It is Target. It's just not the Target yanks shop at.
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