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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 1491345" data-attributes="member: 246624"><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/02/TargetSpread.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Seeing <a href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5125187/the-terrifying-spread-of-the-walmart-plague" target="_blank">Wal-Mart spread across the U.S.</a> in that video last month reminded me of a virus consuming mankind, but this <a href="http://projects.flowingdata.com/target/" target="_blank">Target one?</a> Not so much. It&#039;s not a perfect store, but it&#039;s certainly no Wal-Mart.&nbsp;While both companies saw explosive growth from when they were founded (both in 1962) until just a few months ago, when the retail sector imploded, the way in which they expanded was markedly different.&nbsp;Whereas Wal-Mart spread from a central point like your traditional virus, Target was more like a metastasizing cancer, beginning in the central U.S., like Wal-Mart, and then popping up in targets of opportunity wherever there was good business.&nbsp;And now, just like Wal-Mart, they to have a Gizmodo writer comparing their stores to something terrible that can invade the human body. Victory! [<a href="http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/30/mapping-and-animating-growth-of-target-across-us/" target="_blank">FlowingData</a>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=e2c762d66272e09cfad1bcded560e999" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=N4Pcd9uP" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=fvkwpOFK" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=6DwwmFFC" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=6DwwmFFC" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=lqGAutnb" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=lqGAutnb" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/63-R3VgVvy4" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geek, post: 1491345, member: 246624"] [IMG]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/02/TargetSpread.jpg[/IMG]Seeing [URL="http://i.gizmodo.com/5125187/the-terrifying-spread-of-the-walmart-plague"]Wal-Mart spread across the U.S.[/URL] in that video last month reminded me of a virus consuming mankind, but this [URL="http://projects.flowingdata.com/target/"]Target one?[/URL] Not so much. It's not a perfect store, but it's certainly no Wal-Mart. While both companies saw explosive growth from when they were founded (both in 1962) until just a few months ago, when the retail sector imploded, the way in which they expanded was markedly different. Whereas Wal-Mart spread from a central point like your traditional virus, Target was more like a metastasizing cancer, beginning in the central U.S., like Wal-Mart, and then popping up in targets of opportunity wherever there was good business. And now, just like Wal-Mart, they to have a Gizmodo writer comparing their stores to something terrible that can invade the human body. [I]Victory![/I] [[URL="http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/30/mapping-and-animating-growth-of-target-across-us/"]FlowingData[/URL]] [URL="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1"][IMG]http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1[/IMG][/URL][IMG]http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=e2c762d66272e09cfad1bcded560e999[/IMG][URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=N4Pcd9uP"][IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=fvkwpOFK"][IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=6DwwmFFC"][IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=6DwwmFFC[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=lqGAutnb"][IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=lqGAutnb[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [IMG]http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/63-R3VgVvy4[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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