You make very good points. For comparison, the lease amount of Target's Canadian (failed) expansion was for $1.3B USD for 220 stores. https://en.wikipedia.org/

You make very good points. For comparison, the lease amount of Target's Canadian (failed) expansion was for $1.3B USD for 220 stores. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Canada [Edit] Target USA stores as of May 2015: 1795 http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2015/05/22/what-is-the-future-for-target-stores/#642f3c9b8686 http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2015/05/22/what-is-th... Amazon's $5B shipping loss now almost looks quaint, if one factors in absence of retail stores and presence of handful number of Warehouses.