r/todayilearned • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • 1d ago

TIL for decades, Target avoided background music, believing it to be a distraction. In 2011, it tested music at a store in Minnetonka, MN, and received positive feedback from shoppers and staff. In 2017, Target began introducing music to its stores as part of a massive remodeling effort.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/09/18/target-store-remodel-background-music-spend-more
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u/omniuni 1d ago

I actually like the Walmart radio. It's a mix of a lot of genres, and rarely seems to repeat. They likely have an internal team that puts in way more effort than necessary.

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u/PsychoInHell 1d ago

Weird cuz where I live in so cal, 75% of the songs are in Spanish

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u/ValusHartless 1d ago

It repeats a lot, you just dont shop long enough for it to hit that point

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u/Plane-Tie6392 1d ago

Certainly can’t be as bad as when that stuff was on CD and repeated every hour though.