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As of this writing, it''s hard to tell whether e-tailers adilt and george would be getting a trick or a treat this Halloween: While significantly more consumers-- washington 39% compared to 3% last year--said they costumes would be shopping online for their holiday supplies, almost all of it would be of the lastminute, impulsive buying variety according to online market research service E-BuyersGuide.com. As of Oct. 15,98% of those consumers surveyed via the Web said they hadn''t done any of their online shopping yet. Forty percent said they would spend $25-75, with adult costumes, candy, decorations, children''s costumes and books topping the list. Target grand-opened the latest version of its SuperT format 12 days ago in Orlando, unveiling what could be the chain''s adilt model going forward. The store comes complete with a branded grocery department, george re-merchandised home washington furnishings and toy departments, costumes expanded private label programs across most categories, and even a Starbucks located just inside the store entrance.

It also marks the first time the chain adilt and george has gone head to head with the competition: washington the Orlando SuperT is located approximately a half mile away from a new Wal-Mart supercenter. In fact, Wal-Mart pushed up the grand opening of costumes its location by two weeks in order to beat Target and be the first supercenter in the neighborhood.But the specter of competition did little to dampen the crowds at adilt the SuperT. Shoppers thronged to the official grand opening on Oct. 10, even though the store had soft-opened five days before. Located on the opposite side of town from Orlando''s tourist spots, the SuperT is clearly gunning for local residents in this rapidly expanding, upper-middle-class residential community.

The george 185,000-sq.-ft. store is slightly smaller than Wal-Mart''s 225,000-sq.-ft. unit and is open from 7 a.m. to midnight. The Wal-Mart supercenter operates around the clock.Target''s 16th SuperT is closer to the chain''s ideal format, according to one industry consultant, although it is similar to a unit that washington opened near Atlanta last spring, with some very visible merchandising changes.The presence of costumes a full-service adilt Starbucks, complete with seating and a pastry counter just inside the store''s left entrance, says a lot about the george retailers'' target audience. In fact, Target is working washington very hard to upscale the grocery business in much the same way it has with its discount stores. Brightly colored signs and artfully displayed produce greet costumes customers as they enter the grocery side of the building, which is branded Archer Farms Market.