Additionally, the speed (or timing) of Target’s entry mode led to major problems in their supply-chain operations. Target entered the market through the mode of wholly owned subsidiaries, by the acquisition of 133 pre-existing stores from the Canadian department store chain, Zellers (Yoder 2016). In 2013, they opened an unprecedented 124 of the 133 stores, as well as 3 distribution centers within the first 10 months. This extremely accelerated expansion proved too much for the company to handle in its first international experience, and it led to disastrous supply chain issues (Megits 2015). After consumers eagerly awaited the opening of the new U.S. based store, they soon found many of the locations to be completely under stocked after the initial demand present, or even on the opening day of operations. This lack of available products would continue to haunt Target through the entirety of its Canadian operations. At various locations, shelves were cleared so quickly that the employees attempted to place action figures or dolls throughout multiple racks to make the aisles look fuller. In one store the inventory levels, and subsequent display of products got so bad that one manager instructed employees to fill half of an entire aisle with Tide detergent in order to fill the empty space (Banjo 2014).