With Targets push into the grocery world with Supertargets, it certainly would not be surprsing if they got out of the oil business. Compared to what they used to carry, they practically have for all intensive purposes gotten out of carrying automotive items.
Just five years ago, I used to buy oil by the case at Target, had a choice of six or seven brands of oil, a choice of four or five brands of oil filters, a nice selection of air fitlers (even if they were frams), etc... Even 6 months ago, there were at least five brands of motor oil availible. Our new and "improved" Supertargets in this area now have approximately 1 1/2 small aisles devoted to car items. 1 is full of car wash and cleaning supplies. 1 is gadgets (cell phone holders, fuzzy dice, sterring wheel covers, etc, and the last 1/2 is the current selection of automotive fluids - which consists of Mobil 1, Penzoil Dino, and the Car and Driver Brand oils. Thats it.
Target is removing themselves from the Automotive supplies segment of the market as part of its imaging as an "upscale" discounter and ceding this low profit segment of the market to Wal-Mart and Automotive specialty stores.