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Retailers Partner With White House to Fight Global Warming
October 20, 2015 at 12:25 pm

Sixty-eight new companies joined the Obama administration's American Business Act on Climate Pledge and vowed to reduce its carbon footprint, the White House announced yesterday. Apparel and beauty brands like Levi's, Target, Nike and L'Oréal are all part of the new crop of companies that made a variety of different pledges to reduce detrimental effects…

Target Joins UNICEF in New Health Charity Initiative
October 16, 2015 at 11:10 am

Target is partnering with UNICEF to sell fitness bands for kids that will benefit the fund's education program. A month after declaring a shift in its corporate giving strategy, Target Corp. on Tuesday unveiled the first new campaign under its new focus on health and wellness. The Minneapolis-based retailer is partnering with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF…

Target Converts to Credit Cards With PINs, Not Just Signatures, for Security Reasons
October 15, 2015 at 11:27 am

Two years after its catastrophic data breach, Target has become the first major credit card issuer to convert to cards that contain a PIN. The department store — which also issues a Visa credit card that consumers can use anywhere that accepts credit cards — began notifying credit card customers this week that new cards are…

Wal-Mart Taking on Target in Yet Another Category
October 7, 2015 at 10:54 am

Wal-Mart on Tuesday announced a series of initiatives to beef up its health and wellness offerings, at a time when low-price competitor Target also has the segment in its crosshairs. On Saturday, the world's largest retailer will host what it's dubbed "America's Biggest Health Fair," at which it will provide free glucose, blood pressure and vision…

Target Expands Price-Matching Policy to 29 Rivals
September 30, 2015 at 11:02 am

Matching online prices was once considered a risky proposition for brick-and-mortar retailers. Now it’s the norm. The newest evidence comes from Target, which is about to expand the number of online competitors it will match prices with to 29 from five. The updated policy, which goes into effect Thursday, includes giants like Macys.com and Staples.com as well…

Target Hires New Executive to Help Fix Fundamentals
September 25, 2015 at 11:42 am

Knuckling down on fundamentals, Target Corp. has hired Anu Gupta, a retail industry veteran, to the new position of senior vice president of operational excellence. Gupta, whose hiring was announced Thursday, will help the Minneapolis-based retailer as it works to improve its operations, such as keeping shelves stocked and simplifying its processes. Company executives have been…

Target to Hire 1,000 IT Workers
September 22, 2015 at 10:28 am

Target plans to cut back on outsourcing and hire 1,000 information technology workers. The retailer will hire 500 software engineers and other IT workers in Minneapolis and 500 more in India. Chief Information Officer Mike McNamara told CIO Journal that the company's reliance on vendors "got to a stage where almost half the team is in third…

Target Tests Grocery Delivery
September 15, 2015 at 6:16 pm

Target is testing the online grocery delivery waters. The Minneapolis-based discounter has teamed with Instacart, the online grocery delivery service that started in 2012, to let shoppers in the Minneapolis area order fruits and other perishables, as well as household, pet and baby products, and have them delivered to their homes in as little as an…

Target Lays Off 235 in Twin Cities Tech Operations, 40 in India
September 3, 2015 at 11:27 am

Six months after the ax fell on hundreds of workers at Target Corp. headquarters, the company’s technology operations finally felt the effect of its downsizing, with 235 people in the Twin Cities told they were out of a job Tuesday. The retailer’s information technology units were spared in earlier rounds of layoffs as the senior executives…

Target Aims to Start Serving Alcohol for the First Time
September 2, 2015 at 12:38 pm

Borrowing from the playbook of upscale grocers such as Whole Foods Market and Wegmans, Target is aiming to serve alcohol right in the store. Angie Thompson, a Target spokesperson, confirmed that the Minneapolis-based retailer applied in August for liquor licenses to sell and serve alcohol at a planned store near Chicago’s Navy Pier. If approved, it…