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A new survey finds that consumers rate Target, Safeway, Subway, Best Buy, J.C. Penney, Walgreens, Bank of America and Verizon Wireless as being the best retail and restaurant brands when it comes to using social media to communicate with customers.
As it watched its biggest competitor file for bankruptcy and cease operating, Barnes & Noble knew that a change to its business model was necessary for its survival. Specifically, that change meant shifting its focus to becoming a digital book seller. In his keynote address at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition in Chicago yesterday, William Lynch, CEO of Barnes & Noble, detailed how the bookstore chain has used the web to redefine and grow its business.
Two years after Target angered gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a fiery gay marriage opponent seeking t
Target has joined the Shopkick program, making it the largest retailer to reward its guests for using the app via their smart phones. Target guests nationwide can earn points for shopping at Target that can be redeemed for a variety of rewards.
There are a steady stream of retailers from H&M to Levi's forging partnerships with outside brands and designers. Some of the most high profile collaborations have come from the aisles of Target, where the company has been partnering with designers since 1999.
A Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. unsealed a case against retailers accused of transshipping Chinese-made pencils to avoid antidumping duties. The four named defendants are Staples, OfficeMax, Target and Industries for the Blind. The defendants are accused of transshipment of Chinese-made pencils through third countries such as Taiwan, Indonesia and Vietnam by U.S. importers. The importers would knowingly buy Chinese-made pencils in those countries and claim to U.S. Customs that they originated in those countries. If guilty, the defendants are subject to three times the loss of revenue to the government and a 10 percent duty for false country of origin marking.
Thanks to a new partnership with mega-retailer Target Corp., the Curiosity Shoppe is on track to blow up from a boutique gift store in San Francisco to a household name. Curiosity Shoppe owners Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom will "curate a 60-plus-piece collection of entertaining accessories, stationery, kitchenware, games, crafts and curiosities" that beginning Sept. 9 Target will carry in its stores - all 1,700 of them. The Curiosity Shoppe is the second San Francisco retailer Target selected. The first is the Candy Store, a retailer selling old-fashioned sweets in vintage jars.
Target plans to open its first stand-alone athletic sportswear brick-and-mortar store under the C9 Active Apparel name. The 3,000 square-foot store will open in San Francisco and sell Target's exclusive C9 by Champion collection.
About 200 people who want companies to make it easier for people with minor criminal records to get jobs protested at the Minneapolis headquarters of Target Corp. on Wednesday. The protesters were with TakeAction Minnesota. They marched into Target's headquarters urging the retailer to lead the way on changing how companies screen prospective employees.
Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart and Kohl’s are all celebrating a milestone 50th anniversary this year. It’s hard to believe that all four were founded in the same year, but combined these stores changed the way America shops. Happy birthday to modern retail!