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Target Corporation is an U.S. retail corporation.
Today In Retail: Ethan Allen Projects 44.9 Pct Retail Written Orders Growth; Christopher & Banks Files For Chapter 11
January 14, 2021
In today’s top retail news, Ethan Allen Interiors anticipates reporting retail segment written orders growth of 44.9 percent from the prior year for the company’s second quarter, while Christopher & ...Why Target Crushed Holiday Sales While Nordstrom And Urban Outfitters Flopped
January 14, 2021
The 2020 holiday shopping season is shaping up to be a tale of two kinds of retailers. While Target crushed eCommerce and even reported decent in-store sales volume, others like ...Today In Retail: Walgreens To Launch Co-Branded Cards; Big Lots Reports Rise In Quarter-To-Date Comp Sales
January 13, 2021
In today’s top retail news, Walgreens is growing its financial services offering with the help of Mastercard and Synchrony, while Big Lots, Inc. said it has seen quarter-to-date comp sales ...Target Doubles Holiday Digital Sales; In-Store Comps Up 4.2 Percent
January 13, 2021
Target reported Wednesday (Jan. 13) that comparable digital sales more than doubled during the holiday period, while in-store sales also surprisingly grew despite the pandemic.
“The momentum in our business continued ...Trying To Reason With Returns Season: 51 Percent Of Consumers Would Keep Goods For Discounts
January 11, 2021
While early to mid-January is always the return season, this year has long been forecast to be a spot more active than its predecessors given the volume of gifts bought online during ...Skip It: Amazon, Walmart Tell Consumers To Keep Unwanted Gifts
January 10, 2021
Amazon and Walmart are among the big retailers trying out a new way of handling refunds, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Customers can ask for ...Digital-First Economy Redefines Retail And Consumer Behavior
December 24, 2020
When it’s said and done there was only one story that mattered in the retail universe this year and it was the rise of the digital-first economy. The numbers speak ...Target, Walmart Adjust Holiday Delivery Processes As Shipping Crisis Peaks
December 21, 2020
Ten million packages. Gridlocked. These are some of the numbers and terms being used to describe the state of holiday shipping as the last week of the holiday shopping season ...Target, Kohl’s Give Health And Beauty Partnerships A Makeover
December 1, 2020
The pandemic, and the stay-at-home lifestyle it brought, has altered the beauty routine of the average consumer. Lipstick sales as of this fall had crashed over the last six months, as ...Walmart, Target Take In-Store Spending Title For Black Friday
November 30, 2020
Although most consumers did their Black Friday shopping online this year, new research shows young shoppers were most likely to head into physical stores, suggesting their fear of COVID-19 was ...Cyber Monday Looks To Be Biggest Shopping Day To Date
November 30, 2020
The tally on Thanksgiving weekend continues to favor the digital-first economy. With in-store shopping on the decrease and online sales spiking as expected, the situation looks like it’s tailor-made for ...Whole Paycheck Tracker: Target, Walmart Comparison Uncovers Different Digital-First Strategies
November 20, 2020
Traditionally our Whole Paycheck tracker covers the mano a mano of Amazon and Walmart as they battle it out for their share of the American paycheck. But as the pandemic ...Target Q3 Earnings Show Continued Momentum For Digital-First Strategy
November 18, 2020
Target continued its winning digital-first strategy for the third quarter as the company announced another triple-digit eCommerce spike on its earnings call Wednesday (Nov. 18). By the digital numbers the ...Big Week Ahead For Retail; Target Earnings Expected To Show Momentum Of Digital Shift
November 16, 2020
With a successful Singles Day in the books for Alibaba, last week was a referendum on the spending power and preference for Chinese consumer. This week is a referendum on ...Target Nixes Subscription Service
November 13, 2020
Target has canceled its subscription service, a foray into bulk discount purchasing launched seven years ago. Through the service, Target customers were able to automatically reorder items in bulk while ...The Evolution Of Retail, X-Border Payments Amid The Pandemic
November 12, 2020
Target and Ulta are teaming up on a “shop-in-shop” concept, as the cosmetics business continues its pandemic-fueled evolution. In eCommerce, the Singles’ Day shopping event in China, which was four ...Target, Ulta Keep Cosmetics Retail Innovation Going Amid Pandemic
November 11, 2020
The cosmetics business continues its pandemic-driven evolution as new partnerships and new brands continue to enter the market. The latest pairing to make news is Target and Ulta. Target announced ...Retail Partnership Brings Ulta Beauty To Target Stores
November 10, 2020
Retail giant Target is collaborating with Ulta Beauty in a strategic partnership that will bring a shop-in-shop concept to 100 Target locations across the country, the companies announced in a press ...Target Rolls Out Red Carpet For Weary Holiday Season Shoppers
October 22, 2020
Target is pulling out all the stops — including offering to save harried shoppers a place in line — in a bid to keep all-important holiday spending season on track ...Grocery Roundup: ALDI Flirts With Online Ordering, Walmart And Target Optimize Floor Plans And Grocers Stock Up On Essentials For The Holidays
October 1, 2020
It’s been a busy time in the grocery world this week, with the theme being one of making upgrades across the board. How consumers order, how they pay and how they ...Walmart Unveils Pandemic-Inspired Store Design
October 1, 2020
As major retailers get ready for a wave of October holiday shoppers, store design and safety is still top priority. Both Walmart and Target have announced new configurations and pandemic-inspired ...Digital Approaches To Retail Promotions And Accounts Receivable
September 30, 2020
Target’s “Deal Days” are set to compete day-to-day with Amazon’s proprietary holiday, which was confirmed just hours before Target’s. The “Deal Days” will showcase digital promotions on thousands of products. And ...Why Instacart, DoorDash And Other Delivery Firms Are Moving Beyond Just Food
September 29, 2020
If the holiday shopping season is divided into two groups — those who love to go shopping vs. those who don’t — the latter looks set to enjoy more opportunities ...Today's Top Retail News: Holiday Spending Looks Flat; Target Meets Amazon Prime Challenge
September 29, 2020
In today’s top retail news, holiday spending is expected to be flat this year, Bed Bath & Beyond rolls out same-day delivery and Target goes up against Amazon Prime Day ...Target Meets Amazon At Point Of Attack With ‘Deal Days’
September 29, 2020
Another contender has joined the Prime Day counterprogramming battle. Target announced on Monday (Sept. 28) that its “Deal Days” will compete day-to-day with Amazon’s proprietary holiday, which was confirmed only ...Q4 Outlook: Consumer Mindset Is The Wild Card
September 29, 2020
The consensus opinions are starting to show up on the retail fourth-quarter calendar. With Amazon’s confirmation of Prime Day and Target’s follow-up of its Deal Days, it appears that the ...Target Pilots Buy Now Pay Later With Sezzle
September 28, 2020
Sezzle, the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target, a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works ...Target Holiday Hiring To Focus On Digital Demand
September 24, 2020
Target is poised to embark on its annual hiring binge to prep for the upcoming holiday season, but this year the retail giant is doing things a bit differently.
With the ...Grocery Roundup: Walmart Unveils Walmart+ And Amazon Creates ‘Dark’ Whole Foods Stores
September 3, 2020
As the fall shopping season prepares to settle into place, the race for the customer’s grocery dollars is getting more competitive by the day. Last week’s big headline was Amazon opening ...October Shapes Up As Make-Or-Break Month For Retail Sales
August 24, 2020
When a public company hosts a quarterly earnings call, it’s usually a predictable, even tedious affair. The executives who deliver news of the profit or loss are usually rehearsed and ...Whole Paycheck Tracker: Trying FIT® On For Size
August 21, 2020
It’s not often that Walmart gets upstaged in the world of retail. In fact, Amazon is about the only one who has been capable of doing so, as the reigning ...The Race For Online Grocery Shopping Heats Up
August 21, 2020
In a year full of strange outcomes and unexpected changes, the world of grocery shopping stands out for special mention. It was previously one of the last holdouts against large-scale ...Target Rolls Out Grocery Pickup Nationwide As Competition Mounts
August 20, 2020
The grocery wars just got a little hotter, with Target rolling out pickup and drive-up service at 1,500 stores across the country.
Target announced Thursday (Aug. 20) its new grocery pickup ...Target Out-Walmarts Walmart With Digital 3.0 Blowout
August 19, 2020
The mega-retail blowout continued this week, as Target posted record Q2 earnings Wednesday (Aug. 19) with evidence that the digital shift is moving from pandemic phenomenon to a consistent reality.
By ...Shipt COO: Why Success Requires More Than Just Great Tech
July 30, 2020
For some companies, the digital shift has been more seismic than subtle. Shipt is one of those companies. Owned by Target, the shopping and delivery service has seen a business ...Target Takes Big Step To Close On Thanksgiving Holiday
July 27, 2020
Target said in a press release on Monday (July 27) that, as part of its holiday shopping and COVID-19 plans, it will close on Thanksgiving. The chain’s move follows Walmart’s ...Prepping For The Coming Grocery Delivery Wars
July 8, 2020
It’s got Netflix series written all over it: “Grocery Delivery Wars.”
Imagine drones racing through the skies, festooned with NASCAR-like logos, laden with boxes of comestibles as cohort drivers on the ...Target To Bring Fresh, Frozen Groceries To Customers' Cars
June 25, 2020
Target Corp. plans to roll out fresh and frozen grocery pickup and drive-up services at 400 Midwestern stores before the end of the month, and to 1,500 of its stores ...Retail's Trust Issue: How To Manage Vulnerability
June 24, 2020
On a recent National Retail Federation webinar Target CEO Brian Cornell was asked about the most important factors facing retailers as they continue to deal with the business disruption caused ...The Emergence Of Digital 3.0 Via eCommerce, Mobile
June 22, 2020
Target has found itself perfectly positioned for the in-store essential goods that kept consumers shopping during the pandemic amid a shift in the direction of Digital 3.0. The retailer has ...