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Target, Inc.

  • Target expanding its college store footprint

    Target is hitting the books.  

  • Target retail tech accelerator alum makes good

    One of the retail tech start-ups from the inaugural class of the Target + Techstars retail accelerator program is expanding.  

  • Specialty retailer strikes upbeat note

    Party City topped earnings estimates for its second quarter and said it is on track to deliver its full year total revenue and earnings guidance.    The party supplies retailer and wholesaler reported net income of $25.0 million in the quarter, compared to $22.5 million in the year-ago period. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 28 cents per share, topping Wall Street expectations  

  • Project Profiles


    The Neighborhoods at Butler


    Location: Gainesville, Fla.

    Size: 2.1 million sq. ft. (1.75 million sq. ft. with an additional 350,000 sq. ft. under development)

    Developer/Owner: Butler Enterprises

    Grocery anchor: Publix (West), Publix (Central), Trader Joe’s, Aldi, plus sizeable food components in Walmart, Sam’s Club and Target. Adding Whole Foods to anchor Butler Town Center (under construction with a planned opening winter 2018).

  • Food Feeds Retail

    The challenges of physical retail have inspired new concepts and new entrants to the supermarket business in America

  • Study: Brick-and-mortar retailers feel Prime Day fallout

    Prime Day 2017 was Amazon’s biggest event yet. But the shopping marathon took a significant toll on brick-and-mortar traffic.   

  • Discounter pulling plug on loyalty program

    Target is discontinuing its mobile Cartwheel Perks rewards program, but new app-based improvements are underway.   The discounter alerted shoppers participating across its five test markets via email that its “perks pilot is winding down.” Shoppers have until August 27, to collect points toward perks rewards, and all rewards must be redeemed by October 27, according to Target.  

  • Target CEO: Hispanics are shopping less

    An important demographic for many retailers appears to be staying home more these days.   In remarks at  Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech Conference in Aspen, Colorado, Target CEO Brian Cornell cited an 11% dip in shopping activity among Hispanic consumers in the past several months. (A Target spokesman said later he was referencing industrywide data from the NPD Group, The Star-Tribune reported.)   “There’s almost a cocooning factor,” Cornell said.  
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