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Top 10 Retail Predictions for 2017
1. The import tax wild card. The Trump administration has floated a new tax policy that would apply a 20% tax on imports from Mexico, as well as other countries with which the United States has a trade deficit. If implemented, this tax could have a disproportionally large negative impact on merchants that export much of the goods they sell — i.e., almost all of our readers. -
Target to give a top-performing store a total makeover
Target plans to renovate its downtown Minneapolis flagship, adding an array of new features. The discounter will invest $10 million in a full-store remodel for the location, which opened in 2001, reported The Journal. Less ambitious updates are planned for other Target stores in the Twin Cities area.

