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New York -- Target Corp. is getting rid of its CityTarget and TargetExpress signage, but it is definitely keeping its flexible format store strategy.

Salads and fancy pizza will soon be on the menu at a very limited number of Target locations.

Retailers that stock the world’s top drugstore brands may be in for some competition from Pharmabox, which plans to install its first automated kiosk in a mall in the Miami area.

Minneapolis – Target Corp. has released an estimate of costs related to its 2013 data breach.

In a 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Target estimated it had incurred $168 million in liabilities and was eligible for $55 million in insurance reimbursements (as of August 1, 2015).

New York -- Target Corp. has finished EMV conversion at the point-of-sale. And the retailer is letting customers in on the news.

The chain has posted an article, “Chip Cards at Target: Five Things You Need to Know Before You Check Out,” and related video on its blog.

In the posting, Target gives customers some advice for using chip cards, including that they leave the card in the card reader until prompted to remove it.   

New York -- Target is leaning on its product design and development team as its works to return to the days when shoppers flocked to "Tar-zhay" for fabulous design and inventive product, according to a report in Ad Age.
 
For a look inside the retailer's design lab, read the full story here.

Target is looking to return to the days when shoppers flocked to its stores for fabulously designed products, thanks to new directon from CEO Brian Cornell.

According to Ad Age, the company is refocused on wooing shoppers once again with a renewed emphasis on design that is "fab and functional," one of Target's core areas where the retailer really stands out in the crowded mass market field.

Read more about Target's design focus by clicking here.

Target Corp. has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve a hiring discrimination claim filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

New York -- Target Corp. has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve a hiring discrimination claim filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
 
The EEOC said three "employment assessments," which Target no longer uses, disproportionately screened out applicants based on race and gender, according to the Associated Press, and therefore violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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