Target, Inc.

Count on Target Corp. to be among the most dominant players of the year. 

Three leading retailers will discuss the importance of cooperation in modern cybersecurity efforts at the National Retail Federation’s upcoming annual conference, NRF 2020 Vision: Retail’s Big Show.

As the new year settles in, so do new leaders at many of the nation’s leading chains. 

CVS Pharmacy has launched a limited-time offering to promote its prescription delivery program. 

Retailers concerned over the pending border-adjusted tax have boosted their lobbying efforts in Washington.   Target Corp., Gap Inc., and Best Buy Co. Inc. spent nearly $3.2 million combined on lobbying during the quarter – as opposed to just $830,000 in the same period a year ago – according to federal lobbying disclosures filed Thursday, Bloomberg reported, while Wal-Mart spent almost $2.2 million in the first quarter, an increase of $140,000 over the same time last year.   

Target Corp. is celebrating the highly-anticipated release of a popular video game with some fun in-store flourishes.       

Target Corp. is losing a senior digital executive.   Casey Carl, chief innovation and strategy officer, is leaving the retailer, effective May 5. His departure, first reported by The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, comes as the chain has been reducing some of its innovation initiatives, including a store of the future with robots, to focus on efforts that have a faster payback.   

Target’s food-based innovation lab, which was targeted to be shut down, may get a second lease on life.   Target’s Food + Future lab initiative ended up on the retailer’s chopping block — along with other innovative projects — as it refocuses efforts on its core business. However, on Tuesday, April 17, sources said an inves-tor approached the chain with an offer, reported the Star Tribune.