Target
September 22, 2015 at 10:28 am
Target plans to cut back on outsourcing and hire 1,000 information technology workers. The retailer will hire 500 software engineers and other IT workers in Minneapolis and 500 more in India. Chief Information Officer Mike McNamara told CIO Journal that the company's reliance on vendors "got to a stage where almost half the team is in third…
September 15, 2015 at 6:16 pm
Target is testing the online grocery delivery waters. The Minneapolis-based discounter has teamed with Instacart, the online grocery delivery service that started in 2012, to let shoppers in the Minneapolis area order fruits and other perishables, as well as household, pet and baby products, and have them delivered to their homes in as little as an…
September 3, 2015 at 11:27 am
Six months after the ax fell on hundreds of workers at Target Corp. headquarters, the company’s technology operations finally felt the effect of its downsizing, with 235 people in the Twin Cities told they were out of a job Tuesday. The retailer’s information technology units were spared in earlier rounds of layoffs as the senior executives…
September 2, 2015 at 12:38 pm
Borrowing from the playbook of upscale grocers such as Whole Foods Market and Wegmans, Target is aiming to serve alcohol right in the store. Angie Thompson, a Target spokesperson, confirmed that the Minneapolis-based retailer applied in August for liquor licenses to sell and serve alcohol at a planned store near Chicago’s Navy Pier. If approved, it…
August 26, 2015 at 11:35 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided not to penalize Target Corp. for the 2013 cyberattack that led to the exposure of millions of customers’ data, the company said Tuesday. The agency was one of several governmental entities to investigate the retailer in the wake of the attack, one of the largest against a U.S. company. In…
August 25, 2015 at 10:43 am
Target Corp. has agreed to pay $2.8 million to thousands of rejected job candidates for upper-level positions because tests they were given disproportionately screened out applicants based on their race or gender. The payout was announced Monday by the Minneapolis Area Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and will be disbursed among more…
August 19, 2015 at 2:46 pm
A settlement between Target Corp. and Visa Inc. moves the retailer a step closer to resolving most of the financial claims against it from the 2013 data breach. However, an attorney representing banks and other card issuers and a trade group representing credit unions pressed Target for more. Under the settlement announced Tuesday, Target will…
August 17, 2015 at 3:55 pm
Target Corp. CEO Brian Cornell took a major step in reshaping the company’s senior leadership Monday by elevating Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan to a new role and reaching outside the firm for a new finance chief. He tapped Cathy Smith, a former executive for Express Scripts and Wal-Mart, as Target’s chief financial officer, starting…
August 13, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Target Corp. plans to begin testing a grocery-delivery service soon as retail rivals stake out space in bringing food to customers' doorsteps. The Minneapolis-based retailer isn't offering many details about the effort, though the Star Tribune quotes Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Jones as saying a trial of the service will be offered "in the very…
August 12, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Aldo Product Services, a division of Montreal-based Aldo Group, has signed on to create a new men’s and women’s shoe and handbag collection for Target. The brand, called A+, is inspired by the core Aldo merchandise and will launch this month in all Target stores throughout the U.S. “Style is an increasingly important area of…
