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Target said a systemwide outage that prevented customers from making purchases at its stores on Saturday has been fixed. The two-hour outage, which affected its cash registers, was caused by an internal technology problem, the retail chain said, without giving further details. โAfter an initial but thorough review, we can confirm that this was notโฆ
Target will soon accept Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and other mobile payment options in its stores, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. The retailer is striving to offer more convenience and faster checkout experiences to customers. Target has offered mobile payment via its Target App since 2017, and the addition ofโฆ
In a keynote presentation and interview at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City, Target Corp. Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell detailed how the general merchandise retailer has followed a plan of reinvesting in the business, from people to technology to product, and the benefits itโs now realizing as a result.โฆ
Amazon.com has become synonymous with online shopping. Just as โgoogle itโ or โI need a Band-Aidโ have become colloquialisms, so has โorder it on Amazon.โ I work with dozens of millennials and have a 5- and 7-year-old at home, and whenever they need something, their first response is โget it on Amazon.โ The โculture ofโฆ
Total Retailโs Caitlin Sullivan and Joe Keenan discuss a few trends emerging in retail for the upcoming shopping holidays.
Target shoppers will be able to avoid long checkout lines this holiday season thanks to a new mobile checkout service. The retailer's store associates will be equipped with mobile devices that can complete shoppersโ checkout processes from anywhere in its stores. The new service, which Target is calling "Skip-the-Line," was launched this week at all companyโฆ
Target for the first time ever will offer free two-day shipping with no minimum purchase required this holiday season. The move comes as Target bids to win shoppers over rivals Walmart and Amazon.com. The retailer said Tuesday that starting Nov. 1 and running through Dec. 22, "hundreds of thousands of items" will be eligible for free, two-dayโฆ
On Tuesday, Target announced plans to roll out a new toy experience in stores and online, in time for the holiday shopping season. Changes include devoting more aisles to selling toys in stores, hosting play days in stores and making the new dedicated space โabsolutely permanentโ lasting beyond the gifting season. CNBC reports Target willโฆ
Target is testing a new product distribution strategy aimed at cutting down its replenishment cycle from days to hours while reducing overall inventory at stores, especially at small-format ones. Preston Mosier, Target's senior vice president of global supply chain and logistics field operations, made the announcement last week during a keynote presentation at the Retail Supplyโฆ
Target will begin to test a service that uses Bluetooth-connected household devices to monitor your supply of toilet paper, paper towels and hand soap, and automatically order more when consumers need them. The replenishment program is called Target Fetch, and the retailer will launch a campaign May 1 on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo to solicit 250โฆ