Target October Sales Figure Rises
Discount retailer Target Corp. says a key revenue measure rose 2.4 percent in October as customers spent more on food and health and beauty items, but the number of people buying items was even with a year ago.
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Discount retailer Target Corp. says a key revenue measure rose 2.4 percent in October as customers spent more on food and health and beauty items, but the number of people buying items was even with a year ago.
Target Corp. is the latest major food company to tell its pork suppliers to phase out the use of cramped stalls for confining pregnant sows.
Target is the latest to announce an aggressive price-matching policy -- saying it will match prices of major online retailers, including Amazon, starting Nov. 1.
Target Corp. says that for the first time it will match prices that customers find on identical products at select online competitors this holiday season.
Dollar stores aren't just for bargain hunters anymore. The down economy is a big reason the discount chains are the fastest-growing retailers in the country right now.
Target says a key revenue figure rose 2.1 percent in September as shoppers picked up back-to-school items and groceries. Analysts expected a 2.2 increase for revenue in stores open at least one year.
A recall of peanut butter has expanded, forcing some of the country's largest stores to pull products off their shelves.
The holiday season will do more than bring presents to good boys and girls this year.
Target says revenue at stores open at least a year rose 4.2 percent in August as families began their back-to-school shopping.
University of Minnesota freshmen had a bonding experience last night at Target. Target gave 6,000 students a private shopping experience after its Roseville store had closed.
Nearly any discussion of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race presumes Sen. Amy Klobuchar is a virtual lock for re-election, with such an advantage in money, name recognition and poll standing that some Republicans openly despair of their chances to keep her from a second term.
The Minnesota Vikings have decided to take advantage of a new NFL policy that makes it easier to keep home games on local television.
Target is reporting that net income for the second quarter was unchanged, with results dragged down by the retailer's upcoming move into Canada. Yet customers are again spending money and the cheap chic discounter raised its earnings outlook.
A life line has been thrown to some of Best Buy's Geek Squad from an unlikely source. Minneapolis-based Target Stores is beginning a test program with cross town retailer Best Buy.
Discount retailer Target Corp. says a key revenue measure rose 3.1 percent in July, as more shoppers visited its stores.
A team of food lovers in downtown Minneapolis is bringing culinary ideas to life for Target, and they recently shared some of their passion and secrets.
Frank Ocean is the R&B star of the moment, with a critically-acclaimed new album and a lot of buzz surrounding his recent statements on his sexuality. But you won't find his album at Target stores, according to reports.
They may make an odd couple, but discounter Target and luxury merchant Neiman Marcus are jointly offering a limited collection ranging from fashion to sporting goods for the winter holidays.
Discount retailer Target Corp. says a key revenue measure rose 2.1 percent in June as shoppers spent more on food and health and beauty items.
Crowds flocked to watch the fireworks at Minneapolis' annual Red, White and Boom celebration, bringing bug spray, water bottles and even some portable fans to deal with Wednesday's record-breaking heat.
Two big-box retail companies will pay Massachusetts towns and cities $232,000 for allegedly overcharging public agencies for prescription drugs through the worker's compensation insurance system.
"It looks kind of angry from the front." - Dennis and his Dodge Ram
J.C. Penney's shares are tumbling a day after the department store chain announced the sudden departure of Michael Francis, a top Target executive brought in last October to help redefine the store's brand.
Target says its board approved the increase of its quarterly dividend by 6 cents, or 20 percent, to 36 cents.
A 21-year-old woman from Bagley is accused of leaving her four children in a car at a parking lot while going into a Target store to shop for swimsuits while it was almost 90 degrees outside, according to charges filed Wednesday in Beltrami County Court.
