Gregg Steinhafel

Target coupons inform father of daughter's pregnancy

​A Minneapolis man discovered that his daughter was pregnant after Target started sending her coupons for baby clothes and cribs, according to an eye-opening New York Times story.The story chronicles how Target builds complex profiles of its customers, assigning each of them a "Guest ID" and study ... More >>

Ryan Langston, child model with Down Syndrome, profiled by NBC Nightly News

​Last night NBC Nightly News profiled Ryan Langston, the child model with Down Syndrome who recently appeared in a Target ad that won the local retailer plaudits for inclusion.We told you about Ryan Langston last week. He had appeared in a Target ad over the holidays, which was generating buzz onl ... More >>

Keith Ellison condemns Lowe's for pulling ads from Muslim reality TV show

CMG0220Lowe's: Let's boycott something together.​Rep. Keith Ellison has joined the outcry against home-improvement giant Lowe's after the retailer announced that it is pulling its advertising from a reality TV show called "All-American Muslim." The show, which was intended as a portrait of everyd ... More >>

Occupy MN protester slammed by Hennepin County security [VIDEO]

​Last night, Occupy MN set up dozens of tents in the Hennepin County Government Plaza in preparation for the night's snow flurries, and in defiance of no-structures and no-sleeping rules put in place by the county. At about 4:15 a.m., Hennepin County Sheriff's deputies and plaza security officers ... More >>

Exhausted Target worker's Black Friday crash defies Star Tribune's bizarre "be happy you have a job" editorial

​An exhausted Target worker in Palm Beach, Florida, crashed her car into a canal at 7:46 a.m. after working the midnight shift on Black Friday.The accident is notable because it shows the potential danger for workers forced to work the midnight shift after Target decided to open its doors earlier ... More >>

Northfield Target employee to deliver "Save Thanksgiving" petition to CEO Gregg Steinhafel

Target: no sight for tired worker's eyes.​The rage has come home to roost. On Monday afternoon, Seth Coleman,  a seasonal Target employee in Northfield, will deliver a hard copy version of the "Save Thanksgiving" petition to the retailer's headquarters on Nicollet Mall. "My choice is stay ... More >>

Target employees petition retailer to "save Thanksgiving"

This is not the super Thanksgiving employees had in mind.​Target is facing a backlash from its own employees as the clock ticks down to the craziest shopping day of the year: Black Friday. In the escalating arms race to get as many crazed shoppers in the door as possible, Target announced it wou ... More >>

Target.com website crashed again yesterday

As Bob Barker reminds us, get your dogs, cats, and websites neutuered. ​Target is ready for a recession. Hell, Target is ready for a zombie apocalypse. Just don't ask Target about being ready for the 21st century. Yesterday, Target.com crashed for the third time in the last 50 days, offering furth ... More >>

Target online president leaves company after website crashes

"Woof!" said the dog. "Find another job," said Gregg Steinhafel.​Target Corporation is hiring, but not just stockers and swipers for Black Friday: Now, they also need someone who knows how to keep Target.com from crashing.Yesterday, Target announced that online president Steve Eastman was leaving ... More >>

The largest employer in Minnesota is Minnesota

Mark Dayton, Barack Obama: Minnesota's greatest bosses.​We have officially entered phase three of the plan to turn America into a socialist country: Everyone in Minnesota works for Mark Dayton or Barack Obama.Well, not everyone. But the top two employers in the state of Minnesota are the state gov ... More >>

Target had a good month in August, stock drops anyway

Target, now with less "Super."​Target Corporation reported a 5 percent spike in retail sales in the month of August. No matter: Target stock is dropping today.Oh, no. This is it. George Soros bought all that Target stock, and now he's deliberately tanking the company, before he drags the rest of A ... More >>

Target announces profits are up, fires union organizer

SuperTarget, super profits, not-super employee relations.​Good news for Target shareholders: Profits are up, and so's the stock price! Bad news for Target employees: The woman who tried to organize a union for Target workers in New York has been fired. Tashawna Green, the 21-year-old single mother ... More >>

Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel is overpaid

Steinhafel has enough money to breed giant Target-brand dogs.​Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel makes a lot of money -- too much, says the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. Steinhafel's $24 million annual salary is the highest CEO salary in the state, according to new data released by the Business ... More >>

Target now neutral on gay marriage

Target's Steinhafel is a serious contortionist.​Target is still struggling to get the optics right on gay rights. To recap: It sponsors Twin Cities Pride in 2010, but then it backs an anti-gay marriage candidate for Minnesota governor. There's outrage, the dust settles, and now Target is back ... More >>

Lady Gaga partnering with Target to release 'Born This Way'

​Lady Gaga has a thing for Minnesota companies. In addition to working as a creative director for the Minnetonka-based Polaroid, Gaga announced today that she's partnering with Target to release an "exclusive deluxe edition" of her new album, Born This Way, which is due out May 23.

Target kept on giving to anti-gay politicians after Emmer fiasco

mmtzjr69out​The dust has settled in the wake of the 2010 elections, and the hot white glare on Target's controversial support for anti-gay Republican Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign has faded. But FEC records show that the Target political action committee kept up its donations to anti-ga ... More >>

Taylor Swift, John Legend schmooze with Target's Bullseye [PHOTOS]

Via TwitPicTaylor Swift gives Bullseye a kiss​Taylor Swift, John Legend, Keith Urban, Enrique Iglesias Charice and other A-list artists added some star power to Target Corp's annual national company meeting yesterday at the Target Center. Backstage, Swift and Legend schmoozed with Bullseye, t ... More >>

Target's gay problem keeps getting worse [UPDATED]

mmtzjr69outEven less LGBT-friendly than you thought​Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel wants us to believe that when his company threw money into Tom Emmer's campaign for governor last month, it wasn't because Emmer's a raging homophobe, but because he's a raging pro-business tax-cutter.But Steinhafel's ... More >>

Randi Reitan and MoveOn deliver 260,000 petitions to Target

For Target, saying sorry isn't enough.​Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel admitted yesterday in a letter to employees that he seriously underestimated the flak the company would get for its apparent hypocrisy in backing an anti-gay candidate for Minnesota governor. If the mea culpa was meant to calm ... More >>

Target apologizes for funding Tom Emmer ad [UPDATED]

Tom Emmer benefited from a big Target contribution​The bad press, viral videos and boycot calls appear to have grabbed Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel's attention. He has apologized to his employees for funding a TV ad that backed anti-gay Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, and has prom ... More >>

Top 8 Gay Target Products

​Target Corp. has found itself in hot water over its $150,000 donation to MN Forward, which supports anti-gay gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. The company's head honcho, Gregg Steinhafel, has a long history of supporting conservative causes, including Crazy Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Yet St ... More >>

Target's tea bag-loving CEO lands company in hot water

Gregg Steinhafel loves Michele Bachmann, too​GLBT groups were pissed off last week when they learned that Target Corp., which they thought of as gay-friendly, was backing anti-gay marriage Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer through $150,000 in seed money to MN Forward. But Target's pu ... More >>

Pawlenty's expensive dinner rakes in the cash

About 300 people ate with Pawlenty last night -- for the bargain price of $1,000 a plate.

Target Corp. cuts 9 percent of headquarter workforce, 1,000 positions

Target's New CEO Faces Immediate Challenges