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Target Corporation

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    January 3, 2013

    Target's 2012 holiday sales disappoint, staying flat from 2011

    Target's 2012 holiday sales numbers came in below expectations, our local big-box giant announced this morning, staying "essentially flat" from last year.See Also: - Best Buy, Target both make "Top 10 Commercials of the Week" list [VIDEOS]- Target defends Thanksgiving opening: "There are more volunt ... More >>

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    January 2, 2013

    Target, Best Buy face boycott from gun rights group

    A few days before Christmas, The Journal News, A Gannett-owned newspaper covering Westchester and Rockland counties in suburban New York City, used public information to publish an interactive online map with the names and addresses of NYC-area handgun permit holders.SEE ALSO: Minnesota law already ... More >>

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    December 11, 2012

    Target advertises on #savemi hashtag

    As Michigan's House of Representatives debated and eventually passed two right-to-work bills reducing the power of organized labor today, people turned to Twitter for the latest analysis and developments.SEE ALSO:-- Target defends Thanksgiving opening: "There are more volunteers than shifts to fill" ... More >>

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    November 12, 2012

    Target's decision to open Thanksgiving evening sparks renewed "save Thanksgiving" petitions

    Last Thanksgiving, Target held off on opening its doors until the clock struck midnight and Black Friday began. Nonetheless, more than 200,000 people supported a petition asking Target to remain closed until later in the morning on Black Friday so workers could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families ... More >>

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    October 3, 2012

    How Target brainwashes its employees, part two: Training videos

    As we learned yesterday, Target's business plan to beat Amazon centers on "AMAZING" customer service, helpfully outlined in a cheesy, childish "Welcome to Amazing" training script. Today, you can dive even deeper into our hometown corporate giant's brainwashing methods: with video. In a series of tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    Target's cheesy employee training script (and Amazon fears) leaked to Gawker

    Right now our local big box chain looks like this: Its reds are vivid, its sky is blue. The only shadow in sight comes from its own logo. But Target's corporate higher-ups are worried, apparently, that the rise of online retailing -- specifically, Amazon -- could turn their empire into this:See also ... More >>

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    September 19, 2012

    Let It Be Records vs. Target: The blow-by-blow

    Last week, we reported that Let It Be Records' Ryan Cameron aired a justifiable grievance with Target. For some reason, a huge local company is holding on to a couple of letters that used to be part of the signage outside his shop for a private "art installation." Never mind that Target could likely ... More >>

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    September 13, 2012

    Let It Be Records' history isn't Target property, former owner says

    See Also:Let It Be Records Is ClosingThe triumphant return (almost) of Let It Be RecordsTarget won't stock gay R&B star Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, cites "guest demand"Target is stiff-arming Let it Be Records' former owner for the "It" from the store's old marquee. After 16 years in the locati ... More >>

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    August 24, 2012

    Target is actually cheaper than Wal-Mart, according to Bloomberg study

    SEE ALSO: -- Target allegedly union busting by closing Valley Stream store closed ahead of unionization vote-- Target will halt sale of sandblasted jeans for ethical reasons-- Target employees petition retailer to "save Thanksgiving"Think Wal-Mart is the low price leader? Think again. It doesn't get ... More >>

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    July 30, 2012

    Target's gay wedding registry ad doesn't signal changed stance on marriage amendment

    SEE ALSO:- Target tries to atone for anti-gay missteps with new pro-marriage equality promotion- Target won't stock gay R&B star Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, cites "guest demand"- Target's gay problem keeps getting worseTarget may be running an ad for its online wedding registry featuring two g ... More >>

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    July 12, 2012

    Target won't stock gay R&B star Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, cites "guest demand"

    See Also:Lady Gaga dumps Target over anti-gay donationsTarget coverage on BlotterFrank Ocean has just released arguably the hottest R&B album of the year in Channel Orange, but don't go looking for it at your local Target store. The Minnesota-based chain has unwisely decided not to stock the tit ... More >>

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    June 6, 2012

    Target allegedly union busting by closing Valley Stream store closed ahead of unionization vote

    There is one Target store in the country where employees will soon hold a unionization vote -- Valley Stream, New York.There is one Target store in the country closed for six months or more of remodeling -- Valley Stream, New York.Coincidence? Gawker's Hamilton Nolan thinks not.

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    June 1, 2012

    Target's new gay pride collection "a stupid move," says Minnesota for Marriage

    Last week, we told you about how Target Corp. is trying to atone for a series of anti-gay missteps with its new "Wear It With Pride" collection.Through the end of the month, all proceeds from the collection up to $120,000 will be donated to the pro-marriage equality Family Equality Council.Unsurpris ... More >>

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    May 23, 2012

    Target tries to atone for anti-gay missteps with new pro-marriage equality promotion

    In August 2010, news of Target's $150,000 donation to the anti-gay, pro-Tom Emmer Minnesota Forward organization created a shit-storm of bad PR. The company's handling of the controversy didn't help -- from CEO Gregg Stienhafel's non-apology apology, to reports that Target kept on giving to anti-gay ... More >>

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    February 22, 2012

    Minnesota Republicans float strange ideas about online sales tax collection

    ​Currently, very few Minnesotans pay sales taxes for online purchases. But Minnesotans do pay sales taxes for purchases they make at physical retail locations. Hence, physical retail locations face a more onerous tax burden than online retailers like Amazon.State lawmakers on both sides of the ais ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    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 >>

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    January 19, 2012

    Investment firms urge Target and 3M to refrain from "controversial" political donations

    mmtzjr69outTwo investment firms are urigng Target and 3M not to repeat the mistakes of 2010.​The donations Target and 3M made in 2010 to a Republican-run anti-gay group continue to land them in hot water a year and a half later. Yesterday, two large progressive investment firms -- Trillium Asset M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Target praised for using model with Down syndrome in ad

    ​Over the holidays, Target Corp. quietly did something small that is generating big praise.Without trying to draw attention to itself or the child, Target included a young boy with Down syndrome in one of its clothing advertisements. It might not seem like much at first, but the intentional, untru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    The most gay-friendly Twin Cities employers

    The Human Rights Campaign assessed companies' GLBT-friendliness​The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released a study measuring hundreds of companies' friendliness to gay employees. If their survey is any indication, Minnesota companies tend to do well by their GLBT employees. Thirteen Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    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 >>

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    November 16, 2011

    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 >>

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    October 26, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    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 >>

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    August 17, 2011

    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 >>

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    June 9, 2011

    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 >>

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    June 3, 2011

    Target fights union with ominous flyers

    Mr. T in DCTarget warns employees of the union menace​Employees at least one New-York-area Target store are trying to join a union, complaining of wages and hours that have forced some into depending on food stamps to feed their families. Target doesn't have any unionized stores, and the abse ... More >>

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    May 3, 2011

    Target sues Target and gets countersued by Target

    Mr. T in DCThere can be only one Target. In Canada.​Target is suing Target over who Target is, and Target is suing Target right back. In a legal act of recursive solipsism unparalleled since Kramer vs. Kramer, our hometown corporate behemoth is suing a Canadian company of the same name over w ... More >>

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    April 8, 2011

    Target's anti-gay-rights lawsuit rejected by judge

    j.reedSeriously, who's running public relations for these guys?​It's not that Target's executive leadership has a problem with the gays -- they just wish they wouldn't stand so close to them. Unfortunately for the retail giant, its lawsuit to get gay-rights activists to stop standing on the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Target sues gay rights group

    Mr. T in DCTarget's gay-rights public-relations meltdown just keeps on going.​The Target Corporation just can't seem to make nice to gay folks. After months of terrible publicity over its funding of anti-gay-marriage political candidates, its subsequent sorry-if-you-took-that-the-wrong-way ap ... More >>

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    March 8, 2011

    Lady Gaga dumps Target over anti-gay donations

    ​Well, that didn't last long. Just a few short weeks after announcing an exclusive partnership with Target to release her much-anticipated new album, Born This Way, The Advocate is reporting that Gaga has changed her mind and will not move forward with the partnership.

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    February 21, 2011

    Lady Gaga changes Target's political donation policies

    ​A few weeks ago, we were scratching our heads about Lady Gaga's decision to partner with Target to release her new album, Born This Way, given Target's shaky reputation regarding LGBT issues of late and Gaga's passion for LGBT rights activism. A new interview with Gaga sheds some light on her par ... More >>

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    February 18, 2011

    Target changes political donation policy

    Mr T. In DCThe all-seeing eye of Target has registered your concerns and is forming a committee.​In the aftermath of the public relations train-wreck that was Target's donation to MNForward, the corporation has revised its policy on how it sets about influencing our elections. Target CEO Greg ... More >>

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    February 10, 2011

    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.

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    February 2, 2011

    Target isn't sponsoring this week's LGBT equality conference. Why not?

    mmtzjr69outBankroll the haters and the hated will think twice about taking your money.​The National Conference on LGBT Equality is in town this week at the Minneapolis Hilton, running a series of lectures and workshops for equality activists. All the big local corporations have hopped on boar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Target macaron taste test

    Maddy HagueTarget throws down a sweet gauntlet.​Just when we'd finished marveling over Sweets Bakeshop's unconventional macaron menu and the convenience of Cocoa & Fig's Minneapolis Skyway macaron shop, hometown retailer Target enters the macaron ring. Unfortunately for these small-town b ... More >>

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    October 14, 2010

    Target hates your mom

    Photo by ChrisGonzales90 via Flikr​Admit it: As a kid you might have coveted that fancy store-bought Halloween costume, but it's the homemade one you put together with your mom using a little creativity and some items from your closet that you remember most fondly. Heck, that DIY costume probably ... More >>

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    October 13, 2010

    Target sold lead-contaminated kids' chairs

    Photo courtesy of Center for Environmental HealthToddlers can really get the lead out in these stylish, potentially brain-damaging chairs.​Oh, Target. Just as the uproar over your links to anti-gay gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer quiets down, you get popped selling poisonous kids' furniture. ... More >>

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    September 27, 2010

    Target donating $500M to child literacy program

    Image by SvadlifariWho doesn't love children's books?​ After its horrific anti-gay debacle earlier this year, Target has apparently decided to put big money in a cause we can ALL get behind: reading. The Minneapolis-based company announced plans this morning to donate $500 million to support educa ... More >>

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    September 10, 2010

    Human Rights Campaign counters Target's Emmer donation

    mmtzjr69outNew campaign cash aims to counteract Target's Emmer donation.​Target set off a good-sized ruckus this summer when it dropped $150,000 on a political fund backing GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. Gay rights advocates were incensed, arguing that by backing such a nakedly homophobic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Target invaded by gay rights flash mob [VIDEO]

    Image via YouTubeTarget's support for Tom Emmer draws a performance​The GLBT community's indignation continues apace after Target's politically two-faced support for Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign, lame-ass apology notwithstanding. The retailer's backing of the gay rights opponent has now ... More >>

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    August 17, 2010

    Target says it will only back Tom Emmer for governor

    Target won't balance it's contribution to Tom Emmer's campaign for governor.​Target Corp. feels really, really bad about upsetting GLBT folks by backing an anti-gay man for governor of Minnesota. But yesterday it officially said it has no intention of actually putting its money where its mouth ... More >>

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    August 17, 2010

    Will Target reap the gay whirlwind?

    mmtzjr69outTarget's not budging. Now what?​Target announced yesterday that it won't be making any donations to pro-gay-rights candidates to even out it's $150,000 to homophobic gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. The message to gay-rights supporters: We're sorry that you're upset, but if you think ... More >>

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    August 6, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    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 >>

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    July 28, 2010

    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 >>

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    July 27, 2010

    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 >>

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    June 1, 2010

    Guthrie Theater "Dollhouse" opening night audience cheers mention of Target

    Michal Daniel"You spent how much at Target?": The happy couple in "Dollhouse"​Last Friday was opening night at the Guthrie for Rebecca Gilman's Ibsen adaptation Dollhouse. While I had some qualms with the show (review appearing online later today; print edition tomorrow), it remains a solid piece ... More >>

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