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WATCH: Target Launches Mini Boutiques

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Target News, Video, Apple, Style, Target Launch in Store Shops, Target Corp, Apple at Target, Target, The Shops, Hair-Beauty, Jason Wu for Target, The Shops at Target, Jason Wu, Black Voices News

Just when we thought we couldn't love Target any more--thanks to their newest designer collaboration with Jason Wu--the mass market retailer announced...

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For First Time, Macy's To Open At Midnight On Black Friday

AP | By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Video, Macy's Inc., Target Corp., Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Gap Inc, Wal-Mart, Justin Bieber, Business News

NEW YORK -- Macy's Inc. says it will open all of its namesake stores at midnight on the day after Thanksgiving for the first time. It becomes the late...

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City Shaping IV: Can Target Right What Minneapolis Is About to Ruin?

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Restoration, Modernism, Urban Revitalization, Urban Planning, Minneapolis, Target Corp, Design, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, High Line, Arts News

Excitement has turned to disappointment in Minneapolis, and what's happening there should be a warning about safeguarding transparency in public process and civic debate.

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Discounts, Warm Weather Help Drive People TO Shop

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Retailers, Walmart, Consumer Confidence, Discounts, Retail Sales, Saks Inc, Target Corp, Gap, Costco Wholesale Corp, Standard & Poor's Retail Index, Retail Metrics Inc, Ross Stores Inc, Trutina Financial, Back-to-School, BJ's Wholesale Club Inc, Business News

(Dhanya Skariachan) - Retailers are poised to report higher sales for July, a discount-driven month that may do little to lift their margins. J...

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Banks Unlikely To Get Higher Debit Card Fee From Retailers

Posted 08.29.2011

WASHINGTON (Dave Clarke) - Banks are hoping to win at least a small reprieve from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday when the central bank releases ...

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China Inflation Causes Price Hike On Toys

Bloomberg | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Huachuang Securities, Mattel Inc., Labor, Labor Shortage, China Import and Export Fair, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., China Toy Association, Target Corp., Hasbro Inc, Barbie Dolls, Li & Fung Ltd., Exchange Rate, Material, Business News

Hundreds of toymakers at the China Import and Export Fair, the country's largest, are charging more as the world's second- largest economy battles inf...

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Best Buy's Smartphone Sales Offset Weak Demand For Televisions

Reuters | Dhanya Skariachan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wedbush, Nyse, High Definition Television, Sales, GameStop Corp, Low Demand, Mobile Phones, Target Corp, Tv, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Christopher Horvers, Best Buy, BB&T Capital Markets, Jpmorgan, Quarterly Profit, New York Stock Exchange, Business News

By Dhanya Skariachan NEW YORK - Best Buy Co Inc beat quarterly profit estimates as strength in its mobile business offset weak demand for telev...

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Don't Get "Target-ed": How Companies Can Limit Political Spending Risks

Bruce Freed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Pepsi Co, Twitter, Dow Chemical, Center for Political Accountability, Target Corp, Target, Ups, Facebook, Citizens United, Political Spending, Pfizer, Business News

What's even clearer in the wake of Citizens United and Target's experience is that any corporation engaging in political activity without disclosure and a rigorous governance oversight process heightens its exposure to risk.

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Target Continues To Make Political Donations They Previously Apologized For

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target, Politics News, Minnesota Governor, LGBT Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Tom Emmer, Elections 2010, LGBT Issues, Eat the Press, Target Corp, Politics News

This past fall, mega-retailer Target caught a heap of bad publicity when it was revealed that they had made campaign donations in support of then-Minn...

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Target Apologizes For Political Donation To Group Supporting Anti-Gay Candidate

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target, Target Stores, Target Donation, Target Political Donation, Target Boycott, Target Corp, Target Apologizes, Target Corp Apologizes, Target Conservative Donation, Mn Forward, Target Mn Forward, Politics News

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The head of Target Corp. apologized Thursday over a political donation to a business group backing a conservative Republican f...

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Weekly Reader: NOM, Target, & Lynching Gay Couples

Bil Browning | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target Corp, Best of Bilerico, Best Blog Posts, Nom, Weekly Reader, Lynch Gays, Media News

NOM's Indianapolis stop on the "Summer of Marriage" tour took center stage on Bilerico Project this week. First we broke the picture of the NOM suppor...

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Denver Capitol Building's Dome Restoration Could Be Financed By Advertising On It

Durango Herald | Joe Hanel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target Corp, Denver Colorado, Colorado Preservation Inc., Capitol Dome, Colorado Capitol, Denver News

DENVER - The Legislature might allow "tasteful" advertising temporarily on the state Capitol to help pay for an expensive renovation of the dome. T...

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Target Warns Sales May Have Dropped In December

AP | ELLEN SIMON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target Corp, Target, Target Stores, Holiday Sales Reports, Business News

Early holiday sales reports are weak, with Target Corp., the nation's No.2 retailer, warning that its sales may have fallen in December. A broad ga...

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Yet Another Bullseye

Liz Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Go International, Target Corp, Target, Target Women, Fashion/Apparel, Fashion, Rodarte, Style News

The Rodarte for Go International collection will be one of the largest Target has ever offered, with 55 pieces ranging from $9.99 to $79.99, instead of thousands of dollars for a single piece.

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Target Profit Drops 41%

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Target Corp, Target, Target Stores, Target Profits, Target Earnings, Business News

NEW YORK — Target Corp. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit fell 41 percent, hurt by the consumer spending slowdown, and said it will expand ...

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Wal-Mart Kicks an Injured Cop When He is Down

David Nassar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Tyson's, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Deborah Shank, Arkansas, Jimmy Singleton, Target Corp, Harris, Communications Consulting Worldwide, Lee Scott, Walmart Ceo Lee Scott, Health Benefits, Business News

Wal-Mart now seems determined to keep disability benefits from all Americans, not merely its own employees.

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