Company Profile for Target
Target Corporation
| Type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1902 (as Dayton Dry Goods) 1969 (as Dayton-Hudson) 2000 (as Target) |
| Headquarters | Target Plaza North & Target Plaza South Minneapolis, Minnesota, |
| Industry | Retail |
| Key People | Gregg Steinhafel (Chairman, President and CEO) |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Guest Relations and Quality Assurance
PO Box 9350
Minneapolis, MN 55440-9350
612-307-9800
Toll free: 1-800-440-0680
Online orders: 1-800-591-3869
TTY: 1-800-755-5852
Fax: 612-307-8870
www.target.com
Target Corporation
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 304-6073
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Target's Price-Match Policy Not Suited To Paperless World
By Laura Northrup on May 17, 2012 8:30 AM
50 Comments
Brick-and-mortar stores that match competitors' prices generally don't match prices from online merchants. They also won't match the websites of their competitors down the street, or price-match their own websites. All of that is reasonable and well within their rights. But what happens in a paperless world, where the only evidence a customer has of that sale price is a circular delivered electronically? Reader Span_Wolf receives an electronic copy of the Best Buy circular every week. Getting a paper copy would require a trip to Best Buy or purchasing a Sunday newspaper. But this isn't sufficient proof of the lower price for Target. More »
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Why You Shouldn't Use PayPal On Target.com At All
By Laura Northrup on May 11, 2012 10:30 AM
40 Comments
In past reader stories posted to this site, we've learned that if you you use PayPal to buy an item from Target online, then later return it, you're only going to get store credit back. That's cool if you shop at Target a lot, but not so cool if you don't. Now Bethany has discovered an exciting and infuriating variation on this concept. If you order something from Target using PayPal and it's never delivered, sure, you'll get a refund. In the form of an e-gift card to Target. More »
Target, I'll Buy Three 4-Packs For Less Than The Price Of One 12-Pack
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 4, 2012 4:15 PM
47 Comments
Target makes us giggle on a consistent basis. It's always trying so hard to offer customers a deal, but somehow, its resident mathematicians keep on failing at putting together a real discount. Consumerist reader Dane spotted the most recent pricing error and sent us a tip using our mobile tipster app. More »
Target Stops Selling Kindle Over Reported "Conflict Of Interest"
By Chris Morran on May 2, 2012 11:34 AM
65 Comments
Even though Amazon's Kindle e-reader has been a top seller for Target since the retailer began selling the device in 2010, the Minnesota-based chain is pulling the Kindle from stores and has already stopped selling it on Target.com. More »
How Many Minutes Should Store Employees Get To Clean Up Baby Vomit?
By Chris Morran on May 1, 2012 3:45 PM
106 Comments
If you're walking down the aisle of a grocery store and a customer only a few feet in front of you accidentally drops a glass jar on the floor, you would have a hard time blaming the store if you got nicked by a piece of glass. But what if that shattered jar had been there for an hour? Thirty minutes? Ten minutes? This is the question that will soon face a jury in a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Target. More »
Should I Be Warned About A Deaf Cashier?
By Laura Northrup on April 5, 2012 12:15 PM
132 Comments
During Jon's last trip to Target, he noticed something unusual: a sign in his checkout lane advising customers, "Cashier Is Hearing Impaired." He found the sign unnecessary and potentially embarrassing for the employee. What do you think? More »
Target Using Its Signature Funny Math To Trumpet Questionable "Value"
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 2, 2012 2:00 PM
41 Comments
We've seen a lot of odd examples of "great deals," "saving" and "new low prices," but when it comes down to it, Target really takes the cake with what they call math. Hey, at least they're consistent, right? In this latest example, Target says a four-pack of Lean Cuisine pizzas is a "great value," when really, it's cheaper to buy four individual pizzas. More »
Worst Company In America Round One: Target Vs. Best Buy
March 13, 2012 9:30 AM
157 Comments
Go make some popcorn and gather the family by the glow of your data-receiving device of choice — It's Worst Company In America time! And it looks like the first blood to be spilled in the WCIA 2012 Octagon of Shame will come from the veins of one of these two retail titans from Minnesota. More »
Here It Is, Your Lineup For Worst Company In America 2012!
March 12, 2012 12:00 PM
120 Comments
Welcome to Consumerist's 7th Annual Worst Company In America tournament, where the businesses you nominated face off for a title that none of them will publicly admit to wanting — but which all of them try their hardest to earn. So it's time to fill in the brackets and start another office pool. That is, unless you work at one of the 32 companies competing in the tournament. More »
Mislabeled Medication From Target Prescribes Five Times The Dose For Child
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 7, 2012 12:00 PM
55 Comments
Just because a medication comes from the pharmacist, that doesn't mean you shouldn't double check the label carefully, as one mother recently discovered. After she read over the dosage instructions on a medication from Target for her sick 18-month-old, she realized it was way too high. More »
