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As an apology to the public, all Target stores in the United States gave retail shoppers a 10% storewide discount for the weekend of December 21–22, 2013. Target has offered free credit monitoring via Experian to affected customers. [71] [72] Target reported total transactions for the same time last year were down 3-4%, as of December 23 ...
Target and MBH Architects were awarded the "Green Lights Partner/Ally of the Year Award". [107] Target is the only national retailer employing a Garment Hanger reuse program, which keeps millions of pounds of metal and plastic out of landfills. In 2007, this program prevented 434 million hangers from entering landfills. [108]
Robert J. Ulrich (born 1944) is an American retired businessman who was the chief executive officer and chairman of the Target Corporation, the second-largest mass merchandise retailer in the United States. Ulrich is credited with crafting Target's unique brand and marketing image and focus, which is widely considered to be a key contributor to ...
His tenure as CEO of Target also included a disastrous expansion of Target into Canada in which the company lost $2 billion in two years. On top of the cost burden from buying out 220 leases of discount retailer chain Zellers , the expansion was plagued by flawed execution, including inventory and restocking problems, poor locations and higher ...
Douglas James Dayton (December 2, 1924 – July 5, 2013) was an American retail executive, businessman, and philanthropist and heir to the Dayton's Company fortune who was the co-founder of the Target discount stores chain. Dayton ran Target's operations during its early years and served as the company's first president.
Boots & Barkley, a pet food and supply line; Embark, an outdoor gear line of camping and travel equipment; Room Essentials, a low-end home-goods line; Brightroom, a line of storage solutions [18]
Dayton was born in Clifton Springs, New York, the son of Caroline Wesley (Draper) and David Day Dayton. [3] In 1883, he moved to Minnesota, migrating from New York.His family was one of average means and he had hoped to become a minister, but was lured into the business world.
The chain was founded in 1968 when Target founder John F. Geisse went to work for May Department Stores. [1] Under an antitrust settlement reached with the Department of Justice, May was unable to acquire any more retail chains at the time, and the department-store company needed a way to compete against the emerging discount-store chains.