I don’t think Ben from BenCredible.com has ever seriously considered working for Target before, but that could drastically change once he hears this news: Target to mount Segways for patrol Target Corp. has purchased a fleet of Segway motorized scooters, making the retailer one of Segway’s largest customers. The Minneapolis-based retailer (NYSE: TGT) will use [...]
This Target story keeps moving along. Latest stop: the business section of the NY Times along with a second page for discussion. That’s the first time the NY Times business section has used the word “crotch” in 2008. They used it only once in 2007 and 3 times in 2006.
Preface: I swear that I’ll stop writing about stupid things that Target does as soon as they stop doing stupid things. Perhaps I hold Target to a higher standard than other companies? At this point, I think it’s the misalignment between Target’s positioning as the do-gooder, family-friendly, cooler alternative to Wal-Mart that leads to issues [...]
Dear Target, When you label food as being “real” or “genuine” it makes me wonder whether other food you serve isn’t “real” or “genuine.” Should I be concerned? I thought it was pretty safe to assume that the berries pictured were real, and that maple syrup – when it’s called maple syrup – is indeed [...]
BizJournals reports that Target agreed to pay half a million dollars to 4 people, but still “believes” that they didn’t racially discriminate against them. Strange, eh? If they weren’t discriminating, why did they destroy documents? Target pays $500K to settle EEOC suit Under terms of the settlement, the AP said that Target would pay a [...]
PlanetDan has a great story about his poorly thought out Target shopping list.
No Smoking in the Fireworks Aisle, originally uploaded by edkohler. I didn’t think you could smoke in ANY aisle at Target stores, so this seemed redundant. Apparently, smoking is not a problem in the Tiki torch fuel section.
