Target, Inc.

Trade-Offs Dominate Shopping Decisions
The home front has become the battlefront in the consumer’s war against shrinking incomes and budgets. Home-cooked meals have replaced restaurant dining.
Wegmans, Target Tops in Pharmacy Customer Satisfaction: Study
According to the recent J.D. Power and Associates 2009 National Pharmacy Study, in the area of customer satisfaction, Wegmans ranked highest in the supermarket segment, with a score of 865, followed by Winn-Dixie with 860 and Publix with 855. In the mass merchandiser segment, Target came in first in customer satisfaction for a third straight year, with a score of 831, while Costco (818) and Sam’s Club (813) were second and third.

Tracking Chilly Trucks

Keene, N.H.-based C&S Wholesale Grocers plans to use wireless technology with its fleet for better cold chain visibility and control of its refrigerated products.
Retailers Cautious to Hire for Holiday Season

Long lines and poorly stocked shelves may well await holiday shoppers this season. According to an annual hiring report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Chicago-based outplacement agency, retailers will be hesitant in adding seasonal employees to their staffs this year.
Target Proposes to Cut Directors’ Terms to One Year

Target Corp.’s directors have voted to declassify its board structure, which, subject to approval by 75 percent of shareholders at its 2010 annual meeting, would reduce directors’ terms to one year from three.
In the Future, Your Kids Won’t Shop the Way You Do

The way consumers shop for everyday products continues its transformation toward the Web. In 2008, online retail accounted for approximately 7 percent of total retail sales in the United States, with 1.5 percent of consumer packaged goods (CPG) spending done on the Web.
Target Takes Manhattan Billboards to New Heights

Target has transformed its iconic Times Square billboards into an artistic homage to New York City with the unveiling of larger-than-life commissioned works from emerging artists.
Store Brands Hold Their Own Against National Brands in Taste Tests

In head-to-head blind taste tests held by Consumer Reports, 23 store-brand foods were rated as tasting as good as -- or better than -- their national-brand counterparts, out of 29 food products.
C&S Wholesale to Deploy Cold Chain Monitoring System

C&S Wholesale Grocers, of Keene, N.H., plans to deploy a new logistics management solution for better cold chain visibility and control of its products.
NRF: Americans Tardy with Back-to-School Shopping

While the new school year may be just around the corner, the majority of consumers have yet to finish stocking up on needed school supplies, according to the National Retail Federation.

Trade-Offs Dominate Shopping Decisions

Wegmans, Target Tops in Pharmacy Customer Satisfaction: Study

Tracking Chilly Trucks

Retailers Cautious to Hire for Holiday Season

Target Proposes to Cut Directors’ Terms to One Year

In the Future, Your Kids Won’t Shop the Way You Do

Target Takes Manhattan Billboards to New Heights

Store Brands Hold Their Own Against National Brands in Taste Tests

C&S Wholesale to Deploy Cold Chain Monitoring System

NRF: Americans Tardy with Back-to-School Shopping