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03/14/2013 - 17:35

Target sweetens portfolio with Chefs Catalog purchase

Target has agreed to buy Chefs Catalog from JH Partners, LLC, a private equity firm specializing in investing growth capital in consumer-focused companies.

03/14/2013 - 09:57

Kennedy assumes new finance role at Target

Scott Kennedy was named president of Target financial and retail service to replace long time finance executive Terry Scully.

03/14/2013 - 08:12

Target names new board members

Senior executives from Yahoo! and Ecolab are the newest members of the board of directors at Target.

03/13/2013 - 16:12

Target Canada off on right note with Bublé partnership

Target Canada has announced its first entertainment sponsorship with three-time Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Michael Bublé.

03/11/2013 - 10:13

New Target collection feeds need for fashion and hunger relief

Target has partnered with FEED Projects, a social business founded by Lauren Bush Lauren, to create the FEED USA + Target collection. The limited-time-only collection will include more than 50 stylish products and benefit Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity.

03/07/2013 - 19:45

Union claims Target Canada engaged in unfair hiring practices

The Canadian arm of the United Food and Commercial Workers union has taken aim at Target for its alleged unfair treatment of former Zellers workers.

03/04/2013 - 15:30

Target Canada opens three pilot stores

As Target's Canadian debut draws near, the company announced that it is opening three pilot stores in Ontario on March 5 at Stone Road in Guelph, Milton Mall Shopping Centre in Milton and Gates of Fergus in Fergus.

02/28/2013 - 16:45

Target goes big in Canada

Target is planning a rollout in Canada that will be bigger than any single year's worth of its store openings in the United States ever, executives of the company said Wednesday morning in a call with Wall Street analysts to discuss the mass merchandise retailer's fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results.

02/27/2013 - 09:48

Target's slight earnings increase impacted by Canadian costs

Start-up expenses and other costs related to its Canadian entry reduced Target's earnings per share for the fourth quarter by approximately 18 cents.

02/26/2013 - 17:11

Eco lawn brand gets major distribution deal with Target

Target strengthened its sustainability rep recently with the addition of EcoScraps, a provider of organic, chemical- and manure-free lawn and garden products, to its lineup.