Company Updates

The path of my 15 year leadership journey with Target is a tale of two stories. The first story began with my first position as a team leader, and I was young and hungry to be successful. I worked really hard and thought that it would translate to success.

Internal events are an important part of how Target is growing it's engineering culture and gives folks an opportunity to learn and do things in new and different ways. An example would be the CODEred Hack event held on June 28 where 160+ engineers from across Target converged on Target Plaza Commons to spend 6 hours bringing an idea to (hopefully) life.

The first time I walked into a Target distribution center I didn't know much about supply chain. It was early March of 2013. After spending several years bouncing around North Carolina, Virginia and D.C. working in grocery stores and restaurants, I'd decided to move back to my hometown of Suffolk, Virginia.

Target Corp. is beefing up its tech spending.

In a high-risk but potentially captivating move, Target Corp. is sponsoring an unprecedented four-minute-long live television performance featuring Gwen Stefani during the Grammy Awards show Monday. Stefani, whose first solo album in a decade will be released next month, already has a relationship with the retailer.

Brian Britz's 2-year-old daughter cannot sit in a regular shopping cart because of health issues and development delays. That means shopping is a family affair with one parent pushing the medical stroller while the other pushes the shopping cart.

Heard Joy Mangano 's name a lot lately? You're not alone. The American inventor, entrepreneur and president of Ingenious Designs has created dozens of well-known products, including the Huggable Hangers, My Little Steamer and the newly reinvented Miracle Mop. She's also the inspiration for the film "Joy," which just earned Jennifer Lawrence a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.

This week, kids celebrated the holiday season in a winter wonderland as Target hosted our annual holiday carnival for families at Target House and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital™ in Memphis, Tenn. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, and Target's longtime partnership helps keep it that way.

Super savers, it's time to get excited. Starting Oct. 1, we're updating Target's Price Match Policy by expanding digitally, providing longer timeframes and matching additional competitors-so if you find a lower price, it's now easier than ever to match it in our stores or at Target.com. Here's a rundown of what's new.

As the leaves begin to fall, we can't help but look ahead to the exciting and festive holiday season on the way. One tradition we're keeping alive? For the third year in a row, Target plans to hire an additional 70,000 team members in our stores for the holiday season.