Inside Target's AI-powered turnaround plan

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A Target store in Minneapolis.
Target is looking to reverse a three-year streak of weak sales and tapping AI to help.

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Target is opening its 2,000th US store — the first of 30 new locations planned for this year

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Target's 2000th US store in North Carolina.
Target's newest location in North Carolina is the first of 30 openings planned for this year.

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Target's tech chief says AI isn't replacing workers as the company looks to mount a comeback

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Target chief information and product officer Prat Vemana speaks at the company's 2026 financial meeting.
Target has big plans with AI, and its tech chief, Prat Vemana, says he needs his whole team on board.

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Target shifts away from being an 'everything store' in new strategy focused on 'busy families'

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Target CEO Michael Fiddelke wears a suit and headset as he speaks at Target headquarters in March. A white Target bullseye logo hangs behind him.
Target CEO Michael Fiddelke and other executives outlined the retailer's turnaround strategy at its Minneapolis headquarters on Tuesday.

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Target finished out a difficult year with declining sales, but says growth is ahead

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Customers shop at a Target store on February 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
Target guided that it was on track to deliver net sales growth in every quarter of 2026 after a bruising finish to its fiscal year.

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Target CEO Michael Fiddelke has had a busy first 2 weeks on the job

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Michael Fiddelke attends the opening of
Fiddelke at a Target event in December.

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Read the memo: the new Target CEO's first missive to employees

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Michael Fiddelke speaks as Target opens
Michael Fiddelke just sent out his first memo to staff as Target's CEO.

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Target's problems go much deeper than the national economic blackout brewing in its backyard

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ICE protesters in Portland, Maine
Protesters rally against the presence of U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement in Maine, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Portland, Maine.

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Target's new CEO is thrown into crisis mode on day one

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Target CEO
Michael Fiddelke starts his new job as Target CEO on February 1.

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Hundreds of Target employees urge the company to keep ICE out of stores. Read the letter to leadership.

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A small crowd of protesters sing along during a sit-in in a Target store as they denounce what they say is complicity by the store to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to come into the store and stage in their parking lot in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on January 19, 2026.
Protesters at a Target store in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on January 19.

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