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Target has announced plans to raise its hourly minimum wage beginning next month and will offer employees a one-time bonus and free access to virtual healthcare through the end of the year. The Minneapolis-based retailer said beginning July 5, the starting wage at the company will be $15 per hour. Current frontline store and distribution center hourly workers will also…

Target will now recognize Juneteenth as an official company holiday, the Minneapolis-based retailer announced Tuesday. The company said it plans to honor “the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States” and will give team members “space to honor Juneteenth in their own way. “ “We recognize that the racial trauma the country is experiencing…

Several Target store locations that closed after protests over the death of George Floyd remain closed until further notice. On Sunday, Target announced it would temporarily close more than 170 of its stores, including at least seven in Chicago, as protests continue after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Most of the closures are in Minnesota, but at least…

As protests continue after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Target has announced that it will temporarily close more than 170 of its stores, including at least seven in Chicago. According to the company’s website, officials believe that the closures will be temporary, and that staffers at the affected stores will be paid for up to 14 days of…

Glass littered the ground Saturday night on Michigan Avenue after numerous store windows were smashed and merchandise was stolen from shelves. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter shows the scene following protests earlier in the day.

A father is speaking out after an employee at a suburban Target store threatened to call police after the man’s daughter removed her mask at the retail location over the weekend. Bill Pratt says that he brought his daughter Emma, who has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and autism, to the Target store in suburban Orland Park on Saturday....

When a man took his daughter with cerebral palsy to Target over the weekend, a worker asked for medical proof and threatened to call the police when she couldn’t wear a mask. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Employees at two Chicago Target locations have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company revealed this weekend. According to the company, one employee at the Target location in the South Loop and one employee at a Near North location both tested positive for COVID-19. “Our top priority is the health and safety of our team members and guests, and…

Starting Saturday, Target Corp. will monitor foot traffic at its nearly 1,900 stores nationwide and limit the number of guests when needed to keep employees and customers safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Leadership at the popular chain also said Target will supply face masks and gloves for more than 350,000 team members to wear while working. Shoppers with Shipt, the same-day…

As senior citizens deal with anxiety about the coronavirus, grocery store chains and other retailers have come up with a way to ease their fears: shopping times reserved exclusively for them.

Target is closing earlier to give workers time to sanitize stores in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Seniors and people with disabilities can pick up supplies before the crowds at some grocery stores.

A look inside Chicago-area shopping centers this week as people bought essentials in large quantities and waited in long lines.

With coronavirus concerns building, Elise Reilly and her brother Matt Kaye came to the Costco in Niles with a couple extra items on their shopping list. “Some toilet paper, dish soap, hand soap, that sort of stuff,” Kaye said. But after waiting in lines that some shoppers said were more than an hour long, Kaye found no toilet paper, soap…

A black business owner whose company was flooded with racist reviews after being featured in a Target ad said she’s grateful for the controversy and the growth it offered her company. Beatrice Dixon, who started The Honey Pot Company in 2012, told Essence on Tuesday that she’s not upset after dozens of racist reviews were posted about her feminine hygiene products....

Look out for steals and deals—and a kid’s party—on aisle eight.

Holiday shopping is just around the corner and companies are hiring nationwide in preparation.

Walmart is giving car seat recycling a boost this month with its first-ever Walmart Car Seat Recycling Event in honor of Best of Baby Month. Need to update your growing child’s old car seat for a new size or looking to replace an expired one? America’s largest retailer is currently accepting car seats in exchange for a $30 Walmart gift...

Walmart said Monday it’s relaunching the once-beloved trendy New York fashion brand, Scoop NYC, on its website nationwide and in select stores.