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St. Cloud Prepares For Black Friday [AUDIO,VIDEO]

Ashli Gerdes — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:52:52 +0000

Black Friday is just two days away. Certain stores are opening even earlier this year, which means some people will be standing in lines tomorrow.

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Target to Phase Out Pork from Cramped Sow Pens

The Associated Press — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:45:38 +0000

Target Corp. is the latest major food company to tell its pork suppliers to phase out the use of cramped stalls for confining pregnant sows. The Minneapolis-based discounter, the country's No. 4 food retailer, says on its Responsible Sourcing website that it's working with its pork vendors to eliminate gestation crates from its supply chain by 2022.

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Target Hiring Fewer Seasonal Workers

The Associated Press — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:29:56 +0000

Target Corp. says it plans to hire fewer employees for the upcoming holiday season.

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Parents, Stores Gear Up for the School Year [VIDEO, AUDIO]

Abby Faulkner — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:01:48 +0000

It may not seem like it right now, but the first day of school is just over a month away.

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Target T-Shirts Rile Marriage Amendment Supporters

The Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:40:47 +0000

Supporters of a marriage amendment on Minnesota's November ballot aren't too happy with the Target Corp. The Minneapolis retail chain is selling "Pride" T-shirts on its website to raise funds for a marriage equality group.

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Target Scrambles to Line Up New Egg Suppliers

The Associated Press — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:36:25 +0000

Target Corp. is scrambling to line up new egg suppliers before Thanksgiving after ending its relationship with a company accused of allowing animal cruelty at farms in three states.

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Petition Against Early Shopping Heading to Target

The Associated Press — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:18:23 +0000

A Minnesota Target employee will join with consumers and faith leaders Monday to deliver a petition to Target Corp. headquarters in Minneapolis on Monday asking the retailer to drop its plans to open at midnight on Black Friday.

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Target Joins McDonald's in Dropping Litchfield Egg Supplier

The Associated Press — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:40:43 +0000

McDonald's and Target have dropped one of the nation's largest egg suppliers after an animal rights group released an undercover video shot at the egg producer's farms in three states.

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Online Petition Targets Target's Midnight Opening [POLL]

The Associated Press — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:18:44 +0000

An Omaha man's online petition asking Target Corp. to drop plans to open stores at midnight Thanksgiving Day has garnered tens of thousands of signatures in less than two weeks.

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Target Announces Midnight Opening for Black Friday

The Associated Press — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:04:09 +0000

As the run-up to holiday shopping intensifies, Target Corp. is saying its stores will open at midnight on Thanksgiving Day for the first time this year. That's four hours earlier than last year.

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Target Designer's Line Creates Black Friday-Like Buzz

The Associated Press — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:55:14 +0000

What is Target doing that their website crashed throughout the day Tuesday and shoppers lined-up outside the retailer's stores throughout the country earlyTuesday? It wasn't Black Friday -- it was Target Tuesday.

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Target Revises Political Giving Policy After Flap

Jim Maurice — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:23:42 +0000

Target Corp. has revised its policy concerning political giving a few months after a controversy over its $150,000 donation to a business group that was backing a conservative Republican candidate for Minnesota governor.

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