I’m writing an article for Minnesota Business magazine about the role/significance of Target in the Twin Cities’ economy. If you work for a company that’s done business with Target, you can help inform my reporting by telling me about it here.
The results of Target’s contested board of directors election will be announced Thursday at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, but what does this internal battle mean for the rest of us who don’t sit on the board or own Target stock? I’ve been asking around this week to find out what, if any, implications hedge-fund [...]
As biologists prepare to celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin next month, doubters of his theories may want to head on down to their local shopping mall. “It’s retail Darwinism,” says Dave Brennan, a marketing professor and co-director of the University of St. Thomas’ Institute for Retailing Excellence. Major layoff and job cut announcements [...]
