Target is opening seven new stores this fall, which includes six stores in the larger footprint that tops the 125,000-square-foot average. The new stores will bring jobs to communities in Arizona, California, Florida, Nebraska, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. The company said the latest openings are part of more than 300 new stores planned during the next decade.
"With every grand opening, we’re getting closer to more consumers in support of our stores-as-hubs model, in which our stores serve as both shopping destinations and fulfillment hubs to deliver what guests need, when and where they need it," Target said in a statement.
The company also is "extending Target’s culture of care into the communities we serve to support local needs, investing more than 274,000 hours of community service and more than $119 million in product and cash donations last year in Arizona, California, Florida, Nebraska, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia."
“I’m so grateful for the experiences I’ve had as a member of the Target stores team — they’ve shaped me, both as a leader and as a person,” said Chief Stores Officer Adrienne Costanzo, who started her Target career 20 years ago at a store in Evansville, Indiana. “There’s an energy and camaraderie in our stores that’s hard to describe — and one that I’ll never take for granted — with teams who support and champion each other to do our best every day. It’s a culture of caring, growing and winning together that not only helps us bring out the best of Target for our guests, but also the best in each other.”