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Target Corp


Headquarters location: 1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55402United States of AmericaTel. (612) 304-6073 Job offers, investor relations: www.targetcorp.com Stock: TGT


Target belongs to

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Target owns

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« ETHICAL » RATING OF TARGET , group and subsidiaries
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4
Labor: 4 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights
2%
Job: 2% of company's jobs cut since 1998
1
Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 1 offshore financial center(s)
48
Sales: more than 48 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales
7
Net profit: more than 7 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998
599
Top management: earns 599 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year)
2
Influence: 2 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying

Relevance: business & market share

year
business
source
2006Target is the second-largest discount retailer in the US. Target operates 1,613 Target stores in the United States.Bloomberg

World locations & Manufacturing

country incentive : address & contact : production type
source
United States of America  Target Stores University : université Global Learn.
Jordan  Al Safa Factory : Sous-traitance, Campaign for.
Singapore Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) AMC(S) Pte Ltd :

Target is managed by

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2003Ahlers, Linda
See the photo of: Ahlers, Linda Chairman;
2003Neal, Diane
See the photo of: Neal, Diane Chairman;
2003Scovanner, Douglas
See the photo of: Scovanner, Douglas Chief Financial Officer; salary: 1.5 million US$; stock-options: 3.53 million US$;
2003Steinhafel, Gregg
See the photo of: Steinhafel, Gregg Chairman;
2003Ulrich, Robert
See the photo of: Ulrich, Robert Chief Executive Officer; salary: 6.97 million US$; stock-options: 12.22 million US$;

Made by

year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
2006
minimum wage/day: 111Young woman hangs herself at the Al Safa Factory after being raped by a plant manager. The factory produced for Gloria Vanderbilt and Target.: Jordan
Campaign f.
2004
328000
2003
306000
2002
280000
2001
254000
1998
ILO violation 87 98 : "shadow contracts" waiving basic human rights, including the freedom to join unions, attend religious services, quit or marry, blocked exits, movements strictly supervised by guards, workers subject to lockdowns or curfews.: Northern Mariana Islands
Sweatshop .
1998
ILO violation 1 : up to 12-hour days, seven days a week: Northern Mariana Islands
Sweatshop .
1998
189000

Environmental impact

year
country : consequences
source
2007United States of America : The state of California had launched a lawsuit against 20 US companies, accusing them of manufacturing or selling toys with illegal quantities of lead. The list of defendants includes: A&A Global Industries, Costco Wholesale, Eveready Battery Company, Fisher-Price, KB Toys, Kids II, Kmart, Marvel Entertainment, Mattel, Michael Stores, RC2 Corporation, Sears, Target, Toy Investments, Toys'R'Us, Wal-Mart.AFP

Influence

year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2000Investment protection and market access (to Mexico and Canada through NAFTA), to Latin America (through FTAA). : Business Roundtable : : US government, senate, congress translateCenter for.

Financials

year  salesincome buybacksource
2007   10billion US$
2005   2billion US$
2004   48.161.84   billion US$
2003   43.921.65   billion US$
2002   39.891.37   billion US$
2001   36.91.26   billion US$
2000   33.71.14   billion US$
1998   23.06   billion US$

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Further investigation
Target writes off 8.1% of its annualized credit card debt in March   from bloggingstocks April 25th, 2008 - Friday 2 May 2008 at 11h07
The second-largest discount retailer in the U.S. said that defaults from its own consumer credit line totaled $55.5 million for the month of March alone. In February, Target's annualized credit card balance write-off amount stood at 6.8%, which climbed to 8.1% in March. It's been suggested that Target take a long, hard look at its credit card operations, and the subject comes up every quarterly conference call when analysts continue to scratch their heads on why Target has such visibility to the [+]
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