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Target pledges to spend $2 billion on products, services from Black-owned businesses Target said it will also step up partnerships with other Black-owned companies in areas such as marketing, construction and facilities management. By Kavita KumarMinneapolis Star Tribune Share As part of its racial equity efforts, Target Corp. is pledging to sell products from more than 500 Black-owned brands by the end of 2025. That goal is part of a new $2 billion commitment the Minneapolis-based retailer is making to spend with Black-owned businesses over five years. The company did not provide specifics...

Target Makes $2 Billion Commitment to Black Owned Businesses Minnesota based Target Corporation is making a huge commitment to black owned businesses. By 2025, Target is saying that it will be adding a variety of products from 500 Black-owned businesses. They will also increase their spending with Black-owned companies, like construction companies, facilities maintenance, and marketing and advertising agencies. Target will also be creating new resources for Black owned business with their Forward Founders program that will provide a team that can help these businesses scale up for mass retail...

Target to spend more than $2B at Black-owned businesses ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer April 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this April 6, 2020 file photo, a customer wearing a mask carries his purchases as he leaves a Target store during the coronavirus pandemic, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Target says it will spend a a total of more than $2 billion at Black-owned businesses by 2025 as part of its effort to advance racial equity. As part of its program, the Minneapolis-based discounter will add products from more than 500 Black-owned businesses across all types of merch...

Target to spend more than $2 billion at Black-owned businesses Share Updated: 4:42 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021 By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO A Target store is shown in this file photo. SOURCE: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 4:42 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021 By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Target will spend a total of more than $2 billion at Black-owned businesses by 2025 as part of its effort to advance racial equity.That's a significant increase in overall spending on Black-owned businesses, according to Targe...

Stocks wobble, hover near record highs NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are wobbling between small gains and losses in afternoon trading on Wall Street, hovering around their record highs as investors remain cautiously optimistic about the economic recovery. Vaccine distribution has been ramping up and President Joe Biden has bumped up his deadline for states to make doses available to all adults by April 19. The vaccines are helping to fuel a recovery, but the virus is still very much a threat as variants are discovered and threaten additional lockdowns. Losses from industrial and health care stocks...