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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rhian Lubin

Target to slash 1,000 jobs as retailer deals with stagnant sales: ‘It will be difficult’

Target plans to slash 1,000 jobs and 800 vacancies amid struggling sales as the retailer’s incoming chief executive warned: “It will be difficult.”

The job cuts will affect 8 percent of approximately 22,000 corporate employees as the retailer looks to reverse stagnant sales, the Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday.

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