4. /
About Target
1,806 stores in the United States
133 stores in Canada
Global locations in India and Canada
Source:h+ps://corporate.target.com/about/
5. /
About Target.com
3 years old*
4th most visited website in US retail
334 million visits per quarter
*
target.com
website
has
been
opera8onal
for
over
10
yrs
6. /
“Search* handles 65% of traffic
and drives nearly a billion dollars in revenue”
*
Includes
all
grid
pages
–
search+browse
7. Target.com
/
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