Objective announced On Thursday, it will open its 2,000th store this month in North Carolina as part of an expansion that will include opening dozens of additional stores this year.
The 2,000th store will open in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina on March 15. This will be Target’s 55th store in North Carolina. The new 148,000-square-foot store, located near Raleigh, will include a CVS pharmacy, a Starbucks coffee shop and a Disney store.
The company said this location “represents the future of Target’s elevated customer experience with its open, easily navigable layout, convenient same-day services and winning team delivering a more relaxed and enjoyable shopping visit.”
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The 2,000th location will open in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina on March 15. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File photo / Reuters Photos)
Target also plans to open 30 new stores this year and 300 by 2035 in what the company described as a new chapter in its strategy to drive long-term sustainable growth by investing in stores.
In addition to the new North Carolina store, other new Target stores are expected to open this month in Bakersfield and Delano, California; Springfield, Mo.; Jersey City and West Orange, New Jersey; and Dallas, TX.
“Customers tell us all the time they want a Target closer to home, and this investment helps us do just that,” said Adrienne Costanzo, director of stores at Target in a press release. “That means even more neighborhoods will benefit from the full Target experience: forward-thinking style and value, technology that makes travel effortless, and great teams who deliver easy, inspiring, friendly moments every day.”
Target also plans to open 30 new stores this year and 300 by 2035. (iStock/iStock)
The company said there is a Target store within 10 miles of most doorsteps in the United States.
Target has listed more than 40 additional communities in 25 states that will eventually open a new store. Based on future store openings that Target has already confirmed, the states that will have the most new stores are Florida, North Carolina, and Texas.
He also said there would be more than 130 renovations in addition to store openings. Next-day delivery will also launch in more than 20 new metro areas, which the company says reach 60% of the U.S. population.
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The company said there is a Target store within 10 miles of most doorsteps in the United States. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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The retailer said he was “making a commitment to the neighborhoods where he lives.”
“Every time we open a new Target store, we plant roots in this community,” Costanzo said. “That means that in addition to providing a better, faster and more reliable shopping experience, we are creating growth and opportunity – through good jobs, support for local nonprofits and long-term economic investments in the neighborhoods we serve. When our teams and communities thrive, so do we. »
