Prior to Whitney Houston's death, Target had a greeting card on their shelves that read: "Next time you think of dating the bad boy, consider Whitney Houston. That's all I'm going to say." (Who even sends cards like this?) The product remained on their shelves following the singer's death on February 11th, but according to TMZ, they've now pulled it. more ›

One of the two boys who put a woman in a coma by tossing a Target shopping cart off a mall walkway in Harlem last Halloween was sentenced to spend up to 18 months in a group home in Westchester County yesterday. "He’s finally going to get help...I thank God for that," the boy's mother reportedly sobbed after the sentencing. more ›

Last October, two young boys nearly killed real estate broker and avid volunteer Marion Salmon Hedges by tossing a shopping cart from a fourth story walkway. The 12- and 13-year-old boys were given lenient sentences, largely because Hedges reportedly said she "bears no ill will" to them. But her husband does hold the shopping center where the incident occurred responsible—and now he's suing the center for having lax security. more ›

If you were one of 40 million people watching Sunday night's Grammy Awards (to watch the Whitney Houston tribute or to ponder who Bonnie Bear is), you may have seen this Target ad, featuring a young girl singing Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" on a bus. It turns out she's one of the belters from the P.S. 22 chorus and the retail chain found her through one of the group's YouTube videos! more ›

The two boys who nearly killed real estate broker and avid volunteer Marion Salmon Hedges last year by tossing a shopping cart from a fourth story walkway just before Halloween may get off without a stop in jail. Surely helping their fate is forgiveness on the part of Hedges. more ›

Everybody knows it takes a lot of shrewd planning to pull of a baby formula caper—you need to assemble the right team, find a trustworthy getaway driver, and above all make sure you have a good fence who can unload the formula on the black market. We're not sure what kind of prep work the man in this surveillance video did before this botched heist, but it seems obvious you don't just stroll out the front door of a Target with $1,437 worth of baby formula and expect to slip by unnoticed. After all, it's not like shoplifting a pack of Huggies! more ›

A second boy has admitted to throwing a shopping cart, hitting a woman who has been in a medically induced coma since the incident. The boy had been at an East Harlem shopping center when he and a friend lifted the cart over the railing; in Family Court, he said, “Me and [the other boy] threw a shopping cart off the fourth floor of the mall." more ›

After initially saying he was not guilty, one of the tweens who dropped a shopping cart four stories from an East Harlem Target onto Marion Salmon Hedges before Halloween has changed his tune. "Uh, I help throw the shopping cart over it and I knew the people was down there. I knew somebody could have got hurt," the boy, whose name is being withheld because of his age, said in a brief statement to the court yesterday. more ›

The two 12-year-old boys charged with pushing a Target shopping cart from a fourth-floor walkway onto 47-year-old Upper West Side mother Marion Salmon Hedges last week pleaded (the juvenile equivalent of) not guilty in court yesterday. And the mom for one of the boys offered a tearful apology to Hedges, who is in a coma in critical condition, outside court: “It’s a terrible, terrible thing. I really hope she recuperates. I really, really feel for her and her children,” Rosemary Rosario told reporters. more ›

The two 12-year-old boys charged with pushing a Target shopping cart from a fourth-floor walkway onto 47-year-old Upper West Side mother Marion Salmon Hedges this weekend returned to family court today with lots of questions, according to their lawyer. If convicted, the boys each face 18 months in a juvenile detention center. Meanwhile it has come out that the walkway the boys are said to have thrown the cart from would have been illegal if it had only been built by the city. more ›

Surveillance video of two 12-year-olds throwing a Target shopping cart over a ledge in East Harlem has surfaced, the Daily News reports, and it seems at least one teen tried to stop the boys—going so far as to take away the first shopping cart the tweens tried to toss. Unfortunately the boys just grabbed another cart, which they successfully got over the edge—sending 47-year-old UWS mom Marion Salmon Hedges to Harlem Hospital in critical condition. more ›

[Update] A 47-year-old Upper West Side mother is in critical condition at Harlem Hospital this morning after a shopping cart was dropped four stories onto her head, allegedly by a group of bored ruffians. Marion Salmon Hedges, was walking with her son yesterday when, according to police, around 5:45 p.m. a red Target cart was dropped from a walkway that connects Target to a parking lot near East 116th Street and Pleasant Avenue (see: here). Her alleged assailants weren't even 13. more ›

Low prices may mean low standards when it comes to fair labor practices at big-box stores. Tashawna Green, the 21-year-old employee who Crain's calls the "face of the failed campaign to make a Valley Stream, L.I., store the first unionized Target in the country," was fired from her $8/hour job just weeks after the employees voted down union membership. Green, who has a 6-year-old daughter, says Target's management didn't take kindly to her push for unionization: "Because I'm for the union, they wanted to get rid of me." more ›

Target, attempting to take "one-stop shop" literally, is now offering more groceries than ever before, because nothing says "convenience" like being able to buy hemorrhoid cream and bologna under one roof. more ›

Teenagers: what hubris! It's a rare kid that doesn't indulge in shoplifting once in a while, but even if the thought of getting arrested is far from their minds, most still understand that getting arrested is a possibility. But apparently, three teenage girls in Brooklyn didn't, like, get the memo about the totally annoying relationship between crime and punishment. more ›

Bed bugs are the kiss of death (or at least the kiss of lengthy and expensive cleanings) in this town, so when the internet starts crying the B-word the rumors enough can be dangerous. On January 11th, K.S. wrote on the Atlantic Center Target's Yelp page, "I heard a rumor that the towel section got infested with bed bugs." By the 16th @Tay_BeKnowin wrote on Twitter, "Eeeeew Target got bed bugs & somebody got bit lol.its not funny doh." And yesterday we got an email from a woman who was told by a Target cashier not to purchase a towel. Chika Moses writes: more ›

In the Wall Street Journal's article about Wal-Mart's interest in opening dozens of "smaller" stores in urban areas, there's a sign that Mayor Bloomberg would be happy to welcome the retail behemoth: Mayoral spokesman Andrew Brent said, "We shouldn't tell businesses that want to invest and create jobs in New York City that they can't. New Yorkers are already voting with their feet when they drive outside the City to shop at stores that aren't in the five boroughs." more ›

Retailer Target has just announced that it will begin selling the Apple iPad on October 3rd. This news is conveniently timed with Target’s 5% off promotional discount, going into effect on October 17th, which means all shoppers will receive a 5% discount when using their REDcard to purchase any of the six iPad models available at Target. While Best Buy has been selling the iPad since the product's release earlier this year, there are over 1,700 Target stores or superstores (there are just over 1,000 Best Buy stores). The big question: Will Target face the same import-export problems that Apple has encountered lately? more ›

In an attempt to ease New York into the idea of markets the size of LaGuardia Airport selling everything from fruit to clogs to fishing gear, the Wal-Mart franchise is looking to open quaint shoppes in urban areas—which means the cutest li'l stores you've seen under 20,000 square feet. Real estate broker Faith Consolo says Wal-Mart has been talking to lawyers and brokers about the expansion, which they want to get started on as early as next month. She told AP, "I see this as a smart move, instead of coming into a market as a 900-pound gorilla. They're on an aggressive roll." Where's that Lake of Hellfire we were promised? more ›

With public outcry mounting and threats of a boycott spreading, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel wrote employees today to say the discount retailer was "genuinely sorry" for donating $150,000 to a conservative Republican for Minnesota governor, the AP reports. In the memo, Steinhafel explained that the contribution was intended to support Republican Tom Emmer's stance on economic issues, not his opposition to same-sex marriage and other gay-rights initiatives. (Emmer is promising to cut taxes and government spending if elected.) more ›

A growing outcry over Target's donation of $150,000 to a hard-right Republican running for governor in Minnesota could cost the company revenue, especially in left-leaning NYC. For over a week, MoveOn and a growing number of progressives have used Facebook and Twitter to blast the company, and they're now calling for a nationwide boycott of the chain, which has given lavishly to support TV ads for Tom Emmer, who opposes same-sex marriage and abortion, and supports Arizona's controversial S.B. 1070 immigration bill. more ›

Manhattan just received its first Target store, opening yesterday in East Harlem at East River Plaza. While there have been concerns that the big box would shutter smaller, local businesses in the area—one local shopper told the Daily News, "It's clean. It's a nice facility, and the people are friendly. I'm all for it." (Though she may change her tune if the shop takes the same route as the one in Brooklyn.) more ›

Prospect Park has seen its share of animal deaths this year, but the latest was planned and carried out by the United States Department of Agriculture. According to CityRoom, four hundred Canada geese were captured and euthanized last week in an ongoing effort to curb the population of winged terrors. more ›

The "animal incident" on the Gothamist Newsmap relates to two deer who were in the parking lot of the Target Store in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx. According to WCBS 2, "The two does became stuck behind a chain link fence by the back corner of the store near the loading dock about 11 a.m., with several police officers standing guard. At times, one of the deer became agitated and tried to jump onto the gate, before falling on top of the other deer and eventually calming down and taking a rest. Emergency service units kept the deer contained while they waited for Animal Care and Control to arrive and safely remove the animals." The deer are believed to be from Westchester. more ›

The Target ad currently adorning to the 6 train certainly isn't the first time we've seen subway wrap ads (back in 2008 the History Channel took over the 42nd Street shuttle). However, NYC the Blog notes this is the "first ever full length train completely wrapped in advertising to run on the New York City subway system." Don't expect a new look once you step inside, though—the wrapping is just on the outside (as opposed the the Holland shuttle which gave the train's interior a makeover). more ›

The goose that was shot in the neck with an arrow in Prospect Park last week—cruelly nicknamed Target—is going to be okay! According to the Brooklyn Paper, the goose came right up to parkgoers over the weekend and ate food out of their hands, and the arrow was nowhere to be seen! The witnesses said the wound was healing, but "you could still see right through the hole.” more ›

The wild goose chase around Prospect Park continues. The Canada goose, nicknamed Target [sad face], was first spotted yesterday morning around the park's lake, with a six-inch arrow stuck in its neck. So far no one has been able to catch it, and last night the Parks Department's Phil Abramson gave us this update: more ›