TARGET

The retailer added new features to its Order Pickup, Drive Up and Same-Day Delivery with Shipt fulfillment services.

Target is increasing the number of its in-store Apple shops from 17 stores to 36, which includes new locations in Texas, Florida and Minnestoa.

Target attributes much of its success in keeping products in stock, despite continuing backups in the global supply chain, to a number of steps it has taken to improve distribution efficiency in recent years.

Target will award team members an extra $2 per hour for each hour worked during peak moments of the holiday season.

Target’s Deal Days in October, which runs from Oct. 10 to 12, will offer consumers a holiday price match guarantee for the first time, the company said.

For the holiday shopping season, Target will be offering its team members 5 million additional hours, resulting in more than $75 million more in wages for its employees, the company said.

Walmart has the most loyal customers in the United States, with a loyalty score of 3.22 according to a report from InMarket.

Target reported second-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates, with sales increases across all its merchandise categories.