Target’s $550m plan to acquire Shipt - which like Instacart, deploys hordes of personal shoppers to pick online orders from stores and deliver them directly to customers in their own vehicles – is a ...

Target on Thursday announced plans to roll out its first Shipt-powered deliveries to 57 stores in Birmingham, AL and South Florida beginning Feb. 1, ahead of a promise to launch the program this ...

Target is planning to buy its way to same-day delivery via the acquisition of Shipt for $550 million in cash. Shipt is an online same-day delivery service. According to Target, the purchase of Shipt ...

NEW YORK - Target (TGT) plans to boost its same-day delivery capability by paying $550 million for Shipt, its latest move to try to catch up with Amazon (AMZN). Shipt delivers groceries to its members ...

The big box store proves it’s serious about competing with more established online players. Though Target has lagged behind peers in its order fulfillment capabilities, this latest move will help the ...

I am a die-hard Instacart shopper. It has literally changed my life. And when I use the word literally, I mean it. I have found hours in the week by not having to visit grocery stores, Costco, ...

Target (NYSE: TGT) is not giving in to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) without a fight. Last week, the retailer surprised investors by announcing it was buying same-day delivery platform Shipt for $550 million ...

With the holidays fast approaching, Target announced Friday that same-day delivery shopped by Shipt is now available on the Target app with no membership required. The new service allows customers to ...

Same-day delivery is coming to Target’s app. The retailer announced this morning that its same-day shopping service Shipt, which Target acquired two years ago for $550 million, will now be integrated ...

The Amazon-Whole Foods deal has set off a domino effect in the grocery sector. Last week, the retailer surprised investors by announcing it was buying same-day delivery platform Shipt for $550 million ...

The battle between Amazon and Walmart is widely known, but Target is now entering the space in a new way. Target announced its plans to buy Shipt, a grocery delivery startup, in a $550 million ...

Shipt shoppers, which began organizing in February, are staging their first action today. Yesterday, a group of Shipt shoppers, who shop and deliver orders from Target and other stores, announced ...