Target Release

Released May 8/15, 2023 (build 46.20.17)

Redesigned action bars for News and Activity

A handful of user-friendly improvements are in store for the News and Activity action bars, including:

• Adding labels that clearly distinguish each each action bar
• Replacing the gear icons with action menu ("three dots") icons
• Relocating all News icons to right side of the News action bar
• Merging the Manage and News Admins menus into one combined menu
  
  

Employee ID field added to Profiles

(Note - this feature was originally slated to arrive in the Success release)

User Profiles will now include an optional field for Employee IDs (in the About section). This field can only be edited by System Admins and may be set to be either visible or hidden to regular users when they're viewing someone's Profile.

TOTAL:  112 bug fixes, improvements, and enhancements.

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Release cycle theme: Jostle: A to Z

T is for Target

Did you know that Target has had a long and interesting history as a retailer? Read on for a quick peek behind the bullseye!

Fast facts

• founded as Goodfellows Dry Goods Company in 1902
• "Target" branding and the bullseye logo debuted in 1962
• currently has 1,948 stores in the U.S.
• made their first $1 billion in sales in 1979 (2022: $109 billion)

Notable moments

• developers of the first fully enclosed shopping mall
• first company to offer retirement benefits to employees
• opened 11 stores in one city in one day (Chicago, 1993)
• Target flopped in Canada

133 stores were opened across Canada between 2013 and 2015, but Target was never able to grab a foothold in the market. The entire Canadian branch was shuttered in April 2015.

Trivia tidbit

• Target is a little wary of their customers once they get behind the wheel of a car

To explain: you know those big red decorative balls (aka "bollards") that are permanent fixtures outside the front of every Target store? Well, they aren't just there for decorative purposes. Their main function is to prevent any crazed shoppers from driving their cars right into the store. 😬

So, I guess the takeaway here is that just because they're called Target doesn't mean they actually want to be a target.