Thursday, October 23, 2014

Target: FREE Shipping on All Holiday Items

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO

NEW YORK -- Target (TGT) is offering for the first time free holiday shipping on all items, including even $6 lipsticks, as the discounter throws itself in the ring to compete better with the likes of Amazon.

The Minneapolis-based chain said its free shipping offer starts Wednesday and will last through Dec. 20. The move is unusually early for a retailer -- coming weeks before the official holiday season kickoff over the Thanksgiving weekend -- and could squeeze Target's profit margins. But the strategy underscores how retailers are willing to do whatever it takes to grab shoppers in the holiday shopping season, which accounts for about 20 percent of the retail industry's total sales

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