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MINNEAPOLIS — The next Target online order that ends up at your door might come from a new type of shipping facility aimed at making deliveries cheaper and faster.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Thursday filed suit against Shipt, the grocery delivery business of Target Corp., for allegedly cheating workers of benefits and rights by classifying them as independent contractors.

Customers will receive groceries directly from the Kroger warehouse when they order from the Mariano’s website, instead of only having third-party delivery options such as Instacart or Shipt.

Target Corp. will open three new package-sorting centers during the next year — two in greater Chicago and one in the Denver area — to further its strategy of using stores to handle online orders.

If the pandemic has taught us nothing else, Americans have apparently taken to the idea of home grocery deliveries.

Soon after becoming the new leader of Target's delivery business Shipt, Kamau Witherspoon learned what it was like to be one of its shoppers.

Target has an answer for Amazon's Prime Day and consumers will be the winners.

Walgreen's began using drones made by Wing to deliver prescriptions to consumers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

In late 2017, retailer Target Corp (NYSE: TGT) announced an acquisition to help boost its delivery and digital sales. The acquisition proved to be one that helped power the company’s growth during the COVID-19 pandemic and has also rewarded shareholders since the time of the announcement.

Retailers are adding new brands, advanced technology, more logistics and warehouse space to keep customers hooked to online shopping.

Shipt, the grocery delivery business of Target, sharply increased its same-day delivery service by adding Walgreens and 7-Eleven stores across the country.