Target's new CEO is thrown into crisis mode on day one
Target's new CEO won't get a honeymoon period. Michael Fiddelke, the company's chief operating officer who started as a finance intern, is taking over at a moment when the retailer is under pressure on nearly every front, grappling with a weakening business, political backlash, and growing employee strain.Fiddelke, who officially takes the helm this weekend, will have to contend with 10 of the past 12 quarters having flat or declining comparable sales, as civil unrest unfolds in Minneapolis, where Target i ...