Target axing 500 jobs but boosting store employees in bid to fix customer experience: report

Target is stepping up store staffing, but eliminating about 500 jobs in distribution centers and regional offices, CNBC reported Monday citing an internal memo.The company will reduce the number of store districts — the geographic areas that its nearly 2,000 stores are broken into, which have dedicated staffing — and put money toward more hours for frontline store employees, the report said.Target said it was making changes to the way it runs and oversees stores to improve the customer experience, a top goa ...