Summary
Target is changing its employee dress code to make store workers more recognizable to customers. Employees will now wear plain red shirts with blue jeans or khakis at all U.S. stores. This change comes after an incident involving a T-shirt worn by an employee, but the company has not directly connected the two events.
Key Facts
- Target will require employees to wear plain red shirts and blue jeans or khakis.
- The dress code change affects Target's nearly 2,000 U.S. stores.
- Previously, employees had more flexibility with red tops and non-blue denim.
- The change is part of Target’s efforts to improve customer experience.
- The announcement follows an incident involving a politically charged T-shirt.
- Target has not publicly linked the new dress code to the incident.
- Dress code enforcement has varied by store location in the past.
- Target was founded in 1962 and is based in Minneapolis.
