NORWALK – The newest Target retail store is due to open 680 Connecticut Ave. at the former Walmart on Aug. 17, the Minnesota-based chain announced last week.
The store is hiring workers starting at $17.50 per hour, according to a banner affixed to the department store. It is expected to employ about 180 team members and will also feature a CVS Pharmacy and a Starbucks café. The new location, open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., will mark the company’s 24th store in the state, according to Target.
“We’re celebrating the opening of eight new stores this summer, bringing Target’s easy, affordable and joy-filled shopping experience and good jobs to communities in California, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania,” a press release states. “This includes leaning into larger footprints: Three of these newest stores top our 125,000-square-foot chain average.”
That includes the Norwalk location, which has 117,215 square feet of space.
The stores fulfill 95% of its digital orders, including same-day delivery service with Target Circle 360, which currently reaches 80% of the U.S. population.
In fact, with every grand opening, we’re getting closer to more consumers in support of our stores-as-hubs model, in which stores serve as both shopping destinations and fulfillment hubs to deliver what guests need, when and where they need it.
We’re also extending Target’s culture of care into the communities we serve to support local needs, investing more than 340,000 hours of community service and more than $107 million in product and cash donations last year in California, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
“I’m so grateful for the experiences I’ve had as a member of the Target stores team — they’ve shaped me, both as a leader and as a person,” said Chief Stores Officer Adrienne Costanzo, who started her Target career 20 years ago at a store in Evansville, Indiana. “There’s an energy and camaraderie in our stores that’s hard to describe — and one that I’ll never take for granted — with teams who support and champion each other to do our best every day.”
