Target’s Nationwide Curbside Pickup | Amazon Expands Discounted Prime Membership | Dollar Tree’s Chopped Shares

Target reported Q4 growth in revenue, comp sales, digital and foot traffic and growth across core merchandise categories. It’s rolling out more delivery options and continuing to invest in digital — just like every smart retailer out there — yet the big box brand's earnings still fell short by $0.01 in Q4, leading to a dip in shares. What scared off investors? Quite possibly the same thing that has both mainstream and social media abuzz with praise: its promise to achieve a $15 minimum wage by 2020. Read More...

Some gig workers rely on the gig economy as their main source of income. Others use platforms like Uber or Fiverr to supplant income from full-time jobs or save up for an annual family vacation. While goals may be varied, the gig economy now represents approximately 34 percent of the workforce — and it’s growing. It may even make up 43 percent of the workforce by 2020. Here are the reasons workers join the gig economy — and what they hope to get out of their time working for gig platforms. Read More...

The last mile needs a bit of last mile itself — namely, getting the packaging ready to put the good stuff in before it gets to the customer. The bold and the beautiful stand out in eCommerce, so why shouldn’t custom packages? Startup Lumi makes packaging for eCommerce brands, and co-founder Stephan Ango tells PYMNTS the model demands a different wrapper, so to speak. Read More...