Title: Target Store Deals, Secrets, and Insider Facts Only Employees Know
Headings: 8 insider facts about shopping at Target that only employees know
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8 insider facts about shopping at Target that only employees know
Áine Cain
Sticky fingers, beware: Target has a digital-forensics program that is state of the art.
Target has a state-of-the-art forensics program to catch shoplifters, among other things.
Be nice to employees — it might pay off.
You can't necessarily spot a clearance item by its price tag.
Target cashiers are sometimes motivated to do a speedy checkout.
You can use Target to get rid of gift cards.
Employees see some pretty strange stuff on the job.
Khakis and red shirts are the order of the day for Target employees.
Employees get 20% off on fruits and vegetables.
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Content: Here's a look at some surprising facts about the retail chain, courtesy of current and former Target employees: Target has a state-of-the-art forensics program to catch shoplifters, among other things. Business Insider/Jessica Tyler
Apparently "CSI: Target" is a thing. The retail chain runs two forensic labs, one in Minneapolis and the other in Las Vegas. On its website, Target said its investigators solve cases through "video and image analysis, latent fingerprint and computer forensics." In a 2008 article profiling the Target Forensic Services team, Forbes reported that 70% of the lab's time is spent looking into fraud, theft, and personal cases. But Target investigators have also assisted law-enforcement agencies on a number of armed robbery, kidnapping, and homicide cases, according to Minnesota Public Radio. People who said they've worked at Target before took to Reddit to say that the stores tend to have state-of-the-art camera surveillance. "The resolution on those things was insane," one Reddit poster wrote.