April 15, 2026 | Benjamin Daniel
How Target became one of America’s most iconic brands
MIT political scientist and author Kathleen Thelen spoke with USA Today’s Betty Lin-Fisher about retail giant Target and its impact on American culture. “The discounters created a do-it-yourself model, where they were putting all this stuff out in ways that were accessible to shoppers,” Thelen says.
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