The companies on the Global 500 employ 70.2 million people, and their revenue represents more than one-third of the world’s GDP.

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With a combined revenue of $21 trillion and $2.1 trillion in profits, the 2026 Fortune 500 is the definitive list of America's largest companies.

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The 300 companies on this year’s list brought in over $12.5 trillion in revenue for the latest 12 months, with the median revenue figure at $24 billion.

America's Most Innovative Companies

This year's 100 Best Companies to Work For are rebuilding the social contract at work so people feel supported, trusted, and future-ready as they undergo that transition.

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Employees say:"I believe Target is a great place to work because the management genuinely values employee input and encourages us to share ideas for improving the store. I’ve seen firsthand how suggestions are taken seriously, leading to initiatives like improved scheduling flexibility and enhanced training programs. This supportive environment, combined with competitive benefits, makes me feel truly valued and motivated to excel every day."

Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

See which workplaces made this year's list.

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The corporations on our annual list of the world's 500 largest companies combined to generate $41.7 trillion in revenue over the past year.

Almost $20 trillion in revenue—and a record-breaking $1.87 trillion in profits. Introducing the 2025 Fortune 500, the definitive list of the biggest companies in America.

The top companies on our list have one thing in common: Staff largely trust leadership to see them as well-rounded people and reward them for a job well done.

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Employees say: "The sense of connection this company has with its employees is truly unique. The level of care that Target shows through benefits offerings, community involvement, and developmental investment is unparalleled in the industry."

The 300 companies on this year’s list brought in over $12.6 trillion in revenue for the latest 12 months, with the median revenue figure at $22 billion.

Leaders in all industries rely more than ever on Big Tech—and appreciate the giants that deliver, at scale, without drama.

World's Most Admired Companies

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Employees say:"I love the culture of Target. Always have. I worked for Target 25 years ago as a TL then came back as an ETL. I always took the culture and values I learned at Target to other places I worked. As an ETL I work a lot of hours and a lot of work is expected but never have I wavered on feeling proud to work for this company. I enjoy coming to work, seeing my co-workers and most days, feel accomplished in the work that I complete. Thank you for allowing me to have a career that has provided me so much joy!"

The corporations on our annual list posted aggregate revenues of $41 trillion for the second year in a row.

Industries included in the sector are automotive retail, general merchandisers, internet retail, and specialty retail.

Fortune Sector Leaders: Retailing

The Fortune 500, in its 70th year in 2024, ranks the biggest U.S. companies by revenue.

Creating a more empathetic workplace looks like staying loyal to workers, emphasizing D&I initiatives, and paying well.

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Down 39 spots from last year’s list, retail behemoth Target weathered nine store closures in September due to “<a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/target-stores-closing-list-2023-theft-crime">theft and organized retail crime</a>,” which came a few months after it pulled Pride merch from its shelves following conservative customer backlash, which the company said <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1194176045/target-sales-lgbtq-pride-bud-light">impacted sales</a>. At the same time, Target expanded its Target Forward strategy to offer benefits and career growth opportunities, physical and mental health support, and family support. It also expanded access to health benefits for hourly paid employees working 25 hours per week, with 20% more employees becoming eligible for the benefits. Target also told Fortune that CEO <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=dea8dac3f91dbfe3&amp;rlz=1C5GCCM_en&amp;sxsrf=ACQVn09I5zSQpBwdjS7I4tVhL87Vj3cu8g:1709732397695&amp;q=Brian+Cornell&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLSz9U3MC4vL8ozesRoyi3w8sc9YSmdSWtOXmNU4-IKzsgvd80rySypFJLgYoOy-KR4uJC08Sxi5XUqykzMU3DOL8pLzckBAPS_UdhWAAAA&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiVx-bB4d-EAxVSrYkEHRqeCjkQzIcDKAB6BAgfEAE">Brian Cornell</a> frequently travels to stores and supply-chain facilities unannounced to familiarize himself with employees’ work. He meets with summer interns and hosts monthly meets with officers, which have hundreds of employees in attendance. &nbsp;The company continues to invest in increasing employee wages. In 2017, the retailer announced a path to raise its starting wage to $15 an hour, and it reached the goal in 2020. In 2022, the company set starting wages with a range of $15 to $24 an hour for hourly employees, depending on the market. &nbsp;Target’s Dream to Be program gives part- and full-time employees in the U.S. access to tuition-free bachelors’ and associate degrees and certificates from 250 programs across 40 schools. The program also provides up to $10,000 per year for master’s degrees available within its catalog. Among enrollees, turnover is 70% lower, and promotions are three times higher.

The 200 companies on this list are transforming industries from the inside out.

The 26th edition of the list shows how much esteem Big Tech giants command among other business leaders.

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The 25th Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies list suggests that tech giants’ peers respect them as much as ever.

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Building a culture of trust and transparency is essential to help everyone thrive, especially in rocky economic times.

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As one of the world’s leading retailers, Target is committed to changing the world, starting with its employees. 
<ul> 
 	<li>Target sets aggressive goals for investing in diverse employees and suppliers. Between 2019 and 2021, they met or exceeded their goals, including increasing promotions of people of color by 62% and spending $1.78 billion with diverse suppliers.</li> 
 	<li>The Target Forward commitment prioritizes sustainable brands, eliminating waste, and boosting opportunity and equity.</li> 
 	<li>The company recently launched a debt-free education assistance program, offering financial aid for full-time and part-time team members at stores, supply chain facilities, and headquarter locations who are seeking degrees.</li> 
 	<li>Target <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/28/target-will-cover-employees-travel-to-other-states-for-abortion.html">covers travel costs for employees seeking abortions</a> in another state.</li> 
 	<li>“I think it is unique that Target invites people to bring their authentic self to the workplace. I assist with the hiring process, so I have often gotten the questions like, ‘I have piercings (or tattoos or hot-pink hair),’ and I am happy to say that you don’t have to cover that up,” noted one employee. “And in more recent years, I can proudly tell people who are trans or nonbinary that they can be known and accepted by their preferred name and pronouns.”</li> 
</ul>

The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies delivered a record $41 trillion in aggregate revenues.

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The 300 companies on this list are transforming industries from the inside out.

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Employees say: 
 
"I really feel that the current leadership has made strong effort to bring out the best aspects of our culture and build on them to reinforce their importance. I have been here almost 16 years, and the friends I work with are the main reason I have stayed so long. How Target managed through the pandemic and shifted our working style to protect the team then and transition us to the hybrid model was a very clear demonstration of our culture."

The Fortune 500, in its 69th year in 2023, ranks the biggest U.S. companies by revenue.

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The retailer and grocer is the fifth-largest employer among Fortune 500 companies. While it operates nearly 2,000 U.S. stores, about 18% of its sales now originate online. 
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 	<li>As consumers pulled back on discretionary spending in 2022, Target found itself with an inventory surplus that pushed it to slash prices. Partly as a result, profits fell 60% from fiscal year 2021, to $2.8 billion.</li> 
 	<li>After the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Target was among the companies declaring they would pay for employees to travel out of state to access abortion services if necessary. That announcement drew blowback from conservatives. On another culture-war front, Target’s decision in May 2023 to move Pride-themed merchandise to less prominent positions in some stores, in response to threats and angry reactions from customers, was sharply criticized by LGBTQ+ rights activists.</li> 
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Just as it dominates our economy, Big Tech now dominates Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate reputation.

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When it comes to supporting employees, flexibility, diversity, and a few extra paid days off go a long way.

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Throughout the pandemic, Target rolled out new benefits and programs to help its frontline workers, including awarding $200 bonuses to hourly full- and part-time store employees in July 2021. The retailer is continuing its commitment to strong teams and a supportive workplace by bolstering its minimum wage and health care benefits. In February, Target expanded its starting wage range by $9 per hour in an initiative that will roll out regionally throughout 2022. Depending on the location and position, Target will now pay a starting rate between $15 and $24 per hour. And beginning in April, Target store employees who work an average minimum of 25 hours a week will have the option to enroll in the company’s health insurance plan—an expansion that makes 20% of the retailer’s workforce newly eligible for comprehensive health care benefits.

Aggregate sales hit $37.8 trillion last year—an increase of 19%, the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history.

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Employees say: 
 
“Having been a Target Team Member for a long time, there is no place else I would rather work at. This is my second family and we have been through everything together. The people are what keep me here! Just the different walks of life, personalities and cultures are what make it special.”

This year’s Fortune 500 marks the 68th running of the list.

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The internet’s favorite department store chain continued to thrive in 2021, as profit increased by 59% and revenue by 13.3% compared to the year before and shoppers’ behavior settled into a new normal. Drawing in customers has presented less of a problem for Target than recruiting and retaining employees in a tight labor market. Investing $300 million in initiatives to expand pay and benefits, Target announced in August 2021 that it would offer to pay college tuition and associated expenses for more than 340,000 full- and part-time employees. And in March 2022 the chain said that it would raise its minimum wage (depending on the role) from $15 an hour to as much $24 hourly.

After a year in which humanity leaned more heavily than ever on tech giants, see which companies topped Fortune's ranking of corporate reputation.

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Our 2021 list of the 100 best companies to work for, as ranked by their employees. See which companies made the list.

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Target was one of the pandemic’s big retail winners, with 2020 revenue rising 20%. But the company understood it could not have reached that sales level without its employees, and was among the first to provide a $2 an hour pay increase in the hectic first months of the pandemic. The discount retailer also accelerated its minimum wage increase to $15, putting some rivals, notably Walmart and Kroger, on the defensive. And acknowledging the physical and mental health risks to its workers, Target allowed employees 65 and older or pregnant additional fully paid leave.

Total revenue for the world’s biggest companies fell 4.8% to $31.7 trillion this year—the first decline in half a decade.

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After years of multibillion-dollar investments, Target emerged as a major e-commerce player during the pandemic. The company tripled its online business, and overall sales were up 20% last year. Its store brands, 10 of which are now billion-dollar labels, continued to catch on with shoppers even as Target made deeper inroads as a grocer. To maintain this momentum, Target plans to spend $4 billion annually in the next few years, opening more stores in city centers, remodeling hundreds a year, and expanding its e-commerce infrastructure.

These companies foster supportive cultures, where employees find opportunities for growth with help from their colleagues.

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Employees say: 
 
“Target takes care of its people and thrives when faced with uncertainty. With everything our country faced last year, Target offered incentives and took care of their employees.”

Best Large Workplaces in New York

See which retailers made this year's list.

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Employees say: 
 
“What I find unique about working at Target is that they truly give equal opportunity and don't base any decisions on your race or gender or just the way you look. All different types of people are given a chance to work here and be part of a team.”

The companies on this year's list make a conscious effort to be supportive, inclusive workplaces.

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Employees say: 
 
“You are given the confidence each and every day to truly be who you want to be here. Being confident as an individual makes a confident employee and that is really shown here.”

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This year’s Fortune 500 marks the 67th running of the list.

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For an astounding 13th straight year, Apple claims the top spot in Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate reputation, based on a survey of almost 3,800 executives, directors, and analysts.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $33.3 trillion in revenues and $2.1 trillion in profits.

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Target made a big bet on renewing its own brands, remodeling stores, and overhauling its e-commerce efforts. It has paid off handsomely. The discount chain emerged as one of the big winners during the novel coronavirus pandemic thanks to its improved grocery offerings and newfound online prowess. Target’s apparel and home goods brands, many of which are quite new, have stolen market share from weakened department stores. As shoppers begin to return to non-essential items, that land grab is likely to continue, shielding Target to some extent from any prolonged downturn in consumer spending.

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Employees say: 
 
"They focus on self-improvement in areas you are interested in, and give opportunities to explore those interests within the company. I feel extremely supported when I want to learn more about a subject."

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Employees say: 
 
“Target understands that team members have home lives, personal passions and ambitions. Target respects these human aspects of its employees and offers the flexibility to pursue a balance between work and life that is energizing and fulfilling.”

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 66th running of the list.

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Target has made a big bet on renewing its own brands—remodeling stores and overhauling its e-commerce efforts. And it has paid off in a big way. The discount chain has emerged as one of the big winners during the pandemic, thanks to its improved grocery offerings and newfound online prowess. Target’s apparel and home goods brands, many of which are quite new, have taken market share away from weakened department stores. And as shoppers begin to return to non-essential items, that land grab is likely to continue, shielding Target to some extent from any prolonged downturn in consumer spending.

We surveyed tens of thousands of young employees to create this list of millennials’ favorite workplaces.

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Employees say: 
 
"Amazing teams that are very engaged. Set up for success in terms of resources. Responsibility and decision rights pushed down which empowers all levels. Great learning and development opportunities and team-building events. Endless opportunity here." 
 
Read more: <a href="https://fortune.com/2020/08/06/target-best-workplaces-millennials-company-culture-melissa-kremer/?mmmmmbmb">How Target creates a great workplace for millennials</a> 
 
 
 
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Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2019 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.7 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 65th running of the list.

Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2018 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 64th running of the list.

Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2017 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 63rd running of the list.

Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2016 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.6 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 62nd running of the list.

Business insiders have spoken: Asked which companies they most admire, more than 4,100 executives, directors, and analysts chose these top 50 All-Stars.

The world's 500 largest companies generated $31.2 trillion in revenues and $1.7 trillion in profits in 2014. Together, this year's Fortune Global 500 employ 65 million people worldwide and are represented by 36 countries.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 61st running of the list. Wal-Mart claims the top spot again. See who made the list.

Global business is back. After limping through a worldwide financial crisis and economic slowdown, the 500 largest companies ranked by revenues shattered all sorts of performance records in 2013: They racked up combined revenues of $31.1 trillion, up 2.5% from 2012, and profits soared 27% to nearly $2 trillion. China’s 95 companies (up from 89 last year) posted $5.8 trillion in revenues. The U.S. has four fewer companies on the list than last year but remains (for now) the country leader, with 128 corporations on the list—including No. 1 Wal-Mart Stores—reporting $8.6 trillion in revenues. 

Wal-Mart stayed on top as its sales crept closer to half-a-trillion dollars. Apple moved into the top five. And UnitedHealth Group continued its steady climb. 

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Target is a mass-market retail chain with more than 2,000 stores in the U.S. as of 2026. Beauty and household items make up nearly a third of Target’s sales, followed by groceries and home furnishings. Most of Target’s sales occur in its stores, with about 20% originating online. About a third of its sales come from Target-owned brands. It also partners with Starbucks and CVS, which operate outlets in Target stores. The company’s origins trace back to 1902 and the beginnings of what became the Dayton-Hudson department store company. The first Target opened in 1962.

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Welcome to the Target Corporation Third Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, we will invite you to participate in a question-and-answer session. At the close of prepared remarks, we will open the queue for the Q&A session. At that time, if you have a question, you will need to press star one on your telephone. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded Wednesday, November 19th, 2025. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. John Holbert, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on our Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. On the line with me today are Brian Cornell, Chair and Chief Executive Officer; Michael Fiddelke, Chief Operating Officer; Rick Gomez, Chief Commercial Officer; and Jim Lee, Chief Financial Officer. In a few minutes, Brian, Michael, Rick, and Jim will provide their insights on our third quarter performance and outlook for the rest of the year. Following their remarks, we'll open the phone lines for a question-and-answer session. This morning, we're joined on this conference call by investors and others who are listening to our comments via webcast. Following the call, Jim and I will be available to answer your follow-up questions.

Finally, as a reminder, any forward-looking statements that we make this morning are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those described in this morning's earnings press release and in our most recently filed 10-K. Also, in these remarks, we refer to non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted earnings per share. Reconciliations of all non-GAAP numbers to the most directly comparable GAAP number are included in this morning's press release, which is posted on our investor relations website. With that, I'll turn it over to Brian to kick things off. Brian?

Thanks, John, and good morning, everyone. This is my final earnings call as Target CEO, and I plan to keep my comments brief this morning, but I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your ongoing engagement and support over the last 11 years. It's been the highlight of my career to lead this great company, and our business has undergone many important changes since I arrived in 2014. We entered into an innovative partnership with CVS to run our pharmacy business. We changed our operating model in food and beverage, paving the way for explosive growth in that part of the business. We invested in our product design, development, and sourcing capabilities, and launched several new billion-dollar-owned brands.

We pioneered the stores as hubs model for digital fulfillment, remodeled well over 1,000 of our existing stores, and added nearly 200 net new locations in the US. All told, this year's top line is expected to be well over $30 billion higher than the year I arrived. In that 2014 fiscal year, GAAP and adjusted EPS both came in around $4 a share, and the upper end of this year's expected range for adjusted EPS is double that number. I am proud that our team could deliver this top and bottom line growth while building a solid foundation of operating capabilities, including one of the nation's largest loyalty programs in Target Circle and a rapidly growing retail media business in Rondelle.

That said, our business has not been performing up to its potential over the last few years, and I am singularly focused on supporting Michael and the entire leadership team as they make changes to the way we work, enhancing our merchandising authority, our retail experience, and investing in technology to accelerate our business. In the call today, you'll hear how the team is working quickly to get the company back to profitable growth. While we're not there yet, I'm confident we're on the right path, and Michael is the right person to lead the next chapter of Target's growth. With that, I want to thank all of you for your participation today and for your thoughtful engagement over the years. Finally, I want to thank the entire Target team. It has been a privilege to work with you in support of this great brand.

Now, I'll turn the call and today's Q&A over to Michael.

Thanks, Brian, and good morning, everyone. We have high but achievable aspirations for Target's future, and we're acting with urgency to make the changes and investments to position Target for sustainable and profitable growth over time. While our third quarter performance came in as expected, we're far from satisfied with our current results, and we won't be satisfied until we're operating at our full potential. To get there, we've set three distinct but highly interrelated priorities for our team. First, we must solidify our design-led merchandising authority, leading with incredible product in a way that is distinctly Target. Second, as a retailer that believes that the shopping experience is every bit as important as the products we sell, we need to offer a more consistently elevated experience across our stores and digital platforms.

Third, we need to more fully use technology to improve our speed, guest experience, and efficiency throughout the business. Together, these priorities are in service of one goal: getting back to sustainable growth as quickly as possible. They guide every decision we make, and I want to spend a few minutes to help clarify what these priorities are, why each matters, and share some of our progress to date. Before I expand on these priorities, I want to pause and acknowledge our recent restructuring at headquarters, in which we eliminated approximately 1,800 roles, or about 8% of our headquarters' footprint, a difficult but necessary step forward. While Jim will walk through some financial aspects of this decision, I want to make it clear that this move was not about cutting costs.

Instead, by removing layers that have added complexity to the way we work, we're aiming to work with greater agility, making it clear who owns decisions and empowering our team to operate with greater authority and speed in support of our strategy. Let's discuss how we're making progress in solidifying our merchandising authority and elevating our shopping experience. You'll also see the critical role that enhanced technology is playing in support of both, helping us progress quickly, efficiently, and in industry-leading ways. We are a design-led company, and that starts with our authority in merchandising, our ability to build a unique assortment of the right, stylish, on-trend products at incredible value that's so central to who we are and key to our differentiation and future growth. At Target, we believe that offering an assortment that's distinctly ours is essential to maintaining our merchandising authority with our guests.

Not every category plays the same role towards these efforts, but together, they create an assortment and experience that feels unmistakably Target. A great example is the transformation of our hardlines business into FUN 101, an evolution in bringing greater cultural relevance, style authority, and trend-right energy to the assortment, reinforcing what makes shopping at Target so special. While we have much more change in FUN 101 to come, it builds our confidence to see the categories that have seen the greatest change driving some of the strongest sales performance already. Rick will have more details to share later. Within each category, merchandising authority means staying incredibly close to our guests by knowing what they'll want next, reacting to, predicting, and even setting new trends. Tech will play a critical role in helping us get there.

We're enhancing our capabilities by equipping our teams with new tools that provide them with AI-enabled consumer insights at their fingertips. Our merchants now have real-time access to advanced data, from what is currently trending on social media to which products and styles are resonating with consumers at Target and across the industry today, to what future trends our guests are most likely to care about, helping our team forecast needs, anticipate trends, and buy both smarter and faster. New tools also include our recently developed Target Trend Brain, our new internal creative platform, which uses GenAI technology to help our teams identify and react to emerging trends faster and predict future trends. By leveraging AI to capture color, material, style, and product details, and applying consumer research and our brand principles, we can deliver unique and on-trend products to our guests faster than ever before.

To further enhance our speed to market, we've also created synthetic audiences, AI-driven models that simulate real consumer populations to preview how different groups could respond to campaigns and products before they ever launch. This allows our marketing and design teams to test, learn, and refine products, promotions, and messaging with incredible speed and efficiency. You will see us continue to accelerate our use of technology. It is our talented team that brings this work to life. We are investing intentionally in our team and how we approach our work. We're redefining roles throughout the cross-functional team that supports our assortment planning and buying decisions, what we call our merchant roundtable, to better equip our teams to make bolder decisions even faster.

I'm also excited to share we welcome new leaders to the team in areas like our home business to bring new ways of thinking and accelerate change in this signature category. These steps forward are examples of how we're solidifying our design-led merchandising authority by using people, process, and technology to drive greater levels of newness and differentiation across our entire assortment, more quickly reacting to emerging trends and amplifying these trends faster than ever before. Let's turn now to our team's efforts to elevate the guest shopping experience, both in stores and digital. A great guest experience means a lot of things, but it starts with a warm, friendly, and helpful team. In stores, we're making changes to give our team members more time to focus on what matters most, spending time helping our guests.

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