Target Picks New CEO In Bid To Win Back Shoppers Amid Plunging Sales, Boycotts
Target has picked a longtime executive to take over as CEO amid plummeting sales and a slumping stock throughout 2025.
Chief operating officer Michael Fiddelke will become Target's next CEO, the retail giant announced on Wednesday, Aug 20. Fiddelke, who has spent two decades at Target, will succeed current chief executive Brian Cornell on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.
Cornell, 66, will become the executive chair of Target's board and help Fiddelke, 49, in the transition.
"There is no one better suited to move Target forward than Michael Fiddelke," Cornell said in a statement. "He brings …
Murder-Suicide: Autopsy Results Shed Light On Mass Family's Deaths
The family found dead inside a Dover mansion last week died of a murder-suicide, autopsy reports found this week.
Rakesh Kamal, 57, Teena Kamal, 54, and their daughter Arianna Kamal, 18, were found shot to death inside their 11-bedroom, $4 million home in Dover about 20 miles from Boston just before 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 28, the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office said. They had all been shot to death.
An autopsy found that Rakesh Kamal killed his wife and daughter before turning the .40-caliber pistol on himself, the prosecutor's office said.
The gun was…