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Michael Fiddelke is Target’s newly minted CEO, stepping into the role after years as its CFO and COO and replacing long-time CEO Brian Cornell. All that experience in Target’s executive suite (20 years’ worth) gives him knowledge weapons few managers can mobilize to control how the brand navigates inflation, competition, and shifting consumer behavior. His macro-influence comes from Target’s role as a trendsetter. When Target leans into any category, from home goods to private-label brands, competitors scramble to adjust. And because the company sits between Walmart’s scale and Amazon’s speed, Fiddelke’s decisions help define what the “middle of the market” looks like for millions of shoppers. Fiddelke’s steering Target through a major modernization push that includes store redesigns to digital fulfillment to new partnerships that reshape how people buy products.
