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\n\tThreshold, Target\u2018s massive in-house brand for home goods, aims to elevate its style, sales volume and shopping experience through a \u201creinvention\u201d bringing more than 800 new items, a broader range of aesthetics and some lower prices to the assortment.<\/p>\n
\n\tAs Target\u2019s largest and most important private home brand, Threshold generates nearly $3 billion in volume \u2014 but with the reinvention, should exceed that level in 2027.<\/p>\n
\n\tTarget\u2019s Good & Gather food brand is said to be the largest private brand in the company, exceeding $4 billion in annual sales. Aside from Threshold, there are other high-volume in-house brands at Target in the $3 billion range, including Cat & Jack for children\u2019s. Target\u2019s total sales neared $105 billion last year.<\/p>\n
\n\tWith Threshold, \u201cThis isn\u2019t just a refresh of last year\u2019s styles. This is a complete overhaul,\u201d said Mara Sirhal, Target\u2019s senior vice president of merchandise for home, in an exclusive interview. \u201cThreshold is really the core, central brand in our home portfolio. We will be offering more styles. It will be more curated. There will be a greater focus on elevated quality coupled with incredible value.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWhen we talk about introducing 800 new items, they are truly new, originally-designed products,\u201d Sirhal said. \u201cIn Threshold bedding, for example, we redid almost 80 percent of the assortment with completely new colors, patterns and fabrics you haven\u2019t seen before. It looks completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tMara Sirhal<\/p>\n
\n\tThe new items cut across seven Threshold categories \u2014 decorative accessories, bedding, kitchen counter and tabletop, pillows and throws, wall decor, lighting and outdoor living \u2014 where Sirhal said \u201cmeaningful changes\u201d are or will be happening. \u201cIn decorative accessories, think deck pillows, vases, greenery, et cetera. We\u2019re bringing in more premium details spanning traditional to contemporary styles. In bedding, we\u2019ve got elevated fabrics.\u201d Sheets, tabletop, barware, and serve ware are also being redesigned.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re a huge business, so we carry pretty much every item type that you could think of. But we do have a keen focus on the edit as well,\u201d said Sirhal, who joined Target a year ago after serving as the chief merchant at QVC. With the stock keeping unit count, \u201cSome categories start to increase, some categories decrease, to drive a lot more depth of inventory into the core programs that we need. But I think what you\u2019ll notice, and what\u2019s really important, is the level of newness we\u2019re bringing in to support the transformation of the brand over the 2026 period and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSirhal cited several price cuts. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWith our Threshold performance sheets, really a top item for us, we\u2019re introducing refreshed colors and prints and lowering the price by $10. So $50 for an incredible sheet set for a queen bed is a great price. There\u2019s also a Threshold queen comforter priced $69. It previously cost $89,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are definitely looking at lowering price points in many of our categories.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tStore changes are also in the works. Decorative pillows, throws and tabletop, for example, are now merchandised together, making it easier for shoppers to find complementary colors, patterns and textures for their rooms. Select stores also feature higher grade wood fixtures to spotlight changes. \u201cWe reorganized the space so that the customer or the \u2018guest,\u2019 I should say, can really shop by category. It\u2019s very organized. It\u2019s very edited, focused and curated. That\u2019s the first expression of how are we continuing to elevate that store experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile reconfiguring bedding and bath areas, sheet walls displaying Threshold and other labels are being redone to showcase the attributes of the different sheets.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cGuests are experiencing an elevated shopping experience. They\u2019re seeing these completely new styles and expressions of the brand, a retail architecture that\u2019s really solid and where we\u2019ve been able to lower prices,\u201d Sirhal said. \u201cAll three are happening at the same time. So that\u2019s created a lot of demand.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe have a great opportunity to continue to drive growth from this brand [through] more aesthetics and styles to meet our guests\u2019 needs,\u201d Sirhal said. Threshold products are \u201cfront and center\u201d in each home area. \u201cIt always sort of leads the department,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\n\tOther key in-house brands for home goods include the budget-priced Room Essentials, Brightroom for storage and organization and Casaluna for spa-inspired bed and bath products. There\u2019s also Figment for kitchen products, including cookware, gadgets and accessories; Hearth & Hand with Magnolia, an exclusive home and lifestyle brand designed in partnership with Chip and Joanna Gaines, and Pillowfort, for kids\u2019 home furnishings and decor.<\/p>\n
\n\tSirhal said the retailer\u2019s research that Target shoppers tend to mix three or more aesthetics in their home. <\/p>\n
\n\tThat\u2019s motivated the retailer \u201cto broaden Threshold beyond its traditionally rooted look to offer more styles and more aesthetics. We will be introducing products that really hit more transitional, soft modern and contemporary aesthetics as well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\n\tYears ago, she suggested, someone might have designed their home top-to-bottom in one aesthetic. \u201cYou would make a choice \u2014 rustic, farmhouse, highly traditional. But now, because people are not moving as much, they are layering a lot more. So what we\u2019re doing is broadening the brand\u2019s reach to fit with the consumer of today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Threshold overhaul began in June with the team tackling decorative home first while the aesthetic started to broaden. Sirhal said the team is working on \u201ca big reset\u201d of the bedding and soft home department. \u201cAs we go into holiday, you\u2019ll see the continuation of that aesthetic breadth and product elevation. We also have a lot coming up in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Threshold remake is not an isolated agenda at Target. The brand plays an important role in chief executive officer Michael Fiddelke\u2019s strategy to reverse sluggish sales and recapture the \u201cTarzhay\u201d image and reputation for democratizing style. Fiddelke said Target would spend $2 billion this year to get its mojo back. The strategy encompasses plans to refresh the store experience across the chain, invest in store payroll and training to improve service and strengthen the beauty, baby, food and beverage, women\u2019s style, health and wellness, fandom and culture, as well as home.<\/p>\n
\n\tAccording to Sirhal, nearly 60 percent of Target guests shop home each year. And when a guest purchases a home item, their basket grows by more than 30 percent.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe redesigned decorative accessories, throws and candles are seeing double-digit growth, according to Target. \u201cEarly results are really encouraging,\u201d said Sirhal. \u201cSome are rooted in the areas that we\u2019ve already started to transform, but we know there\u2019s a lot more work ahead\u2026.We are just completing bedding and bath, and we\u2019re seeing incredible results here as well. Again, that evolution continues into \u201927 with the new products.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tLast June, designer Isaac Mizrahi joined Target as creative director at large. \u201cHe has a real personal passion for home,\u201d Sirhal said. \u201cWe are definitely leaning into him as a partner.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tAsked if he\u2019s involved in Threshold, Sirhal said: \u201cHe is serving as a mentor to our team more broadly and so that spans categories. Certainly, home is a part of that, but we are super excited just to have him as a partner. He\u2019s bringing a lot of great creative thinking and has, obviously, an incredible legacy with our brand.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tMizrahi launched a fashion collection with Target in 2003, but moved on to Liz Claiborne in 2009.<\/p>\n
\n\tSirhal acknowledged at Target \u201chadn\u2019t consistently delivered on the level of style, inspiration and differentiation that our guests had expected from us. That\u2019s why we\u2019re on this multiyear journey. With Threshold specifically, we have an opportunity to continue to evolve the aesthetics and style sitting within the brand. We are charting that course in earnest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tImproved fixturing highlights new Threshold home products.<\/p>\n
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