Report: Target getting boozy in Chicago

MINNEAPOLIS — Target reportedly wants to become a place where consumers can go and everybody knows your name.



According to USA Today, Target plans to serve liquor in a store slated to open in Chicago in October 2015.



While a number of Target stores sell packaged alcohol products, this marks the first time Target would also serve liquor for customers to consume inside the store. Target has applied for permits to both sell alcohol for take-home purchase and for in-store consumption for the Chicago store.



The store would follow Target’s smaller urban format. Other retailers including Starbucks, Duane Reade and Taco Bell are offering or planning to offer alcohol for on-premises consumption in some stores.



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