Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. After finishing his tenure as CEO, Cornell will serve as executive chair of Target's board of directors. Target said it will announce its new COO — Fiddelke's successor — "at a later date.

Target CEO Brian Cornell to step down, COO announced as replacement originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Target CEO Brian Cornell will step down from his role in February, with longtime employee Michael Fiddelke tapped to replace him.

Target CEO Brian Cornell, who helped reenergize the company but has struggled to turn around weak sales in a more competitive retail landscape since the COVID pandemic, plans to step down Feb. 1. Minneapolis-based Target said Wednesday that Chief Operating Officer Michael Fiddelke,