Saving at Target

Yes, Target does price match. In-store, they’ll match many local retailers. When you’re shopping online, the Target price matching policy does lay out a specific set of competitor’s websites they’ll price match, which includes Amazon and Walmart.

Target usually restocks every night after close, except for on Sundays. Your store may have a set schedule that varies from the norm. A good way to check is to use Brickseek for Target inventory tracking. Brickseek can help you see when other retailers restock, too.

Target Circle is a free loyalty program that accrues cash back into your account. Circle offers are essentially digital coupons: generally percent-off store coupons or dollar-off manufacturer coupons. Add offers before you shop in the Target app or at Target.com, then enter your phone number or scan barcode to redeem.

The Target return policy typically gives you 90 days to return most items, but you’ll get 120 days if you’re a Target RedCard holder. There are two exceptions: you have up to a year to return Target-brand items (even if they’ve been used or worn!) and 30 days to return electronics.

If you don’t have a receipt, you can still make a return, but you’ll be limited to $100 per year and the refund will be issued via a merchandise gift card.

Target grocery pickup service will hold your order for up to 3 days after you make the purchase.

Target car seat trade-in usually starts the day after Easter and then again during the last half of September. When you trade in your car seat, you’ll get a 20% off Target coupon for select baby gear.

Target runs two sets of Black Friday sales. The first starts the week of Thanksgiving – this year on Nov. 20, 2022. The big Target Black Friday sale starts on Thanksgiving, which is Nov. 24, 2022.

Here’s the thing, though: Target used to open at 5p on Thanksgiving, but since the pandemic started they’ve been closed on the holiday. So even though deals may start on the 24th, you might not be able to access them in-store until Black Friday on the 25th.

Target absolutely takes coupons. You can use up to one manufacturer coupon, Target printable coupon, or other store coupons, and one Circle deal for each item. You can use up to four identical coupons per day.

Target doesn’t have a clearance section per se. Instead, you’ll find Target clearance throughout the store. Sometimes they’re marked with big, yellow signs. Other times, you’ll only know its clearance by the yellow sticker on the tag. Every once in a while, you’ll find an aisle end-cap that is dedicated to clearance. It’s usually facing a wall rather than the main aisle.

Usually, when an item gets to be past 30% off, it will be taken to the closest Target salvage store.

Yes, Target grocery delivery is a thing. You can place your order through the Target app or the Shipt app, but either way, your order will be shopped by someone from Shipt. You will need a Shipt membership. Otherwise, you’ll need to pay a $9.99 fee. Regardless of the fee, all orders must be a minimum of $35.

While it's no longer called Target Deal Days — the new name is Target Circle Week — you can think of this annual sale like Black Friday in July. It’s a sale run to be competitive with Amazon, so if you want to know when it falls, it’s the same schedule as Prime Day. Target Circle Week in July will run for seven whole days. Since Amazon started running Prime Days in October, we’ve seen a similar Target sale pop up in the fall, too.

Surprisingly, yes. Target is usually cheaper than Walmart. In our most recent Target vs Walmart audit, the only items that were cheaper at Walmart than at Target were cosmetics and hair products.

Target has a pretty amazing baby and wedding registry service. To sign up for a Target baby registry, register online or via the Target registry app. Then, be sure to pick up your Welcome Kit in-store. (You can also choose to have your Welcome Kit shipped to you with an online order of $35 or more.)

The signup process is the same for a Target wedding registry. There’s no Welcome Kit (bummer, I know,) but there are other perks, like bonus gifts and a 15% off registry completion coupon.