These Target stores are set to cIose: Here’s the full list

Target, grappling with escalating theft and “organized retail crime,” is set to close nine outlets across four states. Despite “adding more security team members, using third-party guard services, and implementing theft-deterrent tools,” the challenges with crime persisted. Below are the affected markets along with the remaining stores and employment data:

1. New York City:
   • Harlem: 517 E 117th St. (96 remaining stores, over 20,000 team members)
2. Seattle:
   • University Way: 4535 University Way NE
   • Ballard: 1448 NW Market St., Ste. 100 (22 remaining stores, nearly 4,000 team members)
3. San Francisco/Oakland:
   • SF Folsom: 1690 Folsom St.
   • Oakland Broadway: 2650 Broadway
   • Pittsburg: 4301 Century Blvd. (32 remaining stores, over 6,400 team members)
4. Portland:
   • Galleria: 939 SW Morrison St.
   • Powell: 3031 SE Powell Blvd.
   • Hollywood: 4030 NE Halsey St. (15 remaining stores, more than 2,500 team members)

Over 150 stores remain operational in these regions. Target is boosting security through locking cases for certain merchandise and allying with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations division. “While we will continue to make meaningful investments throughout our business, we cannot solve this issue on our own,” the firm noted.

Found this at a yard sale but I have no idea what it is – Thoughts?

If you want to be kinder to the environment, you may consider washing your clothes by hand every once in a while.

However, not using the washing machine for washing clothes could be time consuming and hard, so there are other alternatives, such as the hand laundry machine. These machines provide the same effect like the electric washing machines but use less water and no electricity. With minimal physical effort, you can reduce the chores on laundry day and save some money, too! On top of that, the hand laundry machines are way less expensive than the electric ones.

Jawad Ahmed, a laundry merchant at The Home Depot explains that “Using a portable washing machine doesn’t have to mean compromising.” Speaking to The Spruse, he added that “With just a smaller load capacity, a compact washer can penetrate deep into fabrics to eliminate dirt and odors, saving you water and energy with the same outstanding cleaning performance as a regular-sized washer.”

What’s great about these machines is that they are portable and smaller in size so you can place them anywhere you want when you don’t use them.

Would you consider giving it a try?