Target wants to control its online destiny. The Minneapolis-based mass retailer plans to build and manage its own platform for target.com in time for the 2011 holiday season. Besides assuming ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer are filling up their virtual shopping carts but waiting until later in the season to complete their online holiday shopping, the president of Target.com said on Thursday.

Target Corp.’s Web site crashed again Tuesday as the company tried to steady its e-commerce legs after ending a decadelong deal with Amazon in August. The site also crashed in September as shoppers ...