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Titleabc123 Version X1target Ceo Case Study Analysismgt521 Version 1 Titleabc123 Version X1target Ceo Case Study Analysismgt521 Version 1 Title ABC/123 Version X 1 Target CEO Case Study Analysis MGT/521 Version University of Phoenix Material Target CEO Case Study Analysis Target CEO Works to Retain Consumer Trust after the Company Was Hacked Minneapolis—Executives settled around a square table inside a Target Corp. conference room here earlier this month and munched on store-brand snacks as they chewed over something far less appetizing. Opinion surveys commissioned by the company found that the massive cybertheft that waylaid Target late [in 2013] had knocked confidence and trust in the 51-year-old retailer to an all-time low. Target was having trouble shaking the fallout from a key decision by Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel that made the crisis appear even worse than it already was. The initial evidence had indicated that credit and debit card numbers of about 40 million Target customers had been stolen. But the retailer had learned later that the hackers gained access to partial names and physical or e-mail addresses for as many as 70 million people—a breach that some top executives counseled against disclosing because it was unclear what kind of fraud danger it posed. Nevertheless, Mr. Steinhafel insisted on making the bigger number public, sparking news reports that as many as 110 million Target customers had been affected. At the meeting, Chief Marketing Officer Jeffrey Jones groused about the huge number. The public “keeps hearing that equals one-third of all Americans,†he said. “That’s hammering us.†Mr. Steinhafel says he has no regrets about the aggressive disclosure and other costly decisions in the wake of the crisis. “Target won’t be defined by the breach, but how we handle the breach,†he says. The executives acknowledge the crisis has damaged the retailer’s bull’s-eye brand, while analysts estimate it may cost Target billions of dollars. During the holiday-shopping season, Target’s sales and store traffic plummeted. Call-center volume overwhelmed employees. Executives testified before congressional panels, and the company is facing federal and state investigations into how the cybercrime occurred from its store registers and computer network. Over the two months since the crisis erupted, Mr. Steinhafel, 59 years old, has lurched from one difficult decision to another. At one point, he proposed in a meeting that Target would provide free credit monitoring and identity-theft insurance for one year to all its customers. Scott Kennedy, a senior executive, asked: “You’re saying we