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 "We are aware that some Target gift cards were not fully activated
and apologize for the inconvenience," Target spokeswoman Molly
Snyder said in an e-mail.
The third-largest U.S. retailer promised to honor the gift cards and
said fewer than 0.1 percent of the cards sold during the busy season
were affected.
Shoppers can bring the cards to the guest service desk at their
local Target stores or call 1-800-544-2943 for assistance, Snyder
added.
The news came less than two weeks after the company revealed that
hackers had stolen data from up to 40 million credit and debit cards
of shoppers who visited its stores during the first three weeks of
the holiday season. Target's consumer perception scores dropped to
their lowest level since 2007 after the breach, a survey showed.
(Reporting by Dhanya Skariachan; editing
by Cynthia Osterman)
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