Technical problems plagued some Target Corp. stores again Sunday, a day after a computer outage knocked out many of its cash registers.
Sunday’s problems were not internal, Target TGT, -0.58% said in a statement, which blamed problems at an NCR Corp. NCR, -3.33% data center, which prevented credit- and debit-card transactions for about 90 minutes Sunday. The company said the issue was not security-related, and was unrelated to Saturday’s outage. All issues were said to be resolved by late Sunday afternoon.
“We know many guests had a frustrating experience in our stores this weekend,” Target said in a statement Sunday. “For that, we are truly sorry.”
Target did not say how many stores were affected by Sunday’s outage, but based on social-media posts it appeared to be on a smaller scale than Saturday’s, which took Twitter by storm.
On Saturday, “an internal technology issue” knocked Target cash registers offline just as many shoppers were buying last-minute Father’s Day gifts. Target said that outage, too, was not the result of a data breach nor security-related.
On both days, the problems caused long lines and forced some customers to pay with cash or check.
The retailer suffered a major hack of customer data in 2013, which resulted in an $18.5 million settlement.
Target shares are up about 33% year to date, compared to the S&P 500’s SPX, -0.16% 15% gain.
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