New Delhi, July 15 -- The Minneapolis-based retailer giant Target is rebuilding its technology foundation to operate in an AI-first environment, with the U.S. retailer rearchitecting its technology and data stack to "run on AI" rather than simply use artificial intelligence, while also using the technology to cut apparel design cycles from about 42 weeks to just a few weeks, said Prat Vemana, Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Product Officer at Target,

He was speaking during a media briefing in Bengaluru, where senior executives outlined how AI has become central to the retailer's technology, merchandising, supply chain, and customer experience strategy.

Vemana said the company was fundamentally redesigning its technolo...