India, Dec. 19 -- Target is facing technical disruptions that have knocked its app and website offline for some users as the holiday shopping heads into its busiest stretch. The outage has impacted teh retailer's ability to process, fulfill, and track online orders.

The Downdetector showed a steady increase in outage reports over three hours on Friday, as reported by Business Insider.

A post on the company's X account at 10:16 am ET advised customers to retry their transactions after one to two hours. Responding to a shopper's question, the @AskTarget customer service account said, "We're sorry for the frustration this has caused and understand how important it is to be able to view the order that you were charged for." It further read,...