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This question is about Target.
Who owns Target?
The TARGET Corporation owns Target. Target is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the eighth largest retailer in the United States and a component of the S&P 500 Index.
Target was founded in 1902 by George Dayton. The company was originally named Goodfellow Dry Goods before being renamed Dayton's Dry Goods Company in 1903 and later the Dayton Company in 1910. The first Target store opened in Roseville, Minnesota in 1962. It began expanding the store nationwide in the 1980s.
The company became the Dayton-Hudson Corporation after merging with the J. L. Hudson Company in 1969 and held ownership of several department store chains including Dayton's, Hudson's, Marshall Field's, and Mervyn's. In 2000, Dayton-Hudson Corporation was renamed Target Corporation.
The company has found success as a cheap-chic player in the industry. Target's brands include:
Good Gather
Archer Farms
Market Pantry
Simply Balanced
Sutton Dodge
Boots Barkley
Embark
Room Essentials
Threshold
Hyde and Eek
Fieldcrest
upup
Xhilaration
In 2021, Target's annual revenue was $106 billion, with approximately 409,000 employees.
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