Dayton Hudson Department Store Company
Dates
- Existence: 1969-2000
Biography
Goodfellow Dry Goods - 1902-1903 Dayton Dry Goods Company - 1903-1911 Dayton Company - 1911-1969 Dayton Hudson Company - 1969-2000
Dayton's was an American department store chain founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. In 1969, the Detroit-based J.L. Hudson Company merged with the Dayton Company to form the Dayton-Hudson Corporation, adding 21 Michigan-based stores to the total. In 1990, the department-store division of Dayton–Hudson (now Target Corporation) acquired Chicago-based Marshall Field's. Both Dayton's and Hudson's retained their individual store names until 2001, when they were united under the Marshall Field's nameplate. Prior to changing its name to Marshall Field's, Dayton's stores numbered 19, serving communities throughout the upper Midwest.
Dayton's was the parent of Target, opening the first Target in 1962 as the discount store version of Dayton's. Target eventually grew to become the company's dominant division. In 2000, Dayton–Hudson renamed itself Target Corporation.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Retail Stores - Dayton Hudson,
1964-1992, 1964-1992
Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning the retailer Dayton Hudson, including articles from Business Week and Chain Store Age. Folder also contains the complete Retail Ad Week award issue dedicated to Dayton's, from 1978.