The Dayton Company moved to the suburbs with a store at the Southdale Mall in Target's new name and logo would become the symbol for the company's mission.
From the start, Target was designed to be a fun and exciting place to shop. In , Target opened a store in Denver — its first store outside of Minnesota. From a few stores in Minnesota to over 1, around the US, Target has found its target customer.
Throughout the years, Target has always been a place to shop for everything at a discounted price. Target has also always been a popular location to buy clothing. At Target, you could even purchase plants. From the beginning, Target has also been the place to go for designer products. Meanwhile, the checkout and returns lines have always been crowded with customers.
Target is quintessentially American, even making it the perfect stop for a president to connect with his voters. One year later, he became the sole owner and president of the store, which was renamed Dayton Dry Goods Company.
By the early s, the company expanded its reach after jumping into radio. The broadcast was so powerful that in less than two months, the station was heard in England, the company said. Dayton was known for being very active with the store until he died in Following his death, the company was passed on to his son, George N. Source: Target. Source: Chicago Tribune. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App.
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Log out. US Markets Loading Fifty percent larger than a standard Target store, Greatland includes many changes that help create a better shopping experience for guests. The new store features amenities such as wider aisles, faster and more efficient checklanes, and automatic teller machines ATMs. The new store layout also includes more service options, such as Food Avenue, expanded pharmacy and photo services, and electronic information stations with price scanners.
The innovative superstore combines superior guest service, great in-store design, and fashionable, affordable merchandise. Target opens 11 stores in the Chicago metropolitan area in one day — the most store openings in any one city on the same day to date. Target Stores unveils its brand promise, Expect More. Pay Less. The brand promise is a natural evolution of Target's commitment to community giving and offering guests value, quality and service, all in a fun and inviting store environment.
The first Target store credit card, known as the Target Guest Card, launches in Recognizing that busy shoppers don't always have time to visit several stores in one shopping trip, Target develops the SuperTarget store to provide guests with the convenience of one-stop shopping. The first SuperTarget — which includes a grocery section with fresh produce, dairy, meat — opens in Omaha, Neb. Target becomes one of the first mass-market retailers to offer a comprehensive gift-registry service.
Within the first year, more than , couples register. Target introduces Archer Farms, an exclusive line of premium grocery products. Upon initial launch, Archer Farms includes grocery staples such as bread, milk, pasta and bottled water. Target even helps to recruit renowned architect and designer Michael Graves to develop unique restoration approaches — including an artful web of steel scaffolding covered with semi-transparent architectural fabric and hundreds of gleaming lights.
Snowden, the plush collectible snowman, makes his first appearance in Target stores just in time for the holiday season.
The collectible snowman plush creates a blizzard of excitement after he stars in his first hour-long special with figure skating legends Ekaterina Gordeeva and Scott Hamilton.
Over the next several years, guests have the opportunity to take home a new Snowden and a variety of themed merchandise every year. The award is the highest national honor given for corporate volunteer efforts. Schools can use the money for anything they choose, such as textbooks and playground equipment. In , make-up artist Sonia Kashuk collaborates with supermodel Cindy Crawford on the instructional beauty workbook, Basic Face.
During the promotional tour, she is inspired to create a completely new beauty genre — professional makeup at affordable prices. In , Sonia Kashuk partners with Target to introduce the Sonia Kashuk Professional Makeup Collection, featuring advanced formulas and elegant packaging at an amazing value. Over the years, the product line grows to include fragrance, skin care, nail color and innovative cosmetics accessories while never wavering on the principals of un-compromising style, design, quality and value.
Target launches Target. After working with Target and the National Park Service to design scaffolding for the Washington Monument restoration, world-renowned architect Michael Graves becomes the first of more than 75 designers to create an exclusive line of products for Target. The original Bullseye, an English Bull Terrier named Arielle, makes his first appearance in a television commercial.
Viewers instantly fall in love. In the ensuing years, Bullseye goes on to star in several advertisements and makes numerous celebrity appearances on the red carpet. In , Bullseye becomes the second dog ever to have his likeness displayed in Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. In , St. In July, Target Stores passes a major milestone as a national retailer after opening its 1,th store. Guests have 1, reasons to celebrate with a greater selection of style and value in more locations.
With stores in every contiguous state except Vermont, Target has a presence from coast to coast. The limited-time, and sometimes mobile, store allowed us to foster a deeper relationship with our Manhattan-area guests by delivering the Target brand in a new, innovative way.
Target continues to be the ultimate one-stop shopping destination by increasing its availability of grocery products at stores in Target turns a local landmark into the Bullseye Inn—the ultimate home and garden store for the chic Hamptons crowd. The historic-home-turned-Pop-Up-store is outfitted in stylish Target merchandise, with a special focus on products for summer living and entertaining.
After her grandmother accidentally ingests her grandfather's medicine, designer Deborah Adler partners with Target to create ClearRx SM , an innovative pharmacy concept that improves the way people take medication. Available at Target Pharmacies, the program features an easy-to-read bottle and color-coded rings, which help minimize the chance of taking the wrong dose or confusing medications between family members.
Target becomes a USDA certified-organic produce retailer, one of the first grocers in the country to do so. To meet these guidelines, the produce is guaranteed to meet USDA organic standards on everything from how it's grown and transported to how it's stocked in our stores. Today, the average SuperTarget carries more than organic items. Target redesigns an icon of consumer culture: the shopping cart.
Made of recycled plastic, the new shopping cart has a clean, modern look designed to make the shopping experience easier. Continuous handles are added for ergonomic comfort, lightweight plastic makes it easier to handle, and the old wire backrest for kids is replaced by smooth plastic. British designer Luella Bartley rolls out the exciting fashion initiative with a traveling boutique in a trademark-red London double-decker bus.
The mobile boutique hits the streets of New York for three days only before the new collection launches in all Target stores. Since , more than a dozen world-renowned designers have been featured in the GO International program. Target welcomes attendees of the Winter Olympic Games in Italy with special Bullseye-branded trains. Passengers hop aboard for a railway ride from Torino to various event sites, often with a specially branded cowbell or horn to get them into the spirit of the games.
Since , the corporation has given 5 percent of its income to our communities to make positive changes in education, arts, social services and volunteerism. The new facility is specially designed to distribute perishables such as meat, produce, frozen foods and dairy. Target opens its first stores outside the continental U. The store design and merchandise assortment cater specifically to the Alaskan market and include sections for fishing supplies and cold-weather gear.
Through library remodels, donations of more than 1 million books and thousands of volunteer hours, the program has brought new life into school libraries across the United States.
Target opens its first stores in Hawaii on the islands of Oahu and the Big Island. Long before the doors open, Target embraces the Hawaiian culture by taking part in a native Hawaiian ceremony to bless the land in which the new stores will stand. The store environment and merchandise assortment caters specifically to Hawaiian guests and includes specially printed red Hawaiian shirts and surfboards.
Just in time for spring, Target launches a new, limited-time partnership with British fashion house Liberty of London, marking the first time a Target collection spans categories ranging from home and garden to fashion for the entire family. Building upon a century's worth of rich heritage and innovation, the partnership allows guests to experience Liberty of London's iconic prints and fashion at affordable prices.
We're on track to reach that number thanks to innovative education programs and partnerships, including our Target School Library Makeovers, book donations and other reading events around the world.
In , Target acquired Zellers sites across Canada, and we're planning to renovate between of them to become Target stores in the future. As we prepare to open the new stores, our list of stores is always growing, so check back often to get the latest scoop on our plans.
Since construction can be affected by many things, including the weather, dates of store openings are subject to change. Target unveils a partnership with legendary Italian fashion house Missoni during New York Fashion Week and offers a preview sale at a limited-time pop-up store. Some visitors get to meet Little Marina, a Missoni-obsessed fashion blogger who just happens to be a foot doll.
The larger-than-life puppet, operated by four puppeteers, travels the country, blogging and tweeting via a king-size smartphone. When the in-demand collection is released in stores and online on Sept. Target partners with legendary department store Neiman Marcus to create an unprecedented, limited-edition holiday collection.
Target continues to innovate in mobile and online shopping, allowing our guests to shop wherever, whenever and however they like. Highlights include our Webby Award-winning mobile app, which lets guests navigate a Target store, refill prescriptions, browse the Weekly Ad and more. During the holidays, guests use the app's QR code scanner to scan top-selling toys' codes in store, buy the product on their phone and have it shipped for free—even if the toy is sold out.
Target also mixes movie-watching and shopping in "Falling for You," a star-studded short film guests can watch while adding the items from the film to their Target.
Since , the corporation has given 5 percent of its profit to our communities to fight hunger, aid disaster preparedness and relief efforts, support the arts and put more kids on the path to graduation. CityTarget stores offer commuters, tourists and urban dwellers the same one-stop shopping convenience of a typical Target store but in a smaller format that's tailored to an urban neighborhood. Plus, guests will find an assortment that's the right size for city-dwellers so no worries about lugging jumbo-packs of paper towels on the bus and, in typical Target fashion, innovative store features like a digital wall and redesigned navigational signs to help to our multilingual guests find what they need quickly.
Target celebrates 50 years since its first store opened in and years since the Dayton's Dry Goods Company—now Target Corporation—was created. In March, we welcome Canadian guests into our first stores north of the border, the culmination of an unprecedented international expansion. Another milestone: with the opening of stores across Canada throughout the year, we mark our largest ever single-year of store openings—even more than our entire first decade of business!
Our entry into Canada is achieved by thousands of team members collaborating around the world. This limited-time-only collection, available just in Canada, allows us the opportunity to introduce ourselves—and our celebrated design collaborations—to our new guests. We open three new CityTarget locations—in Los Angeles, Portland and San Francisco—continuing to bring a big box shopping experience to the urban core, and making it easier for city dwellers to get the everyday essentials they need quickly and conveniently.
These companies give our guests more of what they want—additional product, content and choices—in categories that are most important to them. Target introduces Cartwheel, a first-of-its-kind digital coupon app developed in partnership with Facebook. Cartwheel allows guests to save on hundreds of items throughout our stores. We have a new team at the Target Technology Innovation Center: San Francisco, and they are helping us stay ahead of the curve and be better connected to existing Silicon Valley partners and new technology startups.
To continue offering guests more healthy grocery options, we formulate a new owned brand food collection, Simply Balanced, free of artificial flavors, colors, preservatives and common food additive ingredients. A number of the products are organic, and the vast majority is made without GMO ingredients. For Simply Balanced products that are not certified organic, we are in the process of removing GMO ingredients. In July, we join the Bipartisan Policy Center and other North American retailers in announcing the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the launch of the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative, a binding agreement focused on elevating safety conditions for garment workers across Bangladesh through measurable, sustainable actions.
The alliance has already achieved major milestones in the areas of safety standards, training curriculum and empowering worker voices. Douglas J. Dayton, the first president of Target Stores, passes away on July 5.
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