On May 1, 1962, the Dayton Company, using Geisse's concepts, opened its first Target discount store, located at 1515 West County Road B in Roseville, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota, …

Target opened its first stores in Hawaii on the islands of Oahu and the Big Island. A native Hawaiian ceremony blessed the land before construction began. Continued innovations in …

Nov 14, 2025 · On May 1, 1962, a crowd gathered in Roseville, Minnesota, to see something brand-new: a department store that promised designer-style service at discount-store prices. …

On May 1, 1962, Dayton’s opened the first Target store in Roseville, Minnesota, as a discount arm of its department store business. The concept reflected a wider retail trend of the early 1960s, …

Feb 9, 2020 · Target was founded by George Dayton (shown above), who founded The Dayton Company. While the retailer became Target in 1962, it was previously called Dayton’s.

May 1, 2015 · W hen the first Target store opened — on this day, May 1, in 1962 — as an offshoot of the Minneapolis-based Dayton’s department store, it marketed itself, per the Target …

Sep 30, 1990 · The first Target store was opened on May 1, 1962, in Roseville, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. The store was an experiment by the Dayton Company, …

The first Target store was opened on May 1st, 1962, in Roseville, Minnesota, suburb of St. Paul. It was owned by the Dayton Corporation.

Oct 6, 2023 · The first Target store was opened on May 1, 1962 in Roseville, Minnesota. Target is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, preceded by Walmart.

Feb 4, 2020 · The first ever Target store opened that same year, on May 1 in Roseville, Minnesota. Four years later, Target came to Denver, its first foray outside of Minnesota, …