Target Corporation

Target Corporation (simply kent as Target) is an American retailin company that wis foondit in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902 as the Dayton Dry Goods Company. In 1962, the company opened its first Target store in nearby Roseville. Target grew an eventually became the lairgest division o Dayton Hudson Corporation, culminatin in the company chyngin its name tae Target Corporation in 2000. As o Mey 2010, the company haes opened stores in ivery state except Vermont, operatin as Target or SuperTarget.

Target Corporation

Teep	Public
Treddit as	NYSE: TGT S&P 500 Component
Industrie	Retailin
Foondit	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. (1902 (1902), as Dayton Dry Guids)
Foonder	George Dayton
Heidquarters	Target Plaza North & Target Plaza Sooth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Nummer o locations	1,793 (2016)
Area served	Unitit States (except Vermont) Canadae
Key fowk	Gregg Steinhafel (Chairman, President and CEO)
Products	Discount department store, hypermercat, supercenter, superstore
Revenue	US$73.785 billion (2015)
Operatin income	US$5.53 billion (2015)
Net income	US$3.363 billion (2015)
Tot assets	US$40.262 billion (2015)
Tot equity	US$12.957 billion (2015)
Nummer o employees	341,000 (2016)
Wabsteid	target.com

Target is the seicont lairgest discoont retailer in the Unitit States, ahint Walmart. The company is ranked at nummer 30 on the Fortune 500 as o 2010, an is a component o the Standard & Poor's 500 index. The company licenses its bullseye trademark tae Wesfarmers, awners o the separate Target Australia chain.