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George Draper Dayton (March 6, 1857 – February 18, 1938) was an American businessman and philanthropist, most famous for being the founder of Dayton's department store, which later became Target Corporation.
Dayton's was an American department store chain founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. It operated several local high-end department stores throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for almost 100 years. [1] Although it was regionally known as a high-quality shopping destination, Dayton's is best remembered for ...
George Draper Dayton. George Dayton (1857-1938) came to Minnesota from New York in 1883. His family was one of average means, and he had hoped to become a minister, but was lured by the urge to be in the business world. He married Emma Chadwick in 1878 and began buying farm mortgages in southwest Minnesota. In 1883 he and his family moved to ...
Target can trace its roots back to 1902, when founder George Draper Dayton opened the first locations of the Dayton Dry Goods Company. Sixty years later, the corporation launched the first ...
In 1907, George Draper Dayton, founder of the business that would become Target Corporation, set aside 5% of pretax profits for charitable gifts. After the post-World War II era, several other ...
The history of Target Corporation first began in 1902 by George Dayton. The company was originally named Goodfellow Dry Goods in June 1902 before being renamed the Dayton's Dry Goods Company in 1903 and later the Dayton Company in 1910. The first Target store opened in Roseville, Minnesota in 1962, while the parent company was renamed the ...
Bruce Bliss Dayton (August 16, 1918 – November 13, 2015) was an American retail executive, businessman, heir to the Dayton's Company fortune, and philanthropist.. Dayton was the last surviving member of the five Dayton brothers – all grandsons of George Dayton, the founder of The Dayton Company – who expanded Dayton's department store founded by their grandfather in downtown Minneapolis ...
The Dayton’s Project is a mixed department store and office located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] It succeeded Dayton's at its downtown flagship store. [2] The company was founded in 2017. It is known for continuing the 100 year tradition of window Christmas displays in downtown. [3][4]