Target Corporation
The Dayton Company opened the door of the first Target store in 1962, in Roseville Minnesota. The target name had intentionally been chosen to differentiate the new discount retailer from the Dayton Company’s more upscale stores. The target concept flourished. In 1995, the first super Target store opened in Omaha, Nebraska, and in 1999, the target.com web site was launched its name to Target Corporation