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}} Target Corporation is an American retailer that operates large retail stores primarily across North America that offer a multitude of goods. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company was founded as Goodfellow Dry Goods in 1902. The first Target store was opened in 1962; it became the largest division of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation, and was consequently renamed the Target Corporation in 2000. As of 2015, Target operates 1,801 locations throughout the United States. Their retail formats include the discount store Target, the hypermarket SuperTarget, and small-format stores previously named CityTarget and TargetExpress before being consolidated under the Target branding. Its Canadian subsidiary was established in March 2013, and operated 133 locations by the time it was shuttered in April 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Target Corporate Overview )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Target pulling out of Canada: 'We were losing money every day' - CTV News )〕 Wesfarmers began operating an Australian version of Target in 1973, although aside from naming rights, the American and Australian companies are unaffiliated. ==History== (詳細はGeorge Draper Dayton started Goodfellow Dry Goods in 1902, changing its name to Dayton's Dry Goods Company in 1903 and shortening the moniker to The Dayton Company eight years later in 1911. Fifty-one years later, in 1962, the organization opened its first Target store, modeled as a discount version of their department stores. In 1969, it expanded department store operations while merging with J.L. Hudson Company, thereafter named Dayton-Hudson Corporation. Following the union, two more retailers were purchased, Mervyn's in 1978 as well as Marshall Field & Company in 1990. Halfway through the 1970s, Target became the leading producer of revenue for the corporation, with annual sales reaching $1 billion right before the 1980s. The first Target Greatland store opened on September 30, 1990 in Apple Valley, Minnesota (taking its name from a popular Dayton's clothing line), providing a larger range of goods than their conventional stores. Halfway through the decade, SuperTarget, which included a photo studio, dining establishments, a pharmacy as well as grocery aisles was debuted. To end the century, the company changed its name to Target Corporation, divesting itself in 2004 of both Mervyn's and Marshall Field & Company. Eight years later, the corporation began its first CityTarget, catering to urban clientele in stores 65% smaller than their typical locations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Target Corporation )〕 On June 15, 2015, CVS Health announced an agreement to acquire Target's pharmacy and retail clinic businesses. The deal expanded CVS into new markets in Seattle, Denver, Portland and Salt Lake City. The acquisition includes more than 1,660 pharmacies in 47 states. CVS will operate them through a store-within-a-store format. Target's nearly 80 clinic locations will be rebranded as MinuteClinic, and CVS plans to open up to 20 new clinics in their stores within three years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Target Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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