Superstores - Hypermarkets, Superstores in the United States, Walmart, Carrefour, Target Corporation, Safeway Inc., Kmart, List of Superstores (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Hypermarkets, Superstores in the United States, Walmart, Carrefour, Target Corporation, Safeway Inc., Kmart, List of superstores, Incredible Universe, Tom Thumb Food & Pharmacy, Maxi, Almacenes Exito, Lider, Vons, WinCo Foods, Giant Hypermarket, Comercial Mexicana, Foodworld, Spencer's Retail, Real, Geant, Leroy Merlin, Easy, Tottus, Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket, Hipermercados Jumbo. Excerpt: Target Corporation, often called Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 30 on the Fortune 500 as of 2010 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Its bullseye trademark is licensed to Wesfarmers, owners of the separate Target Australia chain. The company was founded in 1902 as the Dayton Dry Goods Company, though its first Target store was opened in 1962 in nearby Roseville, Minnesota. Target grew and eventually became the largest division of Dayton Hudson Corporation, culminating in the company being renamed as Target Corporation in August 2000. On January 13, 2011, Target announced its expansion into Canada. Target will operate 100 to 150 stores in Canada by 2013, through its purchase of leaseholds from the Canadian chain Zellers. In 1876, George Dayton constructed a six-story building in downtown Minneapolis and convinced Reuben Simon Goodfellow Company to move its Goodfellows department store into the location. Goodfellow retired and sold his interest in the store to Dayton. The store's name was changed to the Dayton Dry Goods Company in 1903, later being changed to the Dayton Company in 1911. In the 1950s, it acquired the Portland, Oregon-based Lipmans department store company and operated it as a separate division. In 1956, the Dayton Company opened Southdale, ...