Target Corporation
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Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American department store chain which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, after Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 as of 2010 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
The bullseye trademark is licensed to Wesfarmers, owners of the separate Target Australia chain which is unrelated to Target Corporation.
The company was founded in 1902 in Minneapolis as the Dayton Dry Goods Company, though its first Target store was opened in 1962 in nearby Roseville, Minnesota.