# clm_ED58C8B03F04

subject: Target Corporation (/record/target.md)  
predicate: founder  
value: George Dayton  
valid_from: undated  
valid_to: null  
published: 2018-05-09  
recorded: 2026-11-01  
confidence: 0.80  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-01  
checked: 2026-11-01 · its source page states the value and the date  

> The Target Corporation's history dates back to 1902, when a man named George Dayton opened a store called Goodfellows in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

What https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/target-corp says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/target-corp (secondary, encyclopedia.com, published 2018-05-09)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1046951 (secondary, Wikidata)

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