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Douglas James Dayton (December 2, 1924 – July 5, 2013) was an American retail executive, businessman, and philanthropist and heir to the Dayton's Company fortune who was the co-founder of the Target discount stores chain. Dayton ran Target's operations during its early years and served as the company's first president.
Jul 7, 2013 · MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Douglas Dayton, who led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target Corp., has died at the age of 88. Dayton's wife, Wendy Dayton, confirmed...
Jul 7, 2013 · MINNEAPOLIS Douglas Dayton, who led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target Corp., has died at the age of 88. Dayton's wife, Wendy Dayton, confirmed his...
Jul 10, 2013 · Douglas J. Dayton, who helped expand his grandfather’s Minneapolis dry goods business into a big-box boutique known for quality products, discount pricing and a fake French nickname — though...
Jul 7, 2013 · Douglas Dayton began the remaking of his family's company and helped reinvent American retailing when he launched the first Target stores in 1962. The former Dayton's Department Store...
Target's president, Douglas J. Dayton, went back to the parent Dayton Corporation and was succeeded by William A. Hodder. Senior vice-president and founder John Geisse left the company. Geisse was later hired by St. Louis-based May Department Stores , where he founded the Venture Stores chain.
Jul 8, 2013 · Douglas Dayton, the first president of what became the Target Corporation, helped transform retail in America and continued a Dayton family tradition in philanthropy. He died Friday at age 88...
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