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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.
Jul 7, 2013 · Douglas Dayton led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target Corp. He died in 2013 after a long battle with cancer. He was the uncle of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and a philanthropist.
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 led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target, and was the uncle of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton. He died of cancer on Friday after a long battle with the disease.
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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...
Jul 7, 2013 · Douglas Dayton was the youngest son of George Nelson Dayton, who led the family department store in Minneapolis. He transformed it into Target Corp., a retailing giant, and later focused on education, social justice, arts and nature causes.
Jul 9, 2013 · Learn about the life and legacy of Douglas J. Dayton, who invented the concept of a discount store with style and quality. He started as a shoe salesman and became a retailing mogul, introducing innovations such as bar codes and Bullseye mascot.
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