There are a lot of reasons why people love shopping at Target. It's not just the low prices but the store has every little thing we need for home, supplies, beauty, health, etc. A one-stop shop and who can even argue about the items at the dollar corner or the items with red tags?
While you are a big Target enthusiast, do you know some tiny stuff about the store? House Beautiful details some trivia about the second largest discount chain in America that every shopper must know.
1. The Fire Made Way for the Super Store Chain to be Born
According to the outlet, the founder of Target George Draper Dayton was searching for the perfect location for his department store in the early 1890s when suddenly a fire broke in Minneapolis and burned the Westminster Presbyterian Church in 1895. This lot was then built up and constructed as the site for Dayton's department store which costs $165,000 at that time,
2. Dayton was Perceived to be a Take-No-Prisoners Type of Businessman
The story tells that Dayton "convinced a struggling store (named Goodfellows Dry Goods) to relocate in his building in 1901. But by 1902, he had bought them out and put his own name on the store."
3. The Company That Dayton Built was Known as Dayton Company for Years and Not Target
The outlet tells again that originally Target was named Dayton Company based on the founder, George Draper Dayton and that the name Target was only referring to the store's discounted items and products. So when did Dayton Company became solely known as Target? Only in the year 2000 was the store became known as Target.
4. The Fake French Pronunciation of Target as "Tarjay"
This was probably been a joke for some buyers but target pronounced as "Tarjay" existed even in the 1960s. The article adds "And you thought your family were the clever originators. Nope, the owners recall people pronouncing the company name as if it were a fancy French store all the way back in 1962 in Duluth, Minneapolis (props, Deluthians!)."
