Here are the more interesting Target statistics I was able to dig up including sales and revenue numbers and store information. As always, I will be adding more and updating these periodically as I find new stuff. Be sure to check back regularly.

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The Target corporation is an interesting company to study and measure. They are currently the number two discount store in the US (behind Walmart), but their roots go back much further than many of you might think.

Target actually trace back to 1902, when it began as Goodfellow Dry Goods. It then evolved to Dayton’s Dry Goods to Dayton Company to Dayton-Hudson Corporation and then the Target Corporation in 2000.

Target’s footprint in the US is vast with more than  1,800 domestic stores and close to 350,000 employees. They are a force to recon with in the brick and mortar retail market, as well as the digital retail world as they adopted digital early on and have invested considerably in digital integration throughout this decade, setting them up to be able to remain competitive as digital monsters like Amazon swallow up retailers that were late to the digital game.

So with such a long history and so many stores, it made sense to me that there was plenty that could be studied about Target and measured.

Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others, so some of these are based on news reports and not official company tallies. All stats are linked to their source unless it was sent to me directly from the company. No stat listed on DMR should be considered in making any type of investment decision. In other words: This is the best I can find, but I don’t guarantee anything.

Target Facts

• Target website: Target.com
• Year Target was founded: 1903 (as Dayton Dry Goods); 1962 (as Target)
• Target Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN
• Target Founder: George Dayton
• Target CEO: Brian Cornell

Target History

• 1903 – Goodfellows Department Store is purchased by George Dayton and renamed Dayton Dry Goods
• 1962 – The Dayton Company opens the first Target
• 1966 – B.Dalton Bookseller opens as another subsidiary of the Dayton Company
• 1986 – B Dalton is sold to Barnes & Noble
• 1995 – The first SuperTarget opens
• 1999 – Bullseye (the dog) became the Target mascot
• 2000 – Dayton-Hudson Corp changes its name to Target Corporation
• 2011 – Target expands into Canada
• 2013 – Target is victim to a major data breach
• 2015 – Target exits Canada

Target Statistics

Location of first Target store:

Roseville, Minnesota

How many stores does Target have in the US:

1,846 stores

Last updated 10/27/18

How many employees does Target have?

350,000 employees

Last updated 10/27/18

Number of Target distribution centers in the US:

39

Last updated 10/27/18

Number of Target Cartwheel mobile app users:

27 million users

Last updated 1/24/17

Amount that Cartwheel users have saved using the app:

$600 million

Last updated 1/24/17

Average number of daily visitors to Target.com:

1.2 million daily visitors

Last updated 3/29/16

Average number of pages per visit to Target.com:

6.7 pages per visit

Last updated 3/29/16

Average time spent per visit on Target.com:

4 minutes per visit

Last updated 3/29/16

Median age of a Target customer:

40 years old

Last updated 10/27/18

Percentage of Target.com visitors that are female:

63%

Last updated 3/29/16

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