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Target Logo Vector

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About Target

Target is also known as Target Corporation. It is an American big box departmental store chain. It was founded in 1902 by George Dayton and Douglas Dayton and John Geisse. Its headquarters is in Minnesota, United States and according to stats of 2022, there are 1938 stores of target all over the US.

Its current chairman and CEO is Brain C. Cornell. The company made a huge income of 107 billion dollars in 2021 and according to stats of 2020, target employs 409,000 employees. It was formerly named as Goodfellow Dry Goods in 1902, it was renamed to Dayton’s Dry Goods Company in 1903, it was again renamed to Dayton Company in 1910. The company was again renamed to Dayton Corporation in 1962 and it was again renamed to Dayton Hudson Corporation in 1969 and it became target in 2000.

Meaning and History of Target Logo

At target, you can find products of beauty and health, bedding, clothing and accessories, electronics, food, furniture, games, jewelry, lawn and garden, pet supplies, shoes, small appliances and toys. The store was formed as a discount division of Dayton’s department store. Target changed its logo 6 times in the following years.

Evolution of Target Logo

The company began expanding its business in the 1980s and launched target in 1990s. Target has gained 37th position in the list of Fortune 500. The first store of target was opened in Roseville, Minnesota. It was John F. Geisse who came up with the idea of a discount retail store. Target changed its logo in the following ways.

1962

            This year, the logo has a target having three layers of red circles and three layers of white circles. Target is written on the circle in black. The letter is T is capitalized and the rest of the letters are in small case. The red and white colors are dull and seem blurry.

Target logo vector 1962

Target logo vector 1962

1968

            This year, the target has now two layers of red circle and one white circle only. Target is now written in white color with black outline and is written on right side of the circle. All the letters are capitalized.

Target logo 1968

Target logo Vector 1968

1969

            This year, the letters are gone and now target icon is now big in size having two layers of red circle and one circle.

1974

            This year, the target icon is again small in size and Target is written on its right in black with all capitalized letters. The word target is bigger than the icon.

Target logo 1974

Target logo Vector 1974

2004

            This year, the target icon is on top of the word target which is now written in red color. Now the icon is bigger than the word. The letters are still capitalized.

2004 Logo

Target logo 2004

2018

            In this year, the logo was the same but the letters are now in small case – the red color seems brighter and darker.

2018 Logo

Target logo 2018

Note: Target’s website only has icon of target.

Building of Target Logo

Douglas Dayton became the first President of Target and the first store made a profit of 39 million dollars after one year of launching. After this, 5 more stores were opened in Minnesota and Dayton became the second-largest independent department store in the United States. The logo of Target consists of the following two things.

Font

            In the first year, the text was written in customized bold Times New Roman font. In the second year, the text was written in Ardela Edge XO1 Black Out font. And in the third year, there was no text. In the fourth and fifth year, the text was written in Waldner font. In the last year, the text was written in Sequel Sans Semi Bold Display font.

Color

In the first, second and fourth year, red, white and black colors were used. In the third, fifth and sixth year, only red and white colors used in target’s logo.

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Conclusion

The target’s logo is just like a target – that is it! Companies would spend hundreds and sometimes, thousands of dollars on logo designing and still don’t get famous; then there are logos like target who make billions. There is no news on target’s logo update.

Who designed Target’s logo?

Target’s logo was designed by Dayton’s PR team.

What is the slogan of Target?

The slogan of Target is ‘Expect More. Pay Less’.