DAYTON HUDSON COMPLETES PURCHASE OF TWIN CITIES CARSON PIRIE SCOTT STORES.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- March 6, 1995 --Dayton Hudson announced today that it has completed the purchase of eight Twin Cities Carson Pirie Scott Carson Pirie Scott & Co., known informally as Carson's, is a chain of traditional department stores that have been in business for over 150 years. Their product price points are targeted to the moderate-to-upscale shopper. stores. Seven of the stores are located at Brookdale, Burnsville, Eden Prairie Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Maplewood, Northtown, Rosedale and Southdale. These stores will be converted to Mervyn's stores and will open later in 1995, representing Mervyn's market entry into Minnesota. The former Carson's Ridgedale store will become an additional Dayton's store. Mervyn's is a family department store specializing in fashion at value prices. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , Mervyn's was founded in 1949. Mervyn's currently operates 286 stores in 15 states. Mervyn's employs 35,000 people and had fiscal 1993 revenues of $4.4 billion. Dayton Hudson Corporation is the nation's fourth largest general merchandise retailer, specializing in large-store formats. Dayton Hudson's other divisions are the Target discount stores and the Dayton's, Hudson's and Marshall Field's Marshall Field's was an iconic Chicago, Illinois, department store that grew to become a major chain before being acquired by Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores on August 30, 2005. department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. . At year-end 1994, Dayton Hudson operated 960 stores in 33 states. CONTACT: Media: Gail Dorn Dayton Hudson 612-304-8888 or Investor: Susan Kahn Dayton Hudson 612-370-6735 |
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