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This article is about the defunct chain of department stores. For the former parent company previously named Dayton-Hudson Corporation, see Target Corporation.
The J. L. Hudson Company (commonly known simply as Hudson's) was an upscale retail department store chain based in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson's flagship store, on Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit (demolished October 24, 1998),[1] was the tallest department store in the world in 1961,[2] and, at one time, claimed to be the second-largest department store, after Macy's, in the United States, by square footage.[3]
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Industry | Department store |
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Founded | 1881 |
Defunct | 2001 |
Fate | Locations re-branded as Marshall Field's in 2001 |
Successor | Marshall Field's (2001–2006) Macy's (2006–present) |
Headquarters | Detroit, Michigan (1881–1969) Minneapolis, Minnesota (1969–2001) United States |
Key people | Joseph L. Hudson |
Parent | Dayton–Hudson Corporation |
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