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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-11-003010.txt : 20110113
<SEC-HEADER>0001225208-11-003010.hdr.sgml : 20110113
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20110113174207
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-11-003010
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110111
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110113
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110113

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ward Laysha
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001482973

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06049
		FILM NUMBER:		11528333

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		203 EAST MAIN STREET
		STREET 2:		MS P12-02
		CITY:			SPARTANBURG
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29319

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TARGET CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000027419
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331]
		IRS NUMBER:				410215170
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6123046073

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DAYTON HUDSON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DAYTON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19690728
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        <footnote id="F1">Option granted on January 14, 2009.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Option granted on August 10, 2009. Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Option granted on January 9, 2008.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Option granted on January 13, 2010.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Option granted on January 12, 2005. Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Option granted on August 9, 2010. Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Option granted on January 11, 2006. Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Option granted on January 10, 2007.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Option granted on September 4, 2007.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
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    <remarks>wardpoa.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>David L. Donlin, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-01-13</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>

TARGET CORPORATION

Power of Attorney
of Director and/or Officer

The undersigned director and/or officer of
TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation
(the Corporation), does hereby make,
constitute and appoint GREGG W. STEINHAFEL,
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER,TIMOTHY R. BAER,DAVID L.
DONLIN and Mary B. Stanley, and each or any
one of them, the undersigneds true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigneds name, place and stead, to sign
and affix the undersigneds name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation to (1) a
Form 10-K, Annual Report, or other applicable
form, pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act),
including any and all exhibits, schedules,
supplements, certifications and supporting
documents thereto, including, but not limited
to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the
Corporations 401(k) Plan and similar plans
pursuant to the 1934 Act, and all amendments,
supplementations and corrections thereto, to
be filed by the Corporation with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the SEC), as required
in connection with its registration under
the 1934 Act; (2) one or more Forms 3, 4 or 5
pursuant to the 1934 Act, or Forms 144
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the 1933 Act), and all related
documents, amendments, supplementations and
corrections thereto; and (3) one or more
Registration Statements, on Form S-3, Form S-8,
or other applicable forms, and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, thereto,
to be filed by the Corporation with the SEC
in connection with the registration under the
1933 Act, as amended, of debt, equity and
other securities of the Corporation, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other supporting documents, with the SEC.

The undersigned also grants to said
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts necessary or incidental to
the performance and execution of the powers
herein expressly granted.  This Power of
Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked
in writing by the undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
below as of this 12th day of January, 2011.


/s/ Laysha L. Ward
Laysha L. Ward
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