<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-15-021999.txt : 20151209
<SEC-HEADER>0001225208-15-021999.hdr.sgml : 20151209
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20151209160412
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-15-021999
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151129
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151209
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151209

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARRISON ROBERT M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001660446

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06049
		FILM NUMBER:		151278402

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Option granted under the Target Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Option granted on August 15, 2011.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Option granted on January 11, 2012.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Option granted under the Target Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Option granted on January 13, 2010.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Option granted on January 12, 2011.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Option granted on January 9, 2013.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Option granted on August 13, 2012.  Option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>harrisonpoa.txt</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Andrew J. Neuharth, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-12-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>harrisonpoa.txt
<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 BRIAN C. CORNELL, CATHERINE R. SMITH,
TIMOTHY R. BAER, DAVID L. DONLIN and ANDREW J. NEUHARTH, 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.

The undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 24th
day of November, 2015.


/s/ Robert M. Harrison
Robert M. Harrison
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