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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-17-041302
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170623
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170623
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170623

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-66050
		FILM NUMBER:		17927915

	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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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;23, 2017.</font></b></p>
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Nos.&#160; 333-153250</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TARGET CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TARGET CORPORATION 401(K)&nbsp;PLAN</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cathy R. Smith</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403-2467</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. </font><font face="Wingdings">&#168;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Target Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement to deregister certain securities originally registered by the Company pursuant to its Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;29, 2008 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-153250), January&nbsp;18, 2006 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-131083), March&nbsp;19, 2003 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-103920), May&nbsp;19, 1997 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-27435) and July&nbsp;15, 1993 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-66050, collectively referred to herein as the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;) with respect to shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $.0833 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), thereby registered for offer or sale pursuant to the Target Corporation 401(k)&nbsp;Plan (formerly known as the Dayton Hudson Supplemental Retirement, Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan), as amended and restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Prior Registration Statements registered a total of 339,200,000 shares of Common Stock, as adjusted for stock splits. The Prior Registration Statements also registered an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the undertakings contained in the Prior Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered that remain unissued at the termination of the offering, the Company is filing this post-effective amendment to the Prior Registration Statements to deregister, and does hereby remove from registration, 2,661,427 shares of Common Stock and all Plan participation interests that had been registered under the Prior Registration Statements that remain unissued as of the date hereof.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The Registrant</font></i>.&#160; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on the 23rd day of June, 2017.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Cathy R. Smith</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cathy R. Smith</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment on behalf of the Registrant in reliance on Rule&nbsp;478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The Plan</font></i>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on the 23rd day of June, 2017.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Cathy R. Smith</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cathy R. Smith</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   </font></p>
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