Talk:Dayton's

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Timeline question

According to the article, Dayton's was founded in 1902, at which time George Draper Dayton was 45 years old.

Later, the article says that the company was run by his sons "David Draper Dayton (1880–1923) and George Nelson Dayton (1886–1950)".

George Draper Dayton didn't die until 1938 - 15 years after his older son David had died. The implication is that at some point in time, the sons took over the business - the father would have been only 66 when his son David died. At that point, was George Nelson Dayton running the company by himself or was his father still involved?69.37.85.3 (talk) 10:27, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Missing links?

Maybe this is just trivia:

• The Dayton Company was also a real estate developer. In addition to creating the first enclosed shopping mall "Southdale", they developed "Brookdale", "Rosedale", and "Ridgedale" shopping malls in the Twin Cities. This is the source of Garrison Keillor's reference to "The Dales" on the "Prairie Home Companion" radio show.
• The current governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton, is descended from the family that started Dayton's. Apparently his family wealth helped propel him into office.
• Dayton's (now Macy's) has hosted a free holiday display in the 8th floor auditorium of the downtown Minneapolis store for decades.
• Dayton's started a consumer electronics chain "Team Electronics" that competed with "Sound of Music" (an ancestor of "Best Buy") in the Twin Cities.
• Dayton's (later?) had a consumer electronics department named "Sound of Music".
• Dayton's original web address was http://dhdsc.com (Dayton-Hudson Department Store Company)

136.162.34.1 (talk) 08:02, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

It's only relevant if it's directly relevant to the subject of the article; Mark Dayton probably isn't. See History of Target Corporation which is mainly about the history of the company that used to be called DHC, most of this goes there. Keep in mind everything needs reliable sources. Team Electronics wasn't founded by Dayton's, it was sold to them in 1970 by Stephen Pistner who had been running the company for 12 years. [1] Tuxide (talk) 05:07, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Ironic

"The Dayton's Project is completely seperate [sic] from the former Dayton's department store," says the editor who changed the name of the Block E article to "Mayo Clinic Square," which is not the same as what the Block E article is about. 76.81.20.61 (talk) 06:07, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

The previous editor whose edits I reverted seemed to think that Dayton's still exists in its former department store format with the new Dayton's Project. That is not accurate, Dayton's has not existed since 2001 and the Dayton's Project is, to quote the article, "a mixed-use retail, office space, and entertainment complex with some of the original Dayton's elements restored." JayJay^{What did I do?} 17:20, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

JayJay misses the irony and inconsistency of his actions

76.81.20.61 (talk) 06:14, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Please stop your personal attacks. Block E and Mayo Clinic square are completely different from this article. That article was renamed following the guidelines of WP:NAMECHANGES and the previous move discussion was flawed. Please tell me how my reasoning is wrong because the Dayton's Project is a single building that was renovated where Dayton's flagship store once was, not the whole company being revived because of this one building. JayJay^{What did I do?} 14:46, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

It seems it must be spelled out for you: you admit on the Block E article talk page that there was minimal discussion about that article's name change (thus not credible consensus), yet you proceeded to change it to Mayo Clinic Square. That name change was inappropriate because of the same logic used to defend the edit revert on this article. Of course, the revert here was proper for the reason you gave. But, likewise, the Block E article is not about Mayo Clinic Square. Yet you defend that change. That, sir, is irony.

76.81.20.61 (talk) 03:15, 20 November 2021 (UTC)