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Geisse was born on September 1, 1920, [2] in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of aeronautical inventor John Harlin and Esther (née Wattawa) Geisse. [3] He grew up in the Washington, D.C., area [3] and attended St. John's College High School. [4] He was set to graduate from the United States Naval Academy with the class of 1942, [1][5][6] until the ...
While working for the Dayton company, John F. Geisse developed the concept of upscale discount retailing. On May 1, 1962, the Dayton Company, using Geisse's concepts, opened its first Target discount store, located at 1515 West County Road B in Roseville, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The name "Target" originated from Dayton's publicity ...
Venture Stores, Inc. Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares. Venture Stores, Inc. was a chain of retail stores aimed at the discount department-store market. John Geisse, formerly of Target Stores, and May Department Stores' executive vice president, Dave Babcock, founded the chain in 1968.
The company is one of the largest American-owned private employers in the United States. The corporation was founded in Minneapolis by businessman George Dayton in 1902, and developed through the years via expansion and acquisitions. Target, the company's first discount store and eventual namesake, was opened in 1962.
In 1968, Venture Stores was founded when Target co-founder John F. Geisse went to work for May Department Stores. [ citation needed ] Under an antitrust settlement reached with the Department of Justice , May was unable to acquire any more retail chains at the time, and the department store company needed a way to compete against the emerging ...
Universal Thread, denim-based women's clothing [3] Wild Fable, women's clothing brand targeting gen-Z [4] Prologue, a line of sophisticated female clothing [5] Auden, an intimates and lingerie exclusive brand [6] Stars Above, an in-house brand for sleepwear [6] Colsie, an intimates and loungewear brand [6]
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The Academy was founded in 1845 and graduated its first class in 1846. The Academy is often referred to as Annapolis, while sports media refer to the ...
John Geisse, businessman, founder of Target Stores; Bob Glenalvin, first manager of Detroit Tigers; Sid Grauman, founder of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, former home of the Academy Awards; Scott A. Jones, co-founder of ChaCha; Eli Lilly, founder, president of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company