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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM DAYTON
HUDSON CORPORATION'S FORM 10Q FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED MAY 2, 1998 AND IS
QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 1,000,000
       
                             
                   3-MOS
                          JAN-30-1999
                             FEB-01-1998
                               MAY-02-1998
                                             249
                                         0
                                    1,351
                                         0
                                      3,569
                                 5,792
                                          11,847
                                   3,527
                                  14,720
                            4,608
                                          4,760
                               24
                                          0
                                            73
                                       4,524
                    14,720
                                          6,468
                                 6,468
                                            4,727
                                    4,727
                                 1,380
                                     0
                                  96
                                    265
                                       105
                                160
                                       0
                                      2
                                            0
                                       158
                                      .35
                                      .33