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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM DAYTON
HUDSON CORPORATION'S FORM 10Q FOR THE THIRD QUARTER ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1998 AND
IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 1,000,000
       
                             
                   9-MOS
                          JAN-30-1999
                             FEB-01-1998
                               OCT-31-1998
                                             239
                                         0
                                    1,357
                                         0
                                      4,669
                                 6,942
                                          12,624
                                   3,823
                                  16,430
                            5,567
                                          5,166
                               28
                                          0
                                            73
                                       4,812
                    16,430
                                         20,812
                                20,812
                                           15,203
                                   15,203
                                 4,457
                                     0
                                 301
                                    851
                                       336
                                515
                                       0
                                      3
                                            0
                                       512
                                     1.13
                                     1.08