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TIL that Target's original name in 1902 was Goodfellow Dry Goods. (www.qualtrics.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting, Goodfellow is one of their clothing brands

[–] aido@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I knew I'd heard it somewhere before

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Interesting to see which logos got better with time, as opposed to say AOL and tinder. That tinder logo is some lazy BS. Also where is that god awful Yahoo logo their idiot CEO designed? That sure didn’t last long.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

X is cringe

[–] Jimbo@yiffit.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still don't know what a dry goods store is.

Goods that are... dry

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Everything that’s not produce, frozen, or dairy.