EXHIBIT (24)

                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.


                                            /s/  Rand V. Araskog
                                            ------------------------
                                            Rand V. Araskog


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Robert A. Burnett
                                            -------------------------
                                            Robert A. Burnett


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Livio D. DeSimone
                                            -------------------------
                                            Livio D. DeSimone


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Roger A. Enrico
                                            -----------------------
                                            Roger A. Enrico


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  William W. George
                                            -------------------------
                                            William W. George


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Roger L. Hale
                                            ---------------------
                                            Roger L. Hale


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Betty Ruth Hollander
                                            ----------------------------
                                            Betty Ruth Hollander


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Michele J. Hooper
                                            --------------------------
                                            Michele J. Hooper


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Kenneth A. Macke
                                            ------------------------
                                            Kenneth A. Macke


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Mary Patterson McPherson
                                            -----------------------------
                                            Mary Patterson McPherson

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Robert J. Ulrich
                                            ------------------------
                                            Robert J. Ulrich

 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  John R. Walter
                                            ----------------------
                                            John R. Walter


 

 
                           DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                               Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint KENNETH A. MACKE, STEPHEN E. WATSON, HENRY T. DeNERO, and
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, and each or any one of them, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's
name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Form 10-K, Annual
Report, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
for the fiscal year ended January 29, 1994, or other applicable form, including
any and all Exhibits, Schedules, Supplements and supporting documents thereto,
including, but not limited to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the Supplemental
Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and similar plans
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all
amendments, supplementations and corrections thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. as
required in connection with its registration under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand as of this 9th day of March, 1994.



                                            /s/  Stephen E. Watson
                                            -------------------------
                                            Stephen E. Watson