TARGET CORPORATION

Power of Attorney
of Director and/or Officer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director and/or officer of
TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation
(the Corporation), does hereby make,
constitute and appoint GREGG W. STEINHAFEL,
DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER,TIMOTHY R. BAER, DAVID
L. DONLIN and Mary B. Stanley, and each or
any one of them, the undersigneds true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigneds name, place and stead, to sign
and affix the undersigneds name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation to (1) a
Form 10-K, Annual Report, or other applicable
form, pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act),
including any and all exhibits, schedules,
supplements, certifications and supporting
documents thereto, including, but not limited
to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the
Corporations 401(k) Plan and similar plans
pursuant to the 1934 Act, and all amendments,
supplementations and corrections thereto, to
be filed by the Corporation with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the SEC), as required
in connection with its registration under
the 1934 Act, as amended; (2) one or more
Forms 3, 4 or 5 pursuant to the 1934 Act
and all related documents, amendments,
supplementations and corrections thereto,
to be filed with the SEC as required under
the 1934 Act; and (3) one or more Registration
Statements, on Form S-3, Form S-8, Form 144
or other applicable forms, and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, thereto,
to be filed by the Corporation with the SEC
in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
debt, equity and other securities of the
Corporation, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with the SEC.

The undersigned also grants to 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.  This Power of
Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked
in writing by the undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
below as of this 2nd day of February, 2010.


/s/ Beth M. Jacob
Beth M. Jacob