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City's largest retail facilityGarlandT ar lt;retOf©randStoreoptmm?The 'Target Store in Garland. located at CentervilleGar I ami store manager Robert Walters.Road and LBJ Freeway in theNew World will have its grand opening on. Monday, Aug IB. according to Southern Zone Manager J D Fontaine, viceThe 163,000 square foot super - retail facility representsan investment, with inventory,of almost $6 million. Target Store officials stated It a)-president for Target Stores,had been proclaimedI s largest commercialA second store, located at LBJ Freeway and MontfortDr1 in North Dallas, will open the same day.The new discount store, abuilding, both in termsand construction costssubsidiary of the Dayton Corporation, will employ more than 500 people, according toget automotive service center will consume another 6.000 square feet of retail area inthe' New World Shopping CenterThe new store will featureft.iPfc*m %Iy* V * J?St•mf T. i ifI m *TARGET'S NEW BACK TO SCHOOL deportmenttokes shape under the direction of notions ond stationery department manager Randall Uner lt;right*,of 925 Patio Drive, Garland Ron Faug! itenberry ofRt 1, Garland, helps Uner bring order to the chaos that is an inevitable part of stocking Target s 163.-000 square foot discount store for its grand opening on August 18 The Garland New World Target store will open simultaneously with its sister store at LBJ Freeway ond Montfort DriveREADYING TARGET'S HUGE SELECTION OF TOYSfor the store's grand opening on August 18 are department manager George Tidwell of 947 PatioCourt, Garland and his assistant Paula Day of Pleasant Grove Dallas two new Target stores both on LBJ Freeway at Centerville Rd and at Montfort Drive, will feature the largest year-around toy departmentin fh# DalLi^ an*massive food supermarket! and in * store bakeries for oneTarget officials stressthe storesshopping conveniencei .adjacent free parking.J cars. The automotiveunconditionally guarantee all merchandise If a customer --**»center contains II servicebay*.More than. BO' departmentsare Ixrated throughout themassive complex, offering fashion dothing for the entire family, sporting goods, hard ware, tires auto accessories and batteries, lawn and garden .supplies, heahh and beau-aids, jewelry and prescription drugs The Garland store will have the largest toy department in the Dallas area. Walters said— for any reason dissatisfied, money is re d without question new* one - levellevel prototype building design, being m trodured in the Dallas area, compares with the nationaldiscount store average area of74.SW square feet Much of the increased footage in the new stores has been utilized to give greater shop.ping ease and convenience tothe customer Wider aisles,more checkout lanes, service counters, addition at fitting rooms and conveniently - ac-It also will have a restaurant, and a .snack barThe Dayton Corporation.which plans to open two more stores in Texas in the Houston area — was featured' in the Tune Magazine business section last fallcessible merchandise display!will be apparent to shoppersTarget official* saidCIDIDtimiuHunrv latrdMore than 10 per cent of all Target merchandise is inventoried by computer control. officials advise Information oneach sale made in a suburbanA sample of residents in this area will be included in a nationwidestore is transmitted electroni cally to a computer at the company's Minneapolis headquarters an a daily basis The information not only tells the company what goods have been sold and must be replaced, but it also assists Tar get buyers in spotting fashiorand retail marketing it endssurvey of employmerit and unemployment to beconducted during ibe week of1? by the U S Depart ment of Commerce'i Bureau of the Census, according to Ferry R Millard director ofthe Bureau $ regional off;* lt;»n DallasThe survey is made each month for the I S Department. of Labor to determineWalters if enthusiastic about the quality fashion dimensionhis store will presen* to theDallas, market lie sa nuickthe number of persons witjobs, the number looking k jobs, and «he monthly un»-r©lov men* rate The sir *■Ito point out that, ' Target is not Ne man Marcus but within our price ranges we will 'be bringing our customers some of the most exciting fashion beys in this area ’* He saidthat about 50 per .cent offasti;furnishes a basic weave*th* Niton's economic healthInformation obtained in the survey can be used oi Iv to determine statistical totals andwomens tasn *n- ar** pur-chased from the Texas ma kel.farts about each person andfamilv are kept completelyconfidential\x i wlrrliriitiDallas area j''*'1' Micn»paeworkers clutWesterheim has81.2 trillionHaroldjoined Micropac Industrie**;Inc as marketing manager,W Hors man.according toMore than 7 000 employees in the Dalis area were underpaid by some $1 207 354 during the fiscal year lust ended according to figures released inDallas last weekWesterheim was formerlyvice president marketing ofAJmtron. Inc . of Garland, a division of Electronic MachineryPrior toArea Director E M. Wte-mar of the Labor Department s Wage and Hour and Public Contracts DivisionsManufacturing Cothat he was chief engineer ofthe Military Systems Division of Yaro, Inc , where- he wasinstrumental in establishingVaro’s microcircuit divisionsaid the figures were based investigations made underFair Labor Standards ActHeadquartered in Garland.070emplovees who were oaid lesslr . '77 .Athan the legal minimum wagerate and 5 307 who were notMicropac Industries is a designer and manufacturer of ailtvpes cf hvbnd microcircuits. The firm’s modern, wellpaid fully for overtime In addition. 249 others were duemonev under the equal-pa v provision of the law. andothers were undemaid bvequinped plant is geared to handle small development orders as well as large volumeproduction.provisions of the McNamara O’Hara Service Contract ActSome were due monty frommore than one category Theunduphrated total, was 7.801 “Overtimeccmoensationfound due was $802 045 and theunpaidnimum wages was $332,802 Also due was $62,352 under the Equal Pav Act andt f A 1 ititr t lL.f ✓- V o • •% *-• *-*
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Garland Daily News
Garland, Texas, US
Wed, Aug 13, 1969
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