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Hudson's Department Store was a major independent retail department store chain based in Detroit during the first three-quarters of the Twentieth Century. At one time Hudson's was the second largest department store (next to Macy's of New York City) in the United States.

Founded by Joseph L. Hudson, the store thrived during the growth of Detroit and the auto industry during the first half of the 20th century. The family also founded the Hudson automobile company which eventually became part of American Motors.

Hudson expanded into suburban Detroit, starting with a store in Northland Mall in nearby Southfield, Michigan, the first large shopping mall in the US. Similar suburban malls followed (Westland Mall and Eastland Center), as well of other stores throughout the tri-state region. The Flagship Hudson's store closed in January, 1983 (at the peak of Downtown Detroit's decline) and was imploded 15 years later in October, 1998.

The department store chain was merged into the Dayton-Hudson retail firm in 1969, which itself took the name of its largest and most successful brand, Target, in 2000. One year later, the Target Corporation changed the names of all its remaining department stores, including Hudson's, to Marshall Field's, a banner already owned by Target. Marshall Field's stores will become Macy's in 2006.

External link

• A history of Hudson's Department Store, and the subsequent status of the site after implosion of the building
• Hudson's Department Store at the official City of Detriot website

• Buildings and structures in Detroit
• Defunct retail companies of the United States
• Demolished buildings and structures
• Department stores of the United States