Editing Hudson's (section)

{{Short description|American department store}}
{{About|the defunct chain of department stores|the former parent company previously named Dayton-Hudson Corporation|Target Corporation}}
{{Distinguish|Hudson's Bay Company}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Hudson's
| logo = Hudson's Department Store Final Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| caption = 
| fate = Locations re-branded as [[Marshall Field's]] in 2001
| successor = [[Marshall Field's]] (2001–2006)<br/>[[Macy's]] (2006–present)
| foundation = 1881
| defunct = 2001
| location = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]] (1881–1969)<br/>[[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] (1969–2001)<br/>United States
| industry = [[Department store]]
| key_people = [[Joseph L. Hudson]]
| products = <!--some of company's notable products-->
| num_employees = <!--peak number of employees-->
| parent = [[Target Corporation|Dayton–Hudson Corporation]]
| homepage = 
}}
'''The J. L. Hudson Company''' (commonly known simply as '''Hudson's''') was an upscale retail [[department store]] chain based in [[Detroit]], Michigan. Hudson's [[J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition|flagship store]], on [[M-1 (Michigan highway)|Woodward Avenue]] in [[Downtown Detroit]] (demolished October 24, 1998),<ref name="CDI">{{cite web| title=J.L. Hudson Department Store| website=Controlled Demolition, Inc.—Services: Buildings| url=http://www.controlled-demolition.com/default.asp?reqLocId=7&reqItemId=20030225133807| access-date=2006-09-16| archive-date=2008-12-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220103947/http://www.controlled-demolition.com/default.asp?reqLocId=7&reqItemId=20030225133807| url-status=usurped}}</ref> was the tallest department store in the world in 1961,<ref name="detroitnews">{{cite news |last=Baulch |first=Vivian M. |title=How J.L. Hudson changed the way we shop |newspaper=[[The Detroit News]] |url=http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=29&category=business |access-date=2006-09-16 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709194807/http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=29&category=business |archive-date=2012-07-09}}</ref> and, at one time, claimed to be the second-largest department store, after [[Macy's Herald Square|Macy's]], in the United States, by [[square footage]].<ref name="institution">{{cite magazine| title=Retail Trade: Store into Institution| date=23 March 1953| magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806649,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222105158/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806649,00.html| url-status=usurped| archive-date=December 22, 2008| access-date=2011-05-24}}</ref>