Target/Decor packages

This is a list of decor packages and interior layouts that have been used at Target stores.

Note: The "Pxx" distinction is officially used for most Target decor packages, with the "P" standing for "Prototype" and the "xx" standing for the year it was introduced, or scheduled for wide rollout. Some packages may be referred to with "Gxx" or "Sxx" distinctions, respectively standing for implementations within Target Greatland and SuperTarget stores. Certain layout adjustments may not apply to remodeled Target stores, or locations with nontraditional layouts.

P86 (1986-1993?)

Tenative name

With the 2009 demolition (T-268) and replacement (T-2427) of the Rancho Cordova, CA store, this decor package is now extinct.

P93 (1993-2000)

The primary theme of this package is focused around a set of four colors (red, yellow, green, and blue) forming "color worlds" across various departments of the store. The colors are signified in a multitude of places, such as at aisle markers, directional signs, and walls (striped in each department's respective color).


Standard Target locations built during this era now featured a more open layout inside. With mezzanine offices now eliminated, the salesfloor ceiling height was now regulated storewide.

With a remodel of the Galesburg, IL store (T-891) completed in 2020, this decor package is now extinct.

P97/G97 (Target Greatland) (1990-2000)

The decor package is known to have first appeared at the first Target Greatland store (T-643), located in Apple Valley, Minnesota.

In 1999, Target introduced an enhanced grocery departments within new SuperTarget stores, which were now known as "Archer Farms Market". Skylights were also implemented above produce in select stores. The design remained through the P04/S04 package, where SuperTarget grocery departments would revert to a conventional decor design resembling other departments.

P01 (2001-2003)

P01 served as a refresh of the previous P97 design, updating the package for the new millennium and giving it a more calm, guest-friendly appeal. The full package was first known to have debuted in March 2001 within 20 new stores.

The yellow color world was eliminated, with such walls solely appearing within the Food Avenue (above the counter).

Starting in 2002, some new stores would test a canoe-shaped overhead signage piece which the next decor package would adopt.

For 2003, Target adjusted the ceilings for Greatland and SuperTarget prototypes. The traditional lower ceiling over softlines was eliminated, being brought to a middle ground level (akin to regular Target stores) along with the higher ceiling elsewhere in the store.

P04 (2003-2008)

Fully introduced in 2004, the P04 decor package stands as one of Target's most dramatic overhauls to their in-store brand. The "color worlds" that defined Target's departments and team member practices for many stores in the past 14 years were disestablished. Target once again streamlined their departments to be known simply by their product categories.

The package made a test debut at the Greeley, CO store (T-1813) in October 2003. P04 was then formally launched in March 2004, across 25 new stores.

The walls were now painted in red, flanked with light yellow walls on the front-end. Compared to previously, wall structures now composed of swooping curves over departments such as fitting rooms, guest services and Food Avenue. Instead of a near-continuous line of neon featured previously, wall lighting fixtures were now separated into two individual pieces. Of those fixtures was a half-bullseye (resembling Target's logo), and a curve terminating at 45 degrees. These lined the upper walls of the store, randomly alternating and appearing in horizontally mirrored orientations.

Signage pieces were drastically redone for this package. In addition to the red canoe signage that had been piloted before, At the checkouts, a new, tall triangular light was used for each lane with a new red body featuring a table at the front end as opposed to before. The rectangular aisle markers from P01 were retained, albeit solely in red to match the new color scheme.

The Food Avenue was given a major overhaul, now known as the Target Café. While it continued to sell items from the Express lineup, the area was given a major overhaul. Starbucks also expanded their reach within Target, now being a staple at all new stores for years to come. The Café would face the checkouts, with Starbucks directly to the side and the beverage fountain facing it. The seating area wraps around the counters and kitchens, typically edging on the store's front facade. Target opted for a relaxed, coffeehouse-style approach in their Cafés.

Target's new look also brought upon changes to SuperTarget stores. For the first time since 1998, the Archer Farms Market concept was no longer utilized, with the grocery departments' decor streamlined with the rest of the store again.

Concurrently with the rollout of this package across new SuperTargets, the Archer Farms Market branding at S97 and S01 stores was quietly retired. New P01-style aisle markers, layout maps, and exterior signs were introduced to all previously-opened SuperTarget stores, although all other decor elements remained intact.

March 2007 update

For 2007, Target slightly adjusted their new/remodeled locations' layouts. At the Food Avenue, the beverage fountain/utensil station area, previously abutting the entranceway (facing Starbucks), was now positioned between the Café and Starbucks counter (facing checkout lanes). New SuperTarget stores maintained the original placement of the station.

A new layout and signage update was introduced for SuperTargets, having first been piloted at the Fridley, MN store (opened October 2006). The new configuration, referred to as "SuperTarget Split", eschewed the traditional Greatland/SuperTarget layout for a blueprint resembling standard Target stores of the time. Softlines departments moved to the far side of the store, with fitting rooms . Hardlines departments previously occupying said portion of the salesfloor (electronics, toys, sporting goods) now were now aligned along the rear actionway, with home/furnishing departments (once in the back) filling in the center store's former softlines space. Other articles of interior design were also revised, with new "canoe" grocery aisle markers (akin to signs elsewhere in the store) replacing the previous triangular models. They were oriented parallel to the grocery aisles at the inner actionway end, and perpendicular at the perimeter end. Actionways were also slightly adjusted, with the grocery/pharmacy actionway being widened and red stripes being removed from in front of the pharmacy.

October 2007 update

This revision to the P04 decor package, as well as others in the following year, served as a basis to the succeeding P09 package. Numerous changes were made to provide for experimentation and eventual transitions into the next package.

Ceiling lighting fixtures were upgraded from using gray reflective covers revealing three rows of lighting, to now having two-row triangular plastic covers. This helped cast a brighter light than the previous setup. The electronics section was another key focus within this mid-generational update. A redesigned flat-top "boat" focused primarily on guest service, lacking camera/portable electronic displays as opposed to before. The department was also redesigned to locate the core electronics section (TVs, cameras, accessories) next to softlines, trading places with aisles of books that were located there prior.

Restrooms received a new red and white-tiled look, that would also carry into P09. Fitting rooms were now also painted red, enhanced with wooden stalls and disc lights similar to those at the wall's display banners.

2008 updates

In March 2008, new all-plastic carts were introduced (except for locations using Vermaport models, which retained the old metallic design) to coincide with the batch of new store openings.

In certain 2008 openings/remodels, the pharmacy was situated directly adjacent to Food Avenue, opening a connection to the HBC aisles from the front end. This would become a permanent part of the P09 layout.

Select new store openings in the October 2008 batch, as well as remodels of existing stores conducted around the time, terminated use of the half-bullseye neon, solely utilizing the curved neon piece. The latter fixture would carry over into the P09 package.

Layout

With P04 came several significant adjustments to the default store layout. While departments such as clothing and health & beauty would largely remain static, major shifts were conducted throughout the rest of the space. Electronics and entertainment were now lined against the center-back wall, directly next to softlines. Baby, toys and sporting goods would sit across from the former department. Next to electronics, opposite softlines, would be luggage and home improvement. The side wall opposite softlines would be home to seasonal in the back corner, with grocery lining the rest down to the front corner. Center store was solidified as the place for home goods and appliances. Pharmacies would move slightly inwards, being halfway between the racetrack's outer corner and the front end.

The standard layout for Target Greatland/SuperTarget stores previously seen in P01 would carry over into this package, until a 2007 update. This would also be the last package in which the Greatland concept was present; the moniker would be dropped following the October 2004 opening round, with the entire prototype being retired after March 2006.

Some Target Greatland and SuperTarget stores opened early within the package's cycle carried over front-end layouts from P01. As an example, the Café would be arranged in P01 fashion (with P04 furniture and decorations), with the white stripe (carrying the Café and Pizza Hut Express logos) replacing what would have been a yellow wall with neon above the counter.

P09 (2008-2013)

P09 stands as a revision of the previous P04 package. Building on its predecessor, Target took a conservative approach in designing the new package. Corners which previously had abstract geometry were softened; the fitting room was squared off in new stores, and the white Food Avenue band was eliminated in favor for a simple curve extending from the pharmacy. The primary color of lower walls, such as at the front end, was now red; new backroom doors, with round red shapes were instituted as well. A key difference between P04 and P09 lies within the package's overhead signage. The typeface was modified into a simple, bold version of Helvetica Neue as opposed to the previous use of the extended variant. The in-store café received updated decor and paint, adopting modernist conventions with red walls and minimalistic fixtures as opposed to the coffeehouse-like design seen previously.

The P09 decor package and layout was first tested at two new stores in Target's native Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The Waconia Target and Otsego SuperTarget stores opened in October 2008.

This package is most notable for being introduced alongside PFresh, a concept delivering expanded grocery selections to non-SuperTarget stores. The aforementioned prototype debuted alongside a select number of new stores in March 2009, followed by remodels shortly after. With layout changes arriving at most stores, upgrading stores were repainted to fit the standard for new locations. Stores with P04 were able to retain their wall decor and overall appearance, although overhead signs were replaced to fit with new grocery aisle markers.

For 2010, Target exchanged curved neon for lantern fixtures throughout the perimeter of the store. Select SuperTarget/Target Greatland remodels, however, continued to implement curved neon wall decor; such tubes also continued to be implemented within vestibules through P13.

Store maps were revised in 2012; an isometric design was released, featuring flat gray department squares, and simple text. This served as a precursor to Target's later map designs.

For Target's July 2013 store openings, new checkout models would be introduced, the first new body design since the introduction of P04. These had previously debuted at Target Canada stores, which had already rolled out the P13 package at the time.

Generally, PFresh grocery departments are more expansive compared to their predecessors. Selections now extended across more aisles in addition to these being lengthened. While new-build stores of the time would be of a larger square footage, PFresh conversions were architecturally limited (with errors such as support poles in the middle of actionways). Guests also lamented the resulting cutdowns in product from surrounding departments.

Layout

For new general-merchandise Targets, the layout was largely carried over from the pre-P09 prototype. This remained entirely true to new stores without PFresh, of which several more opened throughout 2009. New stores with PFresh were constructed with 10% more square footage than stores built prior.

The front end now consisted of one continuous curve at the upper portion of the store's layout, spanning from Guest Service to the Café. Akin to standard Target stores, Cafés at SuperTarget locations would now locate Starbucks kiosks adjacent to Food Avenue, eliminating the standalone alcove. This in turn resulted in changes to the deli/bakery, with it now featuring new wall tile and a drink cooler at the corner of it and the entrance.

SuperTargets opened in the March 2009 batch initially retained the Split layout; though in July 2009 Target would reintroduce the previous layout, with minor adjustments.

P13 (2013-2015)

This package made its initial debut within Target Canada stores in March 2013. The package was then brought to Target's United States stores in fall 2013, serving primarily as a signage refresh of the previous P09 package. For most facets of the store, no changes were made from the final iteration of P09, except for overhead signage. This department signage was trimmed down into a slim, red frame featuring signage with text and symbols representing the respective portion of the salesfloor.

P04 stores receiving PFresh upgrades also carried over their wall decor and general design into this package. This would be the last package under which PFresh would be introduced to existing stores; this remodeling program was terminated in 2014.

Most new large-format stores opened in 2015 omitted the traditional café and Pizza Hut Express eateries. This was the beginning of a trend that would last beyond this decor package.

P16 (2016-2017)

This decor package is the same interior to the P13, only that the Target exterior or display at the marketplace sign is just reskinned with actual remodels being done but with closure of the stores' full remodel. The interior has the same department signs, fonts, and the primitive red/gray walls around the store, it also included a modernized digital electronic price scanner to search.

P17 (2017-2020)

This decor package is very similar to the P13 and P16 with a new official Target logo they used with the lowercased "Target" to display at the marketplace sign when remodeled. The exteriors are remodeled with a new Target sign, red stone paneling, and wooden paneling (2018-2021) with also a couple more signs displayed in the corner and back of the exterior. The interiors have wooden paneling inside but never removed, shown at the Guest Services, and Market.

P20 (2020-present)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of the only stores with a Target Café and not a Starbucks, most of those stores Café permanently closed and a wall is constructed and built, covering the Cafe's entrance saying "Welcome To Target", serving fresh cold drinks to purchase instead of dining inside the Café.

March 2021 update

All the Target Stores that got a faux wood (Wooden Paneling) exterior remodel between 2018 and 2019 had to have those textures removed and wiped out with a banner put on the exterior for a couple to several months due to defects of those panels falling down from the exterior dangerously. They have remodeled those Target stores' exterior after months of planning by replacing it with painting the stone brown, molding it with stone paneling, or installing a different type of wood paneling.

Innovation remodels (2013-)

E&E

Being the first Innovation remodel to launch, it first appeared in October 2013 at select stores. The Electronics & Entertainment Innovation remodel entailed a drastic revision of the combined electronics and entertainment departments, adjusting product mix alongside a decor overhaul to compete with leading electronics chains.

Grocery

First introduced around 2016, a grocery innovation remodel is aimed primarily for stores that had already included the PFresh expanded grocery selection. The design mirrors that implemented in full-scale remodels since 2015. The remodel involves a gray paintout of the walls within said section like that of A&A, in addition to the black/wooden aisle markers found in said package. The upgrade extends through grocery aisles to associated cleaning supply aisles. Select implementations also feature decor for beer and wine aisles, or a newly-constructed alcove for such products.

Coinciding with the launch of this package, the produce sections within all PFresh stores were reset. The overhead circular decor pieces were recalled, and faux-wood cladding was added to center produce stands.

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An example of a P17 Target, located in Taylor, Michigan