Target Corporation August Sales up 3.1 Percent (Business Wire)

Thursday September 4, 8:25 am ET MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT - News ) today reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended August 30, 2008 increased 3.1 percent to $4,852 million from $4,707 million for the four weeks ended September 1, 2007. On this same basis, August comparable store sales declined 2.1 percent. “Our comparable store sales performance in August was... [read full story]