Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales from continuing operations (principally Target Stores) for the four weeks ended May 28, 2005 increased 12.1%to $3.50 billion from $3.12 billion for the year-ago period. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 5.1% from fiscal May 2004.
The sales plan for the month was a comparable-store increase in the range of 3% to 5%.
“Our sales results in May were near the upper end of our planned range for
the month,” said Bob Ulrich, chairman and chief executive officer of Target
Corporation.
Comparable Stores Continuing Sales Total Sales % Change Operations (millions) % Change This Year Last Year May $3,500 12.1 5.1 5.8 Year-to-Date $14,671 12.6 6.0 7.0