Kohl’s Corporation saw net sales increase 1.2% to $1.21 billion from $1.19 billion last year. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 7.2%. For the 17 weeks ended May 31, 2008, total sales were up 1.4%, but were down 6.8% on a comparable store basis.
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