MINNEAPOLIS, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended February 25, 2006 increased 10.5 percent to $3.731 billion from $3.376 billion for the four-week period ended February 26, 2005. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 3.6 percent from fiscal February 2005.

"Target's comparable store sales for the month of February were in line with our expectations," said Bob Ulrich, chairman and chief executive officer of Target Corporation.

                     Sales      Total Sales   Comparable Stores % Change
                   (millions)    % Change       This Year   Last Year
    February         $3,731        10.5           3.6         9.0

As a reminder, our current sales disclosure practice includes a sales recording on the day of our monthly sales release and one mid-month sales update. Consistent with this practice, a new message was recorded earlier today and our next sales recording is planned for Monday, March 20, 2006. These recordings may be accessed by calling 612-761-6500.

Target Corporation operates Target Stores, a chain of large, general merchandise discount stores consisting of 1,395 locations in 47 states, as well as an on-line business called Target.com. Forward-looking statements in this release should be read in conjunction with the cautionary statements in Exhibit (99)C to the company's Third Quarter 2005 Form 10-Q. Target Corporation news releases are available at http://www.target.com or http://www.prnewswire.com.

SOURCE Target Corporation
03/02/2006

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