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These sales results are included in the table of our sales release issued on October #, ####. For the fiscal September period, reported comparable store sales decreased #.#%. This decline was driven by a decrease in average transaction size, partially offset by an increase in comparable store transactions. Comparable store sales in September #### decreased #.#%. The current month's sales release quotes Gregg Steinhafel, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Target Corporation, as saying, "Sales for the month of September exceeded our expectations as the trend in our comparable transactions continued to improve. As a result of stronger than expected retail segment EBIT margin, combined with this improved sales trend, we expect our third-quarter EPS performance...

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