Sales in November were on plan at Target, slightly below expectations at Mervyn's, and below plan at the department stores. Sales for the Thanksgiving weekend tracked our November divisional results.
Sales for the corporation continued to be somewhat below plan in March. In light of our actual sales performance in February and March, and our outlook for April, we are unlikely to fully achieve our profit plan in the first quarter.
Our same-store sales growth in the month of August was slightly above our planned range for the month.
Company same-store sales growth in the month of August was slightly above our planned range for the month.