Exhibit (99)B

2005 Retail Segment
Retail Segment Results | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | Apr 30, 2005 | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Jul 30, 2005 | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | Jan 28, 2006 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | |
Sales | | $ | 11,171 | | $ | 11,667 | | | $ | 22,838 | | $ | 11,863 | | | $ | 34,701 | | $ | 16,570 | | | $ | 51,271 | |
Cost of sales | | 7,755 | | 8,038 | | | 15,793 | | 8,250 | | | 24,043 | | 11,745 | | | 35,788 | |
Gross margin | | 3,416 | | 3,629 | | | 7,045 | | 3,613 | | | 10,658 | | 4,825 | | | 15,483 | |
SG&A expenses (a) | | 2,277 | | 2,416 | | | 4,693 | | 2,548 | | | 7,241 | | 2,985 | | | 10,228 | |
EBITDA | | 1,139 | | 1,213 | | | 2,352 | | 1,065 | | | 3,417 | | 1,840 | | | 5,255 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 337 | | 343 | | | 680 | | 351 | | | 1,031 | | 366 | | | 1,396 | |
EBIT | | $ | 802 | | $ | 870 | | | $ | 1,672 | | $ | 714 | | | $ | 2,386 | | $ | 1,474 | | | $ | 3,859 | |
EBITDA is earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBIT is earnings before interest expense and income taxes. (a) New account and loyalty rewards redeemed by our guests reduce reported sales. Our Retail Segment charges the cost of these discounts to our Credit Card Segment, and the reimbursements of $19 million in the first quarter, $24 million in the second quarter, $22 million in the third quarter and $33 million in the fourth quarter are recorded as a reduction to SG&A expenses within the Retail Segment. |
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Retail Segment Rate Analysis | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(unaudited) | | Apr 30, 2005 | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Jul 30, 2005 | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | Jan 28, 2006 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | |
Gross margin rate | | 30.6% | | 31.1% | | | 30.8% | | 30.5% | | | 30.7% | | 29.1% | | | 30.2% | |
SG&A expense rate | | 20.4% | | 20.7% | | | 20.6% | | 21.5% | | | 20.9% | | 18.0% | | | 19.9% | |
EBITDA margin rate | | 10.2% | | 10.4% | | | 10.3% | | 9.0% | | | 9.8% | | 11.1% | | | 10.3% | |
Depreciation and amortization expense rate | | 3.0% | | 2.9% | | | 3.0% | | 3.0% | | | 3.0% | | 2.2% | | | 2.7% | |
EBIT margin rate | | 7.2% | | 7.4% | | | 7.3% | | 6.0% | | | 6.9% | | 8.9% | | | 7.5% | |

2006 Retail Segment
(53 week fiscal year)
Retail Segment Results | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | Apr 29, 2006 | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Jul 29, 2006 | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | Feb 3, 2007 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | |
Sales | | $ | 12,493 | | $ | 12,959 | | | $ | 25,453 | | $ | 13,156 | | | $ | 38,609 | | $ | 19,269 | | | $ | 57,878 | |
Cost of sales | | 8,694 | | 8,920 | | | 17,614 | | 9,133 | | | 26,747 | | 13,619 | | | 40,366 | |
Gross margin | | 3,799 | | 4,039 | | | 7,839 | | 4,023 | | | 11,862 | | 5,650 | | | 17,512 | |
SG&A expenses (a) | | 2,633 | | 2,728 | | | 5,361 | | 2,887 | | | 8,247 | | 3,497 | | | 11,745 | |
EBITDA | | 1,166 | | 1,311 | | | 2,478 | | 1,136 | | | 3,615 | | 2,153 | | | 5,767 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 330 | | 367 | | | 697 | | 385 | | | 1,083 | | 398 | | | 1,481 | |
EBIT | | $ | 836 | | $ | 944 | | | $ | 1,781 | | $ | 751 | | | $ | 2,532 | | $ | 1,755 | | | $ | 4,286 | |
EBITDA is earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBIT is earnings before interest expense and income taxes. (a) New account and loyalty rewards redeemed by our guests reduce reported sales. Our Retail Segment charges the cost of these discounts to our Credit Card Segment, and the reimbursements of $25 million in the first quarter, $25 million in the second quarter, $22 million in the third quarter and $37 million in the fourth quarter are recorded as a reduction to SG&A expenses within the Retail Segment. |
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Retail Segment Rate Analysis | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(unaudited) | | Apr 29, 2006 | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Jul 29, 2006 | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | Feb 3, 2007 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | |
Gross margin rate | | 30.4% | | 31.2% | | | 30.8% | | 30.6% | | | 30.7% | | 29.3% | | | 30.3% | |
SG&A expense rate | | 21.1% | | 21.0% | | | 21.1% | | 21.9% | | | 21.4% | | 18.1% | | | 20.3% | |
EBITDA margin rate | | 9.3% | | 10.1% | | | 9.7% | | 8.6% | | | 9.4% | | 11.2% | | | 10.0% | |
Depreciation and amortization expense rate | | 2.6% | | 2.8% | | | 2.7% | | 2.9% | | | 2.8% | | 2.1% | | | 2.6% | |
EBIT margin rate | | 6.7% | | 7.3% | | | 7.0% | | 5.7% | | | 6.6% | | 9.1% | | | 7.4% | |
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2007 Retail Segment
Retail Segment Results | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | May 5, 2007 | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Aug 4, 2007 | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | Feb 2, 2008 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | |
Sales | | $ | 13,623 | | $ | 14,167 | | | $ | 27,790 | | $ | 14,342 | | | $ | 42,132 | | $ | 19,340 | | | $ | 61,471 | |
Cost of sales | | 9,416 | | 9,696 | | | 19,112 | | 10,035 | | | 29,147 | | 13,782 | | | 42,929 | |
Gross margin | | 4,207 | | 4,471 | | | 8,678 | | 4,307 | | | 12,985 | | 5,558 | | | 18,542 | |
SG&A expenses (a) | | 2,839 | | 3,046 | | | 5,885 | | 3,167 | | | 9,052 | | 3,505 | | | 12,557 | |
EBITDA | | 1,368 | | 1,425 | | | 2,793 | | 1,140 | | | 3,933 | | 2,053 | | | 5,985 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 388 | | 401 | | | 788 | | 425 | | | 1,213 | | 431 | | | 1,643 | |
EBIT | | $ | 980 | | $ | 1,024 | | | $ | 2,005 | | $ | 715 | | | $ | 2,720 | | $ | 1,622 | | | $ | 4,342 | |
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EBITDA is earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBIT is earnings before interest expense and income taxes. (a) New account and loyalty rewards redeemed by our guests reduce reported sales. Our Retail Segment charges the cost of these discounts to our Credit Card Segment, and the reimbursements of $24 million in the first quarter, $25 million in the second quarter, $24 million in the third quarter and $41 million in the fourth quarter are recorded as a reduction to SG&A expenses within the Retail Segment. |
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Retail Segment Rate Analysis | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(unaudited) | | May 5, 2007 | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Aug 4, 2007 | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | Feb 2, 2008 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | |
Gross margin rate | | 30.9% | | 31.6% | | | 31.2% | | 30.0% | | | 30.8% | | 28.7% | | | 30.2% | |
SG&A expense rate | | 20.8% | | 21.5% | | | 21.2% | | 22.1% | | | 21.5% | | 18.1% | | | 20.4% | |
EBITDA margin rate | | 10.0% | | 10.1% | | | 10.0% | | 7.9% | | | 9.3% | | 10.6% | | | 9.7% | |
Depreciation and amortization expense rate | | 2.8% | | 2.8% | | | 2.8% | | 3.0% | | | 2.9% | | 2.2% | | | 2.7% | |
EBIT margin rate | | 7.2% | | 7.2% | | | 7.2% | | 5.0% | | | 6.5% | | 8.4% | | | 7.1% | |

2005 Credit Card Segment
Credit Card Segment Results | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | Apr 30, 2005 | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Jul 30, 2005 | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | Jan 28, 2006 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | |
Finance charge revenue | | $ | 205 | | $ | 219 | | | $ | 424 | | $ | 232 | | | $ | 656 | | $ | 259 | | | $ | 915 | |
Late fees and other revenue | | 74 | | 74 | | | 148 | | 79 | | | 227 | | 83 | | | 310 | |
Third party merchant fees | | 27 | | 30 | | | 57 | | 32 | | | 89 | | 35 | | | 124 | |
Total revenues | | 306 | | 323 | | | 629 | | 343 | | | 972 | | 377 | | | 1,349 | |
Bad debt expense | | 106 | | 111 | | | 217 | | 120 | | | 337 | | 129 | | | 466 | |
Operations and marketing expenses (a) | | 92 | | 100 | | | 192 | | 103 | | | 295 | | 113 | | | 406 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 3 | | 3 | | | 6 | | 3 | | | 9 | | 3 | | | 13 | |
Total expenses | | 201 | | 214 | | | 415 | | 226 | | | 641 | | 245 | | | 885 | |
EBIT | | 105 | | 109 | | | 214 | | 117 | | | 331 | | 132 | | | 464 | |
Interest expense on nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables | | 6 | | 6 | | | 12 | | 7 | | | 19 | | 17 | | | 37 | |
Segment profitability | | $ | 99 | | $ | 103 | | | $ | 202 | | $ | 110 | | | $ | 312 | | $ | 115 | | | $ | 427 | |
Average receivables funded by Target (b) | | $ | 4,572 | | $ | 4,578 | | | $ | 4,586 | | $ | 4,749 | | | $ | 4,642 | | $ | 4,371 | | | $ | 4,594 | |
Segment pretax ROIC (c) | | 8.6% | | 9.0% | | | 8.8% | | 9.3% | | | 9.0% | | 10.5% | | | 9.3% | |
(a) New account and loyalty rewards redeemed by our guests reduce reported sales. Our Retail Segment charges the cost of these discounts to our Credit Card Segment, and the reimbursements of $19 million in the first quarter, $24 million in the second quarter, $22 million in the third quarter and $33 million in the fourth quarter are recorded as an increase to Operations and Marketing expenses within the Credit Card Segment.
(b) Amounts represent the portion of average credit card receivables funded by Target. These amounts exclude $750 million, $750 million, $750 million, $750 million, $750 million $1,551 million and $950 million, respectively, of receivables funded by nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables.
(c) ROIC is return on invested capital, and this rate represents segment profitability divided by average receivables funded by Target, expressed as an annualized rate.

2006 Credit Card Segment
(53 week fiscal year)
Credit Card Segment Results | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | Apr 29, 2006 | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Jul 29, 2006 | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | Feb 3, 2007 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | |
Finance charge revenue | | $ | 259 | | $ | 273 | | | $ | 532 | | $ | 279 | | | $ | 812 | | $ | 305 | | | $ | 1,117 | |
Late fees and other revenue | | 80 | | 80 | | | 160 | | 101 | | | 261 | | 95 | | | 356 | |
Third party merchant fees | | 31 | | 35 | | | 65 | | 34 | | | 98 | | 41 | | | 139 | |
Total revenues | | 370 | | 388 | | | 757 | | 414 | | | 1,171 | | 441 | | | 1,612 | |
Bad debt expense | | 88 | | 93 | | | 181 | | 97 | | | 278 | | 102 | | | 380 | |
Operations and marketing expenses (a) | | 97 | | 102 | | | 198 | | 107 | | | 306 | | 130 | | | 434 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 4 | | 3 | | | 7 | | 4 | | | 11 | | 4 | | | 15 | |
Total expenses | | 189 | | 198 | | | 386 | | 208 | | | 595 | | 236 | | | 829 | |
EBIT | | 181 | | 190 | | | 371 | | 206 | | | 576 | | 205 | | | 783 | |
Interest expense on nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables | | 20 | | 22 | | | 42 | | 27 | | | 69 | | 29 | | | 98 | |
Segment profitability | | $ | 161 | | $ | 168 | | | $ | 329 | | $ | 179 | | | $ | 507 | | $ | 176 | | | $ | 685 | |
Average receivables funded by Target (b) | | $ | 4,280 | | $ | 4,286 | | | $ | 4,295 | | $ | 4,231 | | | $ | 4,276 | | $ | 4,618 | | | $ | 4,379 | |
Segment pretax ROIC (c) | | 15.1% | | 15.6% | | | 15.3% | | 17.0% | | | 15.8% | | 14.2% | | | 15.3% | |
(a) New account and loyalty rewards redeemed by our guests reduce reported sales. Our Retail Segment charges the cost of these discounts to our Credit Card Segment, and the reimbursements of $25 million in the first quarter, $25 million in the second quarter, $22 million in the third quarter and $37 million in the fourth quarter are recorded as an increase to Operations and Marketing expenses within the Credit Card Segment.
(b) Amounts represent the portion of average credit card receivables funded by Target. These amounts exclude $1,650 million, $1,650 million, $1,650 million, $1,892 million, $1,731 million $1,926 million and $1,782 million, respectively, of receivables funded by nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables.
(c) ROIC is return on invested capital, and this rate represents segment profitability divided by average receivables funded by Target, expressed as an annualized rate.

2007 Credit Card Segment
Credit Card Segment Results | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | May 5, 2007 | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Aug 4, 2007 | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | Feb 2, 2008 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | |
Finance charge revenue | | $ | 296 | | $ | 305 | | | $ | 601 | | $ | 334 | | | $ | 935 | | $ | 373 | | | $ | 1,308 | |
Late fees and other revenue | | 88 | | 109 | | | 197 | | 113 | | | 311 | | 112 | | | 422 | |
Third party merchant fees | | 34 | | 39 | | | 73 | | 46 | | | 118 | | 47 | | | 166 | |
Total revenues | | 418 | | 453 | | | 871 | | 493 | | | 1,364 | | 532 | | | 1,896 | |
Bad debt expense | | 86 | | 95 | | | 182 | | 130 | | | 311 | | 170 | | | 481 | |
Operations and marketing expenses (a) | | 108 | | 112 | | | 218 | | 116 | | | 335 | | 134 | | | 469 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 4 | | 3 | | | 8 | | 4 | | | 12 | | 4 | | | 16 | |
Total expenses | | 198 | | 210 | | | 408 | | 250 | | | 658 | | 308 | | | 966 | |
EBIT | | 220 | | 243 | | | 463 | | 243 | | | 706 | | 224 | | | 930 | |
Interest expense on nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables | | 26 | | 30 | | | 57 | | 41 | | | 98 | | 35 | | | 133 | |
Segment profitability | | $ | 194 | | $ | 213 | | | $ | 406 | | $ | 202 | | | $ | 608 | | $ | 189 | | | $ | 797 | |
Average receivables funded by Target (b) | | $ | 4,723 | | $ | 4,534 | | | $ | 4,648 | | $ | 4,479 | | | $ | 4,612 | | $ | 5,627 | | | $ | 4,888 | |
Segment pretax ROIC (c) | | 16.4% | | 18.8% | | | 17.5% | | 18.0% | | | 17.6% | | 13.4% | | | 16.3% | |
(a) New account and loyalty rewards redeemed by our guests reduce reported sales. Our Retail Segment charges the cost of these discounts to our Credit Card Segment, and the reimbursements of $24 million in the first quarter, $25 million in the second quarter, $24 million in the third quarter and $41 million in the fourth quarter are recorded as an increase to Operations and Marketing expenses within the Credit Card Segment.
(b) Amounts represent the portion of average credit card receivables funded by Target. These amounts exclude $1,859 million, $2,184 million, $2,022 million, $2,845 million, $2,296 million $2,658 million and $2,387 million, respectively, of receivables funded by nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables.
(c) ROIC is return on invested capital, and this rate represents segment profitability divided by average receivables funded by Target, expressed as an annualized rate.

2005 Credit Card Metrics
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Spread Analysis - Total Portfolio | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
| | Apr 30, 2005 | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | |
| | Yield | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | |
| | Amount | | Annualized | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | |
(unaudited) | | (in millions) | | Rate | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | |
EBIT | | $ | 105 | | | 7.8% | (b) | $ | 109 | | | 8.2% | (b) | | $ | 214 | | | 8.0% | (b) | | $ | 117 | | | 8.5% | (b) | | $ | 331 | | | 8.2% | (b) | | $ | 132 | | | 8.9% | (b) | | $ | 464 | | | 8.4% | (b) |
LIBOR (a) | | | | 2.8% | | | | 3.3% | | | | | 3.0% | | | | | 3.8% | | | | | 3.3% | | | | | 4.3% | | | | | 3.5% | |
Spread to LIBOR (c) | | $ | 67 | | 5.0% | (b) | $ | 66 | | 4.9% | (b) | | $ | 133 | | 5.0% | (b) | | $ | 65 | | 4.7% | (b) | | $ | 198 | | 4.9% | (b) | | $ | 68 | | 4.6% | (b) | | $ | 267 | | 4.9% | (b) |
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(c) Spread to LIBOR is a metric used to analyze the performance of our total credit card portfolio because the vast majority of our portfolio earns finance charge revenue at rates tied to the Prime Rate, and the interest rate on all nonrecourse debt securitized by credit card receivables is tied to LIBOR. | | | | | |
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Receivables Rollforward Analysis | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | Apr 30, 2005 | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | |
Beginning receivables | | | | $ | 5,456 | | | | $ | 5,251 | | | | | | $ | 5,456 | | | | | $ | 5,421 | | | | | $ | 5,456 | | | | | $ | 5,544 | | | | | $ | 5,456 | |
Charges at Target | | | | 829 | | | | 926 | | | | | | 1,755 | | | | | 928 | | | | | 2,683 | | | | | 1,316 | | | | | 3,999 | |
Charges at third parties | | | | 1,541 | | | | 1,701 | | | | | | 3,242 | | | | | 1,765 | | | | | 5,007 | | | | | 2,009 | | | | | 7,016 | |
Payments | | | | (2,763 | ) | | | (2,672 | ) | | | | | (5,435 | ) | | | | (2,790 | ) | | | | (8,225 | ) | | | | (3,019 | ) | | | | (11,243 | ) |
Other | | | | 188 | | | | 215 | | | | | | 403 | | | | | 220 | | | | | 623 | | | | | 267 | | | | | 889 | |
Period-end receivables | | | | $ | 5,251 | | | | $ | 5,421 | | | | | | $ | 5,421 | | | | | $ | 5,544 | | | | | $ | 5,544 | | | | | $ | 6,117 | | | | | $ | 6,117 | |
Average receivables | | | | $ | 5,322 | | | | $ | 5,328 | | | | | | $ | 5,336 | | | | | $ | 5,499 | | | | | $ | 5,392 | | | | | $ | 5,922 | | | | | $ | 5,544 | |
Accounts with three or more payments (60+ days) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
past due as a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | 3.0% | | | | 3.0% | | | | | | 3.0% | | | | | 3.2% | | | | | 3.2% | | | | | 2.8% | | | | | 2.8% | |
Accounts with four or more payments (90+ days) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
past due as a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | 2.2% | | | | 2.0% | | | | | | 2.0% | | | | | 2.2% | | | | | 2.2% | | | | | 1.9% | | | | | 1.9% | |
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | Apr 30, 2005 | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Jul 30, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Oct 29, 2005 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | | | Jan 28, 2006 | |
Allowance at beginning of period | | | | $ | 387 | | | | $ | 394 | | | | | | $ | 387 | | | | | $ | 409 | | | | | $ | 387 | | | | | $ | 417 | | | | | $ | 387 | |
Bad debt provision | | | | 106 | | | | 111 | | | | | | 217 | | | | | 120 | | | | | 337 | | | | | 129 | | | | | 466 | |
Net write-offs | | | | (99 | ) | | | (96 | ) | | | | | (195 | ) | | | | (112 | ) | | | | (307 | ) | | | | (95 | ) | | | | (402 | ) |
Allowance at end of period | | | | $ | 394 | | | | $ | 409 | | | | | | $ | 409 | | | | | $ | 417 | | | | | $ | 417 | | | | | $ | 451 | | | | | $ | 451 | |
As a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | 7.5% | | | | 7.5% | | | | | | 7.5% | | | | | 7.5% | | | | | 7.5% | | | | | 7.4% | | | | | 7.4% | |
Net write-offs as a percentage of average receivables (annualized) | | | | 7.4% | | | | 7.2% | | | | | | 7.3% | | | | | 8.1% | | | | | 7.6% | | | | | 6.5% | | | | | 7.2% | |

2006 Credit Card Metrics
(53 week fiscal year)
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Spread Analysis - Total Portfolio | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
| | Apr 29, 2006 | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | |
| | Yield | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | |
| | Amount | | Annualized | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | |
(unaudited) | | (in millions) | | Rate | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | |
EBIT | | $ | 181 | | | 12.2% | (b) | $ | 190 | | | 12.8% | (b) | | $ | 371 | | | 12.5% | (b) | | $ | 206 | | | 13.5% | (b) | | $ | 576 | | | 12.8% | (b) | | $ | 205 | | | 11.7% | (b) | | $ | 783 | | | 12.5% | (b) |
LIBOR (a) | | | | 4.7% | | | | 5.2% | | | | | 5.0% | | | | | 5.3% | | | | | 5.1% | | | | | 5.3% | | | | | 5.2% | |
Spread to LIBOR (c) | | $ | 111 | | 7.5% | (b) | $ | 112 | | 7.6% | (b) | | $ | 222 | | 7.5% | (b) | | $ | 124 | | 8.2% | (b) | | $ | 347 | | 7.7% | (b) | | $ | 104 | | 6.4% | (b) | | $ | 450 | | 7.3% | (b) |
(a) Average one-month LIBOR rate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(b) As a percentage of average receivables | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(c) Spread to LIBOR is a metric used to analyze the performance of our total credit card portfolio because the vast majority of our portfolio earns finance charge revenue at rates tied to the Prime Rate, and the interest rate on all nonrecourse debt securitized by credit card receivables is tied to LIBOR. | | | | | |
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Receivables Rollforward Analysis | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | Apr 29, 2006 | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | |
Beginning receivables | | | | $ | 6,117 | | | | $ | 5,844 | | | | | | $ | 6,117 | | | | | $ | 6,041 | | | | | $ | 6,117 | | | | | $ | 6,148 | | | | | $ | 6,117 | |
Charges at Target | | | | 917 | | | | 1,012 | | | | | | 1,929 | | | | | 970 | | | | | 2,899 | | | | | 1,440 | | | | | 4,339 | |
Charges at third parties | | | | 1,718 | | | | 1,936 | | | | | | 3,654 | | | | | 1,860 | | | | | 5,514 | | | | | 2,317 | | | | | 7,831 | |
Payments | | | | (3,208 | ) | | | (3,058 | ) | | | | | (6,266 | ) | | | | (3,043 | ) | | | | (9,309 | ) | | | | (3,523 | ) | | | | (12,832 | ) |
Other | | | | 300 | | | | 307 | | | | | | 607 | | | | | 320 | | | | | 927 | | | | | 329 | | | | | 1,256 | |
Period-end receivables | | | | $ | 5,844 | | | | $ | 6,041 | | | | | | $ | 6,041 | | | | | $ | 6,148 | | | | | $ | 6,148 | | | | | $ | 6,711 | | | | | $ | 6,711 | |
Average receivables | | | | $ | 5,930 | | | | $ | 5,936 | | | | | | $ | 5,945 | | | | | $ | 6,123 | | | | | $ | 6,007 | | | | | $ | 6,544 | | | | | $ | 6,161 | |
Accounts with three or more payments (60+ days) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
past due as a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | 3.0% | | | | 3.4% | | | | | | 3.4% | | | | | 3.9% | | | | | 3.9% | | | | | 3.5% | | | | | 3.5% | |
Accounts with four or more payments (90+ days) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
past due as a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | 1.9% | | | | 2.2% | | | | | | 2.2% | | | | | 2.5% | | | | | 2.5% | | | | | 2.4% | | | | | 2.4% | |
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | Apr 29, 2006 | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Jul 29, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Oct 28, 2006 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | | | Feb 3, 2007 | |
Allowance at beginning of period | | | | $ | 451 | | | | $ | 476 | | | | | | $ | 451 | | | | | $ | 501 | | | | | $ | 451 | | | | | $ | 514 | | | | | $ | 451 | |
Bad debt provision | | | | 88 | | | | 93 | | | | | | 181 | | | | | 97 | | | | | 278 | | | | | 102 | | | | | 380 | |
Net write-offs | | | | (63 | ) | | | (68 | ) | | | | | (131 | ) | | | | (84 | ) | | | | (215 | ) | | | | (99 | ) | | | | (314 | ) |
Allowance at end of period | | | | $ | 476 | | | | $ | 501 | | | | | | $ | 501 | | | | | $ | 514 | | | | | $ | 514 | | | | | $ | 517 | | | | | $ | 517 | |
As a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | 8.1% | | | | 8.3% | | | | | | 8.3% | | | | | 8.4% | | | | | 8.4% | | | | | 7.7% | | | | | 7.7% | |
Net write-offs as a percentage of average receivables (annualized) | | | | 4.3% | | | | 4.6% | | | | | | 4.4% | | | | | 5.5% | | | | | 4.8% | | | | | 6.1% | | | | | 5.1% | |

2007 Credit Card Metrics
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Spread Analysis - Total Portfolio | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
| | May 5, 2007 | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | |
| | Yield | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | | | Yield | |
| | Amount | | Annualized | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | | | Amount | | Annualized | |
(unaudited) | | (in millions) | | Rate | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | | | (in millions) | | Rate | |
EBIT | | $ | 220 | | | 13.4% | (b) | $ | 243 | | | 14.5% | (b) | | $ | 463 | | | 13.9% | (b) | | $ | 243 | | | 13.3% | (b) | | $ | 706 | | | 13.6% | (b) | | $ | 224 | | | 10.8% | (b) | | $ | 930 | | | 12.8% | (b) |
LIBOR (a) | | | | 5.3% | | | | 5.3% | | | | | 5.3% | | | | | 5.3% | | | | | 5.3% | | | | | 4.5% | | | | | 5.1% | |
Spread to LIBOR (c) | | $ | 132 | | 8.1% | (b) | $ | 154 | | 9.2% | (b) | | $ | 286 | | 8.6% | (b) | | $ | 146 | | 8.0% | (b) | | $ | 431 | | 8.3% | (b) | | $ | 131 | | 6.3% | (b) | | $ | 558 | | 7.7% | (b) |
(a) Average one-month LIBOR rate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(b) As a percentage of average receivables | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(c) Spread to LIBOR is a metric used to analyze the performance of our total credit card portfolio because the vast majority of our portfolio earns finance charge revenue at rates tied to the Prime Rate, and the interest rate on all nonrecourse debt securitized by credit card receivables is tied to LIBOR. | | | | | |
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Receivables Rollforward Analysis | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | May 5, 2007 | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | |
Beginning receivables | | | | | $ | 6,711 | | | | | $ | 6,510 | | | | | | $ | 6,711 | | | | | | $ | 6,906 | | | | | | $ | 6,711 | | | | | | $ | 7,652 | | | | | | $ | 6,711 | |
Charges at Target | | | | | 942 | | | | | 1,049 | | | | | | 1,991 | | | | | | 1,062 | | | | | | 3,053 | | | | | | 1,437 | | | | | | 4,491 | |
Charges at third parties | | | | | 1,889 | | | | | 2,202 | | | | | | 4,091 | | | | | | 2,615 | | | | | | 6,706 | | | | | | 2,692 | | | | | | 9,398 | |
Payments | | | | | (3,344 | ) | | | | (3,205 | ) | | | | | (6,549 | ) | | | | | (3,299 | ) | | | | | (9,848 | ) | | | | | (3,540 | ) | | | | | (13,388 | ) |
Other | | | | | 312 | | | | | 350 | | | | | | 662 | | | | | | 368 | | | | | | 1,030 | | | | | | 383 | | | | | | 1,412 | |
Period-end receivables | | | | | $ | 6,510 | | | | | $ | 6,906 | | | | | | $ | 6,906 | | | | | | $ | 7,652 | | | | | | $ | 7,652 | | | | | | $ | 8,624 | | | | | | $ | 8,624 | |
Average receivables | | | | | $ | 6,582 | | | | | $ | 6,718 | | | | | | $ | 6,670 | | | | | | $ | 7,324 | | | | | | $ | 6,908 | | | | | | $ | 8,285 | | | | | | $ | 7,275 | |
Accounts with three or more payments (60+ days) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
past due as a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | | 3.2% | | | | | 3.5% | | | | | | 3.5% | | | | | | 3.8% | | | | | | 3.8% | | | | | | 4.0% | | | | | | 4.0% | |
Accounts with four or more payments (90+ days) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
past due as a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | | 2.1% | | | | | 2.3% | | | | | | 2.3% | | | | | | 2.6% | | | | | | 2.6% | | | | | | 2.7% | | | | | | 2.7% | |
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | | Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | | | Three Months Ended | | | Twelve Months Ended | |
(millions) (unaudited) | | May 5, 2007 | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Aug 4, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Nov 3, 2007 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | | | Feb 2, 2008 | |
Allowance at beginning of period | | | | | $ | 517 | | | | | $ | 504 | | | | | | $ | 517 | | | | | | $ | 509 | | | | | | $ | 517 | | | | | | $ | 532 | | | | | | $ | 517 | |
Bad debt provision | | | | | 86 | | | | | 95 | | | | | | 182 | | | | | | 130 | | | | | | 311 | | | | | | 170 | | | | | | 481 | |
Net write-offs | | | | | (99 | ) | | | | (90 | ) | | | | | (190 | ) | | | | | (107 | ) | | | | | (296 | ) | | | | | (132 | ) | | | | | (428 | ) |
Allowance at end of period | | | | | $ | 504 | | | | | $ | 509 | | | | | | $ | 509 | | | | | | $ | 532 | | | | | | $ | 532 | | | | | | $ | 570 | | | | | | $ | 570 | |
As a percentage of period-end receivables | | | | | 7.7% | | | | | 7.4% | | | | | | 7.4% | | | | | | 7.0% | | | | | | 7.0% | | | | | | 6.6% | | | | | | 6.6% | |
Net write-offs as a percentage of average receivables (annualized) | | | | | 6.0% | | | | | 5.4% | | | | | | 5.7% | | | | | | 5.8% | | | | | | 5.7% | | | | | | 6.4% | | | | | | 5.9% | |