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Texas	58
New York	55
California	52

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Valero Energy	16
Goldman Sachs	20
Microsoft	44

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31. Target

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Rank: 31 (Previous rank: 33)
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CEO: Gregg Steinhafel
Address: 1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612-304-6073
Website: www.target.com

First, a slow retail year saw shoppers defect to cheaper competitors such as Wal-Mart, and then Isaac Mizrahi departed for Liz Claiborne. Now the discount retailer known for trendy design is going green. Starting in October, new Target stores are expected to carry more natural and organic beauty items, as well as a larger selection of consumer electronics and groceries. The company said in March that it's in talks with an unnamed investment partner to sell half its credit card receivables for about $4 billion.

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	63,367.0	6.5
Profits	2,849.0	2.2
Assets	44,560.0	—
Stockholders' equity	15,307.0	—
Market value (3/28/2008)	40,399.7	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	4.5
Assets	6.4
Stockholders' equity	18.6

Earnings per share
2007 $	3.33
% change from 2006	3.7
1997-2007 annual growth rate %	15.4

Total return to investors	%
2007	-11.6
1997-2007 annual rate	12.3

Industry: General Merchandisers

Rank	Company	500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Wal-Mart Stores	1	378,799.0
2	Target	31	63,367.0
3	Sears Holdings	45	50,703.0


4	Macy's	91	26,340.0
5	J.C. Penney	126	19,860.0
6	Kohl's	152	16,473.7
7	Dollar General	274	9,495.2
8	Nordstrom	299	8,828.0
9	Dillard's	338	7,370.8
10	Family Dollar Stores	358	6,834.3
11	Belk	570	3,824.8
12	Bon-Ton Stores	603	3,467.7
13	Saks	625	3,282.6
14	Retail Ventures	667	3,044.6