Same store sales are up at both Walmart (3.1%) and Target (6.1%). Target says consumers are shopping more often and buying more stuff per trip. [CNN Money]
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Just a formatting note – putting numbers in parentheses (6.1%) usually means a negative value. I couldn’t tell if you were being sarcastic about the sales numbers at first
@tozmervo: I was not aware of that.
Possible partial explanation: Back to school and college purchases? I know we spend a lot every August on school supplies, shoes, fancy calculators, all that jazz.