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          inventory periods.  Target generally reviewed the most recent 3             
          to 5 years of store and company experience in arriving at a                 
          companywide rate.  Target also considered a variety of other                
          factors known to affect the rate of shrinkage (shrinkage rate),             
          including demographics, crime levels, management problems,                  
          paperwork problems, measures to improve shrinkage, industry                 
          trends, performance of warehouses, and store acquisitions.                  
               The next step in the process was the determination of                  
          accrual rates for each store.  After considering store-specific             
          information, Target would assign a preliminary accrual rate to              
          each store.  Target then adjusted those rates so that the sum of            
          the individual store rates multiplied by each store's projected             
          sales figures would equal the projected shrinkage dollars at the            
          company level as determined from the companywide accrual rate.              
          The adjustment for a specific store's accrual rate would not                
          exceed 0.1 percent of its projected annual sales.                           
               Lastly, Target adjusted accrual rates at the department                
          level within each store, based upon a 3-year average shrinkage              
          rate for the department on a companywide basis.  Those department           
          rates were further adjusted to accord with the shrinkage rate for           
          each store in proportion to each department's sales relative to             
          the store's total sales during the most recent 12-month period.             









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