Target sales up 6.5 percent, highest in more than a decade

Target shoppers are back in stores and clicking online in record numbers, handing the company its largest sales boost in 13 years just as it rounds the bend toward the busy back-to-school and holiday-shopping seasons.

The Minneapolis-based retailer’s stock price hit record highs on Wednesday after reporting that combined in-store and digital transactions were up 6.5 percent during the second quarter compared with a year ago.

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