1.0.0.3 false Share Repurchase false 1 $ false false shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 USDPerShare Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 2 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 0 tgt_NotesToConsolidatedFinancialStatementsAbstract tgt false na duration string No definition available. false false false false false true false false false 1 false false 0 0 false false No definition available. false 3 Share Repurchase 1 us-gaap_ScheduleOfTreasuryStockByClassTextBlock us-gaap true na duration string No definition available. false false false false false false false false false 1 false false 0 0 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3492" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY>   9.  Share Repurchase   During the three months ended August 1, 2009, we repurchased 0.5 million shares of our common stock, for a total cash investment of $20 million (average price per share of $41.13), all of which was paid in prior periods. During the six months ended August 1, 2009, we repurchased 1.2 million shares of our common stock, for a total cash investment of $42 million (average price per share of $34.62), of which $33 million was paid in prior periods.  All shares reacquired during the three and six months ended August 1, 2009 were delivered upon settlement of prepaid forward contracts.  The prepaid forward contracts settled during the three months ended August 1, 2009 had a total cash investment of $20 million and an aggregate market value of $21 million at their respective settlement dates.  The prepaid forward contracts settled during the six months ended August 1, 2009 had a total cash investment of $42 million and an aggregate market value of $44 million at their respective settlement dates. In November 2008 we announced a temporary suspension to our open-market share repurchase program.  See Note 10, Pension, Postretirement Health Care and Other Benefits, for further details of our prepaid forward contracts.   During the three months ended August 2, 2008, we repurchased 33.8 million shares of our common stock, for a total cash investment of $1,668 million ($49.30 per share), of which $233 million was paid in prior periods.  During the six months ended August 2, 2008, we repurchased 64.3 million shares of our common stock for a total cash investment of $3,241 million ($50.37 per share), of which $372 million was paid in prior periods. Of the repurchases during the three and six months ended August 2, 2008, 20 million and 30 million shares, respectively, were acquired through the exercise of call options.   Since the inception of our current share repurchase program, which began in the fourth quarter of 2007, we have repurchased 94.9 million shares of our common stock, for a total cash investment of $4,882 million (average price per share of $51.44).</BODY></HTML>   9.  Share Repurchase   During the three months ended August 1, 2009, we repurchased 0.5 million shares of our common stock, for a total false false No definition available. No authoritative reference available. false false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true