Target announces 13 US store closures

Target announced yesterday it would close 13 of its U.S. stores by Jan. 31.

"Typically, a store is closed as a result of seeing several years of decreasing profitability," a Target spokesperson told CNNMoney.

No Missouri stores will be affected.

The store list:

• Austin North East in Austin, Texas;
• Suncoast Pasco County in Odessa, Fla;
• Casa Grande, Ariz;
• Victorville, Calif.;
• East Flint in Flint, Minn;
• Columbus Southwest in Columbus, Ohio;
• Springfield, Ohio;
• Northridge in Milwaukee, Wis.;
• Superior, Wis.;
• New Ulm, Minn.;
• Ottumwa, Iowa;
• Anderson, Ind.; and
• Dixie Highway in Louisville, Ky.

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