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Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) shares are trading lower alongside several retailers in sympathy with Target Corp (NYSE: TGT), which announced an inventory optimization plan that will result in additional second-quarter costs. Target is planning to take several actions in.
mildly negative