Target shoppers have been putting more items on their Red Cards, but lately, even more of them aren't paying.
• August delinquencies: $627.4 million
• Increase from July: $50. 5 million
• Net amount Target wrote off: $68.7 million
• Increase from July: $6.2 million
• Write-offs as a percent of receivables: 9.86 percent
Source: Target Corp.
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