Target vs. Wal-Mart

The nation's two largest discount retailers have both increased their presence in the south metro this year. A look at their stores in Dakota and Scott counties (an asterisk denotes a store that's new this year):

1.Apple Valley1.Apple Valley

2.Burnsville*2.Apple Valley

3.Eagan3.Burnsville

4.Hastings4.Eagan

5.Inver Grove Heights5.Hastings

6.Lakeville*6.Inver Grove Heights*

8.West St. Paul 8.Savage

9.Shakopee

10.West St. Paul