Male community leaders will model the latest fashions for worthy local causes this evening.

The fun-filled and often hilarious Strut In Style Men’s Fashion Show will be 6 – 9 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Wingate by Wyndham off US 378 at I-20 in Lexington.

Proceeds from the event help local charities and non-profits and the West Metro Rotary Club’s local student STEM-based programs (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

STEM-based curriculums help to improve student career competitiveness in science and technology.

Annually, The West Metro Rotary Club sponsors and chaperones local high school students to Nephron Pharmaceuticals, Lexington Medical Center, Boeing, BMW and Pure Power Technologies to demonstrate the importance of these academic disciplines.

It allows local high school students a chance to witness “first hand” the opportunities available to them.

Craig Reagin Clothiers in Lexington is furnishing the fashions with music by Big Time Entertainment.

Tickets at $35 cover libations, food, a silent auction and prizes.

B-C Bands mattress sale

The Bands of Brookland-Cayce will hold their Mattress Fundraiser Saturday Sept. 8, from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. in the high school cafeteria at 1300 State Street, Cayce.

Members of the community can test out a new mattress. A variety of sheets, pillows, protective coverings, and more will be for sale. A percentage of every mattress sold will go back to the Band program.

All sizes and price ranges will be available. Checks, credit cards and cash will be accepted.

The vanishing family sedan

Consumers have caught auto makers off guard.

Less than 5 years ago, new-vehicle sales were split between sedans and SUVs, pickups and vans.

Today sedan sales have slipped below a third, according to Wards Intelligence.

Analysts expect it to shrink to a quarter of the market in coming years.

Car makers may have unintentionally done this. They offer the SUVs with more cargo room, higher seating, better visibility and better mileage in smaller, carlike vehicles.

Many small models add just $20 or $30 more a month to car payments and help dealers earn higher profits.

Electronic payoff

Target reports earnings of $1.47 a share and revenue of $17.78 billion. That is a year-over-year increase of 7%. Sales also increased 6.5%, over estimates of 4%.

That is Target’s strongest sales growth in 13 years. Much of it is credited to its surge in digital sales helped by its partnership with Amazon Prime.

Target is not alone. The Lexington County Chronicle and Lake Murray Fish Wrapper web site was launched two months ago and has already gained 2,000 subscribers. More people want to read their local news on their phones.

Wells Fargo in trouble again

Wells Fargo Bank has fired or suspended more than a dozen employees.

It is investigating dozens of others over after-hours meals, people familiar with the matter told the Wall street Journal. Wells Fargo employees ranging from analysts to managing directors in New York, San Francisco and Charlotte, N.C., doctored receipts on dinners they charged the bank.

One of the US’s biggest banks has suffered a series of public black eyes in the last six months, but no one in Lexington County was reported to be involved.