Wal-Mart Stores net sales for the four-week period ending
February 27, 2004, of $20.162 billion, an increase of 14.0 percent over the
$17.689 billion in the same four-week period in the prior year.
The Wal-Mart division's sales for the four-week period were
$13.628 billion, up 12.6 percent over sales of $12.108 billion in the same
four-week period in the prior year.
SAM'S CLUB sales for the four-week period were $2.678 billion, up
10.4 percent over sales of $2.426 billion in the same four-week period in the
prior year.
The International division's sales for the four-week period were
$3.856 billion, up 22.2 percent over sales of $3.155 billion in the same four-
week period in the prior year.
Comparable sales for the four-week periods ending February 27, 2004 and
February 28, 2003, were as follows:
4 Weeks This Year Last Year Wal-Mart 6.0 % 2.6 % SAM'S CLUB 7.5 % 2.4 % Total U.S. 6.2 % 2.6 %
For the March five-week period, we are estimating comparative sales for
the U.S. to be up in the 4 to 6 percent range.