Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the four-week period ending April 29, 2005, and April 30, 2004 as follows (dollars in billions):

                          4 Weeks Ended                 13 Weeks Ended
                                        Percent                        Percent
                   4-29-2005  4-30-2004  Change   4-29-2005  4-30-2004  Change
     Wal-Mart
      Stores        $ 14.829   $ 13.980    6.1%    $ 48.646   $ 44.330    9.7%
     SAM'S CLUB        2.943      2.737    7.5%       9.329      8.799    6.0%
     International     4.530      4.048   11.9%      14.671     12.929   13.5%
       Total
        Company     $ 22.302   $ 20.765    7.4%    $ 72.646   $ 66.058   10.0%

Comparable sales for the periods ending April 29, 2005 and April 30, 2004,
were as follows:

                               4 Weeks Ended                13 Weeks Ended
                          4-29-2005    4-30-2004       4-29-2005    4-30-2004
     Wal-Mart Stores         0.1 %        3.7 %           3.0 %        5.2 %
     SAM'S CLUB              4.9 %        8.3 %           3.5 %        8.1 %
     Total U.S.              0.9 %        4.4 %           3.1 %        5.7 %

We estimate comparable sales in the U.S. for the May four-week period to be in the 2 to 4 percent range.