Girls' wear & spring seasonal apparel sales improve at Wal-Mart
13 Apr '07
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“Earnings per share from continuing operations for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 were estimated to be $0.68 to $0.71,” said Schoewe. “While the earnings guidance is still attainable, given the tough sales environment for the April period, it will be a challenge.”
Detail on Comparable Sales Fuel Impact: Comparable sales that are presented in this release exclude the impact of fuel sales in the Company's Sam's Club segment. Fuel sales impacted the Sam's Club and total U.S. comparable sales figures for the five-week period ending Apr. 6, 2007, by -0.6 and zero percentage points, respectively, and impacted the nine-week period by -0.5 and zero percentage points, respectively.
Including the impact of fuel sales, the Sam's Club and total U.S. comparable sales figures for the five-week period ending Apr. 6, 2007, would have been 6.8 percent and 4.0 percent, respectively, and for the nine-week period would have been 5.2 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively.