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Segment reporting
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2014
Segment reporting  
Segment reporting

12. Segment reporting

        The Company manages its business on the basis of one reportable segment. See Note 1 for a brief description of the Company's business. As of January 31, 2014, all of the Company's operations were located within the United States with the exception of a Hong Kong subsidiary, and a liaison office in India, the collective assets and revenues of which are not material. The following net sales data is presented in accordance with accounting standards related to disclosures about segments of an enterprise.

(In thousands)
  2013   2012   2011  

Classes of similar products:

                    

Consumables

   $ 13,161,825   $ 11,844,846   $ 10,833,735  

Seasonal

     2,259,516     2,172,399     2,051,098  

Home products

     1,115,648     1,061,573     1,005,219  

Apparel

     967,178     943,310     917,136  
               
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Net sales

   $ 17,504,167   $ 16,022,128   $ 14,807,188  
               
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