Business Segment Data

6 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2017

We use the following seven merchandise categories, which match our internal management and reporting of merchandise net sales: Food, Consumables, Soft Home, Hard Home, Furniture, Seasonal, and Electronics, Toys & Accessories. The Food category includes our beverage & grocery, candy & snacks, and specialty foods departments. The Consumables category includes our health, beauty and cosmetics, plastics, paper, chemical, and pet departments. The Soft Home category includes the home décor, frames, fashion bedding, utility bedding, bath, window, decorative textile, home organization and area rugs departments. The Hard Home category includes our small appliances, table top, food preparation, stationery, greeting cards, and home maintenance departments. The Furniture category includes our upholstery, mattress, ready-to-assemble, and case goods departments. The Seasonal category includes our lawn & garden, summer, Christmas, and other holiday departments. The Electronics, Toys, & Accessories category includes the electronics, jewelry, hosiery, toys and infant accessories departments.

We periodically assess, and potentially enact minor adjustments to, our product hierarchy, which can impact the roll-up of our merchandise categories. Our financial reporting process utilizes the most current product hierarchy in reporting net sales by merchandise category for all periods presented. Therefore, there may be minor reclassifications of net sales by merchandise category compared to previously reported amounts.

The following table presents net sales data by merchandise category:



	Second Quarter				Year-to-Date
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Furniture	$	259,439	$	249,276	$	622,378	$	606,333
Seasonal	232,810		216,493		416,561		401,129
Consumables	198,706		201,752		388,499		396,313
Food	182,451		189,199		379,403		391,679
Soft Home	176,440		168,373		364,514		354,530
Hard Home	97,640		101,251		188,159		201,209
Electronics, Toys, & Accessories	73,815		76,811		158,574		164,537
Net sales	$	1,221,301	$	1,203,155	$	2,518,088	$	2,515,730