Business Segment Data

9 Months Ended

Nov. 03, 2018

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, and toys 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:



	Third Quarter				Year-to-Date
(In thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Furniture	$	314,085	$	277,905	$	942,856	$	900,278
Soft Home	202,693		188,342		584,016		552,856
Consumables	194,480		198,236		573,215		586,735
Food	185,641		192,462		549,576		568,567
Hard Home	92,275		97,676		271,916		285,835
Seasonal	90,824		83,666		508,397		500,009
Electronics, Toys, & Accessories	69,404		70,897		209,578		229,471
Net sales	$	1,149,402	$	1,109,184	$	3,639,554	$	3,623,751