Business Segment Data

6 Months Ended

Aug. 03, 2019

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 our electronics, jewelry, hosiery, and toys departments.

We periodically assess, and make 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)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Furniture	$	303,358	$	271,172	$	687,255	$	627,573
Seasonal	246,106		241,972		429,597		417,573
Consumables	196,955		192,701		383,457		378,735
Soft Home	190,767		182,796		399,904		382,522
Food	169,157		174,511		350,282		363,935
Hard Home	81,891		91,955		163,751		179,641
Electronics, Toys, & Accessories	64,180		67,062		133,964		140,173
Net sales	$	1,252,414	$	1,222,169	$	2,548,210	$	2,490,152