Business Segment Data

9 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 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:



	Third Quarter				Year-to-Date
(In thousands)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Furniture	$	344,103	$	313,450	$	1,031,357	$	941,022
Soft Home	206,493		203,328		606,397		585,850
Consumables	198,467		194,480		581,925		573,215
Food	180,687		185,641		530,970		549,576
Seasonal	94,225		90,824		523,822		508,397
Hard Home	79,833		92,275		243,584		271,916
Electronics, Toys, & Accessories	64,180		69,404		198,143		209,578
Net sales	$	1,167,988	$	1,149,402	$	3,716,198	$	3,639,554