CVS Corporation November Sales Increase 10.2%.Business Editors WOONSOCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2002 CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CVS) today announced that same store sales Same Store Sales A statistic used in retail industry analysis. It compares sales of stores that have been open for a year or more. Notes: This statistic allows investors to determine what portion of new sales has come from sales growth and what portion from the opening of (sales from stores open more than one year) for the four weeks ended November 23, 2002 increased 10.2% over the prior year period. Front-end same store sales increased 0.7%. Pharmacy same store sales increased 15.2%, despite being negatively impacted by approximately 240 basis points due to recent generic introductions, which are being substituted for higher priced brand named drugs. Pharmacy and total sales were positively impacted by the timing of the Thanksgiving holiday, which fell in the November reporting period last year versus December this year. We estimate that the Thanksgiving shift had a positive impact of approximately 400 basis points on pharmacy same store sales and 300 basis points on total same store sales during November. Total sales for the four-week period ended November 23, 2002 increased 10.2% to $1.93 billion, compared to $1.75 billion in the prior year period. Total pharmacy sales represented 68.8% of total company sales in November. Year-to-date, same store sales for the forty-seven week period ended November 23, 2002 increased 9.0% over the prior year period. Pharmacy same store sales increased 12.2%, while front-end same store sales increased 2.8%. Total sales for the forty-seven week period increased 9.3% to $21.63 billion, compared to $19.79 billion in 2001. As of November 23, 2002, CVS operated 4,077 retail and specialty pharmacy stores in 32 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . CVS is America's #1 pharmacy dispensing prescriptions in more stores than any other retailer. With annual revenues exceeding $22 billion, CVS has created innovative approaches to serve the healthcare needs of all of our customers through its approximately 4,000 CVS/pharmacy stores; CVS ProCare, its specialty pharmacy business; CVS.com, its online pharmacy  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. ; and PharmaCare, its pharmacy benefit management A Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) is a third party administrator of prescription drug programs. They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims. company. General information about CVS is available through the Investor Relations Investor relationsThe process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. portion of the Company's website, at http://www.CVS.com. |
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