Exhibit 99(A)

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

	Three Months Ended												Year Ended
(Millions, except per share data)	May 4 2002		,	August 3 2002		,	November 2 2002		,	February 1 2003		,	February 1 2003		,
	(unaudited)
Sales	$	7,927		$	8,390		$	8,364		$	11,838		$	36,519
Net credit revenues	180			202			236			273			891
Total revenues	8,107			8,592			8,600			12,111			37,410
Cost of sales	5,478			5,801			5,820			8,399			25,498
Selling, general and administrative expense	1,678			1,794			1,879			2,154			7,505
Credit expense	131			142			165			191			629
Depreciation and amortization	229			237			247			254			967
Earnings from continuing operations before interest expense and income taxes	591			618			489			1,113			2,811
Interest expense	135			153			143			153			584
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	456			465			346			960			2,227
Provision for income taxes	173			179			132			367			851
Earnings from continuing operations	283			286			214			593			1,376
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of $33, $31, $34, $54 and $152 tax	54			50			56			87			247
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations	—			—			—			—			—
Net earnings	$	337		$	336		$	270		$	680		$	1,623
Basic earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$	0.31		$	0.32		$	0.24		$	0.65		$	1.52
Discontinued operations	0.06			0.05			0.06			0.10			0.27
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations	—			—			—			—			—
Basic earnings per share	$	0.37		$	0.37		$	0.30		$	0.75		$	1.79
Diluted earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$	0.31		$	0.32		$	0.23		$	0.65		$	1.51
Discontinued operations	0.06			0.05			0.06			0.09			0.27
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations	—			—			—			—			—
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.37		$	0.37		$	0.29		$	0.74		$	1.78
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	906.4			907.9			908.5			909.3			908.0
Diluted	914.1			913.4			914.9			914.9			914.3