Exhibit 99(A)

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

	Three Months Ended												Year Ended
(Millions, except per share data)	May 3 2003		,	August 2 2003		,	November 1 2003		,	January 31 2004		,	January 31 2004		,
	(unaudited)
Sales	$	8,663		$	9,324		$	9,552		$	13,389		$	40,928
Net credit revenues	265			270			275			287			1,097
Total revenues	8,928			9,594			9,827			13,676			42,025
Cost of sales	5,957			6,450			6,643			9,339			28,389
Selling, general and administrative expense	1,889			2,022			2,178			2,568			8,657
Credit expense	175			175			180			192			722
Depreciation and amortization	261			274			277			286			1,098
Earnings from continuing operations before interest expense and income taxes	646			673			549			1,291			3,159
Interest expense	142			154			131			129			556
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	504			519			418			1,162			2,603
Provision for income taxes	191			197			156			440			984
Earnings from continuing operations	313			322			262			722			1,619
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of $18, $18, $18, $62 and $116 tax	29			29			31			101			190
	—			—			—			—			—
Net earnings	$	342		$	351		$	293		$	823		$	1,809
Basic earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$	0.34		$	0.35		$	0.29		$	0.79		$	1.78
Discontinued operations	0.03			0.03			0.03			0.11			0.21
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations	—			—			—			—			—
Basic earnings per share	$	0.37		$	0.38		$	0.32		$	0.90		$	1.99
Diluted earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$	0.34		$	0.35		$	0.29		$	0.79		$	1.76
Discontinued operations	0.03			0.03			0.03			0.11			0.21
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations	—			—			—			—			—
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.37		$	0.38		$	0.32		$	0.90		$	1.97
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	910.3			910.8			911.3			911.6			911.0
Diluted	916.1			921.9			921.0			918.0			919.2