Business Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

May 04, 2013

	Three Months Ended May 4, 2013
(in thousands of dollars)	Retail Operations		Construction			Consolidated
Net sales from external customers	$	1,530,000	$	19,136		$	1,549,136
Gross profit	609,889		1,462			611,351
Depreciation and amortization	65,057		59			65,116
Interest and debt expense (income), net	16,330		(20		)	16,310
Income before income taxes and income on and equity in losses of joint ventures	179,899		322			180,221
Income on and equity in losses of joint ventures	409		—			409
Total assets	4,230,148		31,012			4,261,160

	Three Months Ended April 28, 2012
(in thousands of dollars)	Retail Operations		Construction			Consolidated
Net sales from external customers	$	1,521,975	$	27,344		$	1,549,319
Gross profit	591,063		1,343			592,406
Depreciation and amortization	63,975		45			64,020
Interest and debt expense (income), net	17,490		(35		)	17,455
Income before income taxes and income on and equity in losses of joint ventures	146,968		150			147,118
Income on and equity in losses of joint ventures	835		—			835
Total assets	4,474,037		41,997			4,516,034

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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