Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 07, 2011

Segment results for the periods presented were as follows:


	Twelve Weeks Ended						Thirty-Six Weeks Ended
	May 7,			May 8,			May 7,			May 8,
(in thousands)	2011			2010			2011			2010

Net Sales
Auto Parts Stores	$	1,939,094		$	1,787,069		$	5,318,031		$	4,816,288
Other		39,275			34,921			112,946			101,171

Total	$	1,978,369		$	1,821,990		$	5,430,977		$	4,917,459


Segment Profit
Auto Parts Stores	$	983,256		$	895,163		$	2,678,814		$	2,394,959
Other		30,274			27,958			88,075			81,822

Gross profit		1,013,530			923,121			2,766,889			2,476,781
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses		(620,605	)		(567,256	)		(1,796,095	)		(1,630,106	)
Interest expense, net		(39,916	)		(36,833	)		(116,745	)		(109,483	)

Income before income taxes	$	353,009		$	319,032		$	854,049		$	737,192

- Definition

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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