Summary of Quarterly Results

12 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

16. Quarterly Results (unaudited)

Quarterly results are determined in accordance with the accounting policies used for annual data and include certain items based upon estimates for the entire year. All fiscal quarters include results for 13 weeks, except for the quarter ended July 31, 2011, which included 14 weeks. The following table summarizes results for fiscal 2012 and 2011.


	Quarter Ended
	Apr. 28, 2012		Jan. 28, 2012		Oct. 29, 2011		July 30, 2011
Net sales	$	936,334	$	895,030	$	856,875	$	847,422
Gross profit		313,721		289,534		280,983		278,276
Operating income		102,851		89,906		83,259		81,993
Net income		62,143		53,108		48,954		48,610
Earnings per share—basic	$	0.59	$	0.50	$	0.43	$	0.42
Earnings per share—diluted	$	0.58	$	0.50	$	0.43	$	0.42


	Quarter Ended
	Apr. 30, 2011		Jan. 29, 2011		Oct. 30, 2010		July 31, 2010
Net sales	$	883,819	$	824,650	$	857,414	$	849,787
Gross profit		303,949		280,875		279,201		280,200
Operating income		104,125		92,707		90,152		89,024
Net income		62,707		55,396		53,357		53,925
Earnings per share—basic	$	0.52	$	0.47	$	0.45	$	0.45
Earnings per share—diluted	$	0.52	$	0.47	$	0.45	$	0.45

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The entire disclosure for the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure may include a tabular presentation of financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income or loss before extraordinary items and earnings per share data. It also includes an indication if the information in the note is unaudited, comments on the aggregate effect of year-end adjustments, and an explanation of matters or transactions that affect comparability or are pertinent to an understanding of the information furnished.

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