Walgreens WAG WAG had January sales of $6.15 billion, an
increase of 6.3 percent from $5.78 billion for the same month in fiscal 2012.
Total front-end sales increased 1.3 percent compared with the same month in
fiscal 2012, while comparable store front-end sales decreased 0.4 percent.
Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 2.8 percent while basket size
increased 2.4 percent.
Prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased by 13.6 percent in January
and increased 11.6 percent on a day-fall adjusted (DFA) basis. This year's
January had one additional Wednesday and Thursday and one fewer Sunday and
Monday compared with January 2012, positively impacting prescriptions filled
in comparable stores by 2.0 percentage points. DFA prescriptions filled at
comparable stores were positively impacted by 2.3 percentage points due to the
higher incidence of flu in this year's January and by 2.0 percentage points
due to more flu shots administered in the month.
The company said the percentage of Express Scripts customers filling
prescriptions in its pharmacies continued to increase in January.
January pharmacy sales increased by 8.7 percent, while comparable store
pharmacy sales increased 6.2 percent and by a day-fall adjusted 4.2 percent.
Calendar day shifts positively impacted pharmacy sales in comparable stores by
2.0 percentage points. DFA comparable store pharmacy sales were negatively
impacted by 6.0 percentage points due to generic drug introductions in the
last 12 months. Pharmacy sales accounted for 65 percent of total sales for the
month.
Flu shots administered at pharmacies and clinics season-to-date were nearly
6.9 million versus approximately 5.5 million last year.
Sales in comparable stores increased by 3.7 percent in January.
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