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Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) on Wednesday reported October sales of $6.80 billion, an increase of 6.9 percent from $6.36 billion for the same month in fiscal 2014.
According to the company’s press release, sales in comparable stores increased by 5.6 percent in October and sales were also above the $6.48 billion reported for September.
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The trend of decreasing customer traffic with increased basket size continued in October as comparable store traffic decreased 1.9 percent while basket size increased 3.9 percent.
Total front-end sales increased 2.7 percent in October compared with the same month in fiscal 2014, while comparable store front-end sales increased 2.0 percent.
October pharmacy sales increased by 9.9 percent. Comparable store pharmacy sales increased 7.5 percent and increased by a calendar day-shift adjusted 8.0 percent.
Prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased by 3.6 percent in October and increased 4.1 percent on a calendar day-shift adjusted basis.
Calendar 2014 year-to-date sales for the first 10 months were $64.15 billion, an increase of 6.1 percent from $60.47 billion in 2013.
Walgreens opened 16 stores during October, including four relocations, and closed one.
Walgreen traded at $65.01 in the premarket, down 0.35 percent.
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