Walgreens October Sales up 4.7%

Walgreens

had October sales of $6.13 billion, an increase of 4.7 percent from $5.86 billion for the same month in fiscal 2011. Total front-end sales increased 3.3 percent in October, while comparable store front-end sales increased 1.7 percent. Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 0.9 percent and basket size increased 2.6 percent.