Walgreens WAG WAG had November sales of $5.85 billion, a
decrease of 3.9 percent from $6.09 billion for the same month in fiscal 2012.
Total front-end sales decreased 0.3 percent compared with the same month in
fiscal 2012, while comparable store front-end sales decreased 1.7 percent.
Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 4.9 percent while basket size
increased 3.2 percent.
Prescriptions filled at comparable stores decreased by 2.9 percent in November
and by a day-fall adjusted (DFA) 2.6 percent. This year's November had one
additional Thursday and Friday and one fewer Tuesday and Wednesday compared
with November 2011, negatively impacting prescriptions filled in comparable
stores by 0.3 percentage point. DFA prescriptions filled at comparable stores
were positively impacted by 0.2 percentage point due to the higher incidence
of flu in this year's November.
Click here for a graph showing the trend of comparable prescriptions filled
adjusted for day fall and flu impacts.
November pharmacy sales decreased 4.7 percent, while comparable store pharmacy
sales decreased 8.8 percent. Calendar day shifts negatively impacted pharmacy
sales in comparable stores by 0.3 percentage point. DFA comparable store
pharmacy sales were negatively impacted by 9.0 percentage points due to
generic drug introductions in the last 12 months. Pharmacy sales accounted for
63.2 percent of total sales for the month.
Flu shots administered at pharmacies and clinics season-to-date were nearly
4.6 million versus approximately 5 million last year.
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