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Dollar General Corporation
(NYSE:DG) 

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Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, Midwestern, and eastern United States. The company offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and ...

Founded: 1939
Full Time Employees: 143,000
CEO: Todd J Vasos  
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Discount Stores

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At a glance:
  • Value Retail Demand Remains Resilient: Dollar General continues to benefit from trade-down behavior as consumers seek value, supporting steady traffic and defensiveness versus broader retail cycles.
  • Margin Performance Hinges on Shrink and Mix: Operating margin trends are closely tied to shrink (theft/damage), wage and transportation costs, and category mix; progress on shrink mitigation and pricing discipline is a key watch item.
  • Store Base Optimization and Remodels Drive Productivity: Ongoing new-store openings alongside remodel initiatives (including layout and merchandising updates) aim to improve same-store sales and basket size, with execution quality affecting returns.
  • Inventory and Working Capital Management in Focus: Merchandise planning and inventory turns are important to reduce markdown risk and free up cash, especially amid shifting demand across consumables and discretionary categories.
  • Cash Returns Balanced Against Investment Needs: Capital allocation typically balances reinvestment in stores and supply chain with shareholder returns (buybacks/dividends), and leverage/cash flow trends influence the pace of repurchases.
Bull Thesis:
  • Resilient Business Model in Economic Headwinds: Dollar General's extreme value proposition and focus on everyday essentials make it a defensive play. As inflation persists and consumer discretionary spending tightens, the company's low-price model attracts more customers seeking affordability, leading to increased traffic and sales.
  • Untapped Rural Market Expansion Potential: With a vast and established network in rural and small-town America, Dollar General continues to open new stores in areas with limited retail competition. This strategy ensures sustained geographic growth, market penetration, and a competitive moat against larger retailers.
  • Margin Improvement Through Private Label Expansion: The company's strategic focus on expanding its private label offerings allows for better control over costs, improved gross margins, and enhanced customer loyalty. These unique, value-priced products often carry higher profitability compared to national brands.
  • Supply Chain Optimization and Fresh Food Initiative (DG Fresh): Investments in the DG Fresh initiative are streamlining the supply chain for perishable goods, reducing reliance on third-party distributors. This improves in-stock rates, enhances the fresh food offering, and drives increased traffic and larger basket sizes, ultimately boosting profitability.
Bear Thesis:
  • Escalating Shrink and Inventory Loss: Increased rates of theft, damage, and operational errors (shrink) are significantly impacting Dollar General's profitability and inventory management. This necessitates substantial investment in loss prevention measures, which can further compress margins and divert resources.
  • Persistent Wage Inflation and Labor Cost Pressures: Rising minimum wages and a competitive labor market are increasing operational costs for Dollar General, putting pressure on already thin margins. This can also lead to challenges in attracting and retaining staff, potentially impacting store staffing levels and customer service quality.
  • Intense Competitive Landscape: Dollar General operates in a highly competitive retail environment, facing pressure from rivals like Dollar Tree (including Family Dollar), Walmart, and even grocery chains. This intense competition can limit pricing power, hinder market share gains, and necessitate ongoing promotional activity.
  • Operational Challenges and Store Condition Concerns: Reports of understaffed stores, poor inventory management, and cluttered aisles can negatively impact the customer experience, lead to safety violations, and potentially damage brand reputation. Addressing these operational issues requires significant investment and management focus.
Main Competitors:
  • Dollar Tree, Inc. ($DLTR) (Family Dollar stores), Family Dollar directly competes with Dollar General in similar rural and suburban markets, offering a comparable range of everyday essentials, food, and household goods at low price points and convenient locations. Dollar Tree's fixed-price model also attracts value-conscious consumers.
  • Walmart Inc. ($WMT) (Walmart Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets), Walmart competes on price and selection for groceries, household essentials, and general merchandise. Its smaller format Neighborhood Markets directly challenge Dollar General's convenience, while Supercenters offer a broader one-stop-shop alternative for larger shopping trips.
  • Aldi (Discount grocery stores), Aldi competes with Dollar General primarily on price for groceries and household staples. Its extreme value proposition for food items directly impacts Dollar General's growing fresh and frozen food segment, especially in areas where both operate.
  • Amazon.com, Inc. ($AMZN) (Amazon.com, Amazon Fresh), Amazon competes by offering a vast selection of everyday essentials, household goods, and non-perishable groceries online, often with competitive pricing, subscription options, and home delivery, appealing to customers seeking convenience without leaving home.
Moat:
Dollar General's competitive moat primarily stems from its ubiquitous presence in underserved rural and low-income urban areas, where larger retailers often don't operate. Its small format and convenient locations make it a quick stop for everyday essentials and fill-in groceries. The company's strong supply chain and efficient operating model allow it to offer competitive prices. However, it faces intense competition from other dollar stores (Family Dollar), mass merchandisers (Walmart) on price and selection, discount grocers (Aldi) on food value, and increasingly from online retailers (Amazon) on convenience and selection for non-perishables. Its challenge lies in balancing price competitiveness with expanding its fresh food offerings and maintaining its unique neighborhood convenience appeal.
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      net sales
    10,649,450,000 10,727,737,000 10,435,979,000 10,304,498,000 10,183,428,000 10,210,361,000 9,914,021,000 9,858,514,000 9,694,082,000 9,796,181,000 9,342,832,000 10,202,907,000 9,464,891,000 9,425,713,000 8,751,352,000 8,651,448,000 8,517,839,000 8,650,198,000 8,400,964,000 8,414,524,000 8,199,625,000 8,684,241,000 8,448,449,000 7,157,642,000 6,991,393,000 6,981,753,000 6,623,185,000 6,649,809,000 6,417,462,000 6,443,309,000 6,114,463,000 -17,341,534,515.6 5,903,606,000 5,828,305,000 5,609,625,000 -15,977,350,382 5,320,029,000 5,391,891,000 5,265,432,000 5,067,048,000 5,095,904,000 4,918,672,000 4,724,409,000 4,724,039,000 4,522,081,000 4,381,838,000 4,394,651,000 4,233,733,000 3,964,647,000 3,948,655,000 3,901,205,000 3,595,224,000 3,575,194,000 3,451,697,000 3,223,427,000 2,928,751,000  2,598,938,000 2,609,384,000 2,403,498,000  2,275,267,000 9,163,206,164,000 2,213,396,000 2,251,053,000 2,151,387,000 -6,093,150,763 2,057,888,000 2,066,016,000 1,977,829,000 2,197,538,000 1,879,187,000 1,836,243,000 1,747,959,000 -4,732,434,000 1,685,346,000 1,651,094,000 1,569,064,000  
      yoy
    4.58% 5.07% 5.26% 4.52% 5.05% 4.23% 6.11% -3.38% 2.42% 3.93% 6.76% 17.93% 11.12% 8.97% 4.17% 2.82% 3.88% -0.39% -0.56% 17.56% 17.28% 24.38% 27.56% 7.64% 8.94% 8.36% 8.32% -138.35% 8.70% 10.55% 9.00% 8.54% 10.97% 8.09% 6.54% -415.32% 4.40% 9.62% 11.45% 7.26% 12.69% 12.25% 7.50% 11.58% 14.06% 10.97% 12.65% 17.76% 10.89% 14.40% 21.03% 22.76%  32.81% 23.53% 21.85%  14.23% -99.97% 8.59%  5.76% -150485.35% 7.56% 8.96% 8.78% -377.27% 9.51% 12.51% 13.15% -146.44% 11.50% 11.21% 11.40%      
      qoq
    -0.73% 2.80% 1.28% 1.19% -0.26% 2.99% 0.56% 1.70% -1.04% 4.85% -8.43% 7.80% 0.42% 7.71% 1.15% 1.57% -1.53% 2.97% -0.16% 2.62% -5.58% 2.79% 18.03% 2.38% 0.14% 5.41% -0.40% 3.62% -0.40% 5.38% -135.26% -393.74% 1.29% 3.90% -135.11% -400.32% -1.33% 2.40% 3.92% -0.57% 3.60% 4.11% 0.01% 4.47% 3.20% -0.29% 3.80% 6.79% 0.40% 1.22% 8.51% 0.56% 3.58% 7.08% 10.06%   -0.40% 8.57%   -99.98% 413888.56% -1.67% 4.63% -135.31% -396.09% -0.39% 4.46% -10.00% 16.94% 2.34% 5.05% -136.94% -380.80% 2.07% 5.23%   
      cost of goods sold
    7,465,120,000 7,366,069,000 7,204,691,000 7,274,929,000 7,247,128,000 7,150,882,000 6,921,872,000 6,952,178,000 6,881,554,000 6,751,495,000 6,387,358,000 7,054,590,000 6,579,696,000 6,377,490,000 6,012,989,000 5,951,208,000 5,898,400,000 5,912,539,000 5,645,296,000 5,677,829,000 5,631,385,000 5,866,006,000 5,852,757,000 4,884,879,000 4,926,307,000 4,832,817,000 4,620,909,000 4,578,120,000 4,522,403,000 4,468,436,000 4,252,214,000 -12,085,573,954.4 4,137,150,000 4,037,783,000 3,910,642,000 -11,095,459,858.5 3,732,519,000 3,710,124,000 3,652,818,000 3,530,086,000 3,507,749,000 3,419,967,000 3,300,661,000 3,268,465,000 3,164,335,000 3,053,345,000 3,017,361,000 2,938,585,000 2,738,524,000 2,685,432,000 2,672,949,000 2,479,422,000 2,426,852,000 2,364,300,000 2,212,759,000 2,025,669,000  1,826,651,000 1,851,349,000 1,710,421,000  1,642,207,000 1,223,395,250 1,686,949,000 1,639,519,000 1,567,113,000 1,091,959,500 1,478,872,000 1,474,486,000 1,414,480,000 965,043,500 1,325,202,000 1,299,263,000 1,235,709,000 -7,277,354,000 1,168,449,000 1,178,264,000 1,117,158,000  
      gross profit
    3,184,330,000 3,361,668,000 3,231,288,000 3,029,569,000 2,936,300,000 3,059,479,000 2,992,149,000 2,906,336,000 2,812,528,000 3,044,686,000 2,955,474,000 3,148,317,000 2,885,195,000 3,048,223,000 2,738,363,000 2,700,240,000 2,619,439,000 2,737,659,000 2,755,668,000 2,736,695,000 2,568,240,000 2,818,235,000 2,595,692,000 2,272,763,000 2,065,086,000 2,148,936,000 2,002,276,000 2,071,689,000 1,895,059,000 1,974,873,000 1,862,249,000 -5,255,960,561.3 1,766,456,000 1,790,522,000 1,698,983,000 -4,881,890,523.5 1,587,510,000 1,681,767,000 1,612,614,000 1,536,962,000 1,588,155,000 1,498,705,000 1,423,748,000 1,455,574,000 1,357,746,000 1,328,493,000 1,377,290,000 1,295,148,000 1,226,123,000 1,263,223,000 1,228,256,000 1,115,802,000 1,148,342,000 1,087,397,000 1,010,668,000 903,082,000  772,287,000 758,035,000 693,077,000  633,060,000 2,366,482,745,000 526,447,000 611,534,000 584,274,000 -1,731,430,176 579,016,000 591,530,000 563,349,000 659,977,000 553,985,000 536,980,000 512,250,000 -1,268,563,000 516,897,000 472,830,000 451,906,000  
      yoy
    8.45% 9.88% 7.99% 4.24% 4.40% 0.49% 1.24% -7.69% -2.52% -0.12% 7.93% 16.59% 10.15% 11.34% -0.63% -1.33% 1.99% -2.86% 6.16% 20.41% 24.36% 31.15% 29.64% 9.71% 8.97% 8.81% 7.52% -139.42% 7.28% 10.30% 9.61% 7.66% 11.27% 6.47% 5.36% -417.63% -0.04% 12.21% 13.27% 5.59% 16.97% 12.81% 3.37% 12.39% 10.73% 5.17% 12.13% 16.07% 6.77% 16.17% 21.53% 23.55%  40.80% 33.33% 30.30%  21.99% -99.97% 31.65%  8.35% -136777.92% -9.08% 3.38% 3.71% -362.35% 4.52% 10.16% 9.98% -152.03% 7.18% 13.57% 13.35%      
      qoq
    -5.28% 4.03% 6.66% 3.18% -4.03% 2.25% 2.95% 3.34% -7.63% 3.02% -6.13% 9.12% -5.35% 11.32% 1.41% 3.08% -4.32% -0.65% 0.69% 6.56% -8.87% 8.57% 14.21% 10.06% -3.90% 7.32% -3.35% 9.32% -4.04% 6.05% -135.43% -397.54% -1.34% 5.39% -134.80% -407.52% -5.60% 4.29% 4.92% -3.22% 5.97% 5.26% -2.19% 7.21% 2.20% -3.54% 6.34% 5.63% -2.94% 2.85% 10.08% -2.83% 5.60% 7.59% 11.91%   1.88% 9.37%   -99.97% 449419.66% -13.91% 4.67% -133.75% -399.03% -2.12% 5.00% -14.64% 19.13% 3.17% 4.83% -140.38% -345.42% 9.32% 4.63%   
      gross margin %
    29.90% 31.34% 30.96% 29.40% 28.83% 29.96% 30.18% 29.48% 29.01% 31.08% 31.63% 30.86% 30.48% 32.34% 31.29% 31.21% 30.75% 31.65% 32.80% 32.52% 31.32% 32.45% 30.72% 31.75% 29.54% 30.78% 30.23% 31.15% 29.53% 30.65% 30.46% 30.31% 29.92% 30.72% 30.29% 30.56% 29.84% 31.19% 30.63% 30.33% 31.17% 30.47% 30.14% 30.81% 30.02% 30.32% 31.34% 30.59% 30.93% 31.99% 31.48% 31.04% 32.12% 31.50% 31.35% 30.84% NaN% 29.72% 29.05% 28.84% NaN% 27.82% 25.83% 23.78% 27.17% 27.16% 28.42% 28.14% 28.63% 28.48% 30.03% 29.48% 29.24% 29.31% 26.81% 30.67% 28.64% 28.80%  
      selling, general and administrative expenses
    2,758,479,000 2,766,240,000 2,655,175,000 2,735,363,000 2,612,498,000 2,509,517,000 2,446,045,000 2,326,682,000 2,379,054,000 2,352,372,000 2,214,616,000 2,215,143,000 2,149,650,000 2,134,797,000 1,992,206,000 1,903,571,000 1,953,851,000 1,888,091,000 1,846,818,000 1,864,471,000 1,795,110,000 1,775,608,000 1,728,908,000 1,551,888,000 1,573,669,000 1,571,161,000 1,490,039,000 1,433,186,000 1,452,916,000 1,429,397,000 1,372,065,000 -3,871,588,505.6 1,349,025,000 1,297,376,000 1,225,188,000 -3,499,059,646.6 1,194,519,000 1,172,670,000 1,131,871,000 1,113,103,000 1,112,343,000 1,070,511,000 1,029,605,000 1,027,048,000 978,038,000 938,252,000 964,468,000 900,148,000 864,734,000 876,009,000 843,932,000 804,885,000 798,313,000 765,779,000 736,334,000 686,843,000                        
      operating profit
    425,851,000 595,428,000 576,113,000 294,206,000 323,802,000 549,962,000 546,104,000 579,654,000 433,474,000 692,314,000 740,858,000 933,174,000 735,545,000 913,426,000 746,157,000 796,669,000 665,588,000 849,568,000 908,850,000 872,224,000 773,130,000 1,042,627,000 866,784,000 720,875,000 491,417,000 577,775,000 512,237,000 638,503,000 442,143,000 545,476,000 490,184,000 -1,384,372,055.6 417,431,000 493,146,000 473,795,000 -1,382,830,876.8 392,991,000 509,097,000 480,743,000 423,859,000 475,812,000 428,194,000 394,143,000 428,526,000 379,708,000 390,241,000 412,822,000 395,000,000 361,389,000 387,214,000 384,324,000 310,917,000 350,029,000 321,618,000 274,334,000 216,239,000  103,732,000 143,055,000 110,573,000  55,368,000 41,300,250 3,339,000 80,577,000 81,285,000 82,400,750 101,612,000 121,070,000 106,921,000 84,158,000 113,956,000 108,126,000 114,550,000 -317,432,000 131,346,000 101,843,000 102,951,000  
      yoy
    31.52% 8.27% 5.50% -49.24% -25.30% -20.56% -26.29% -37.88% -41.07% -24.21% -0.71% 17.13% 10.51% 7.52% -17.90% -8.66% -13.91% -18.52% 4.85% 21.00% 57.33% 80.46% 69.22% 12.90% 11.14% 5.92% 4.50% -146.12% 5.92% 10.61% 3.46% 0.11% 6.22% -3.13% -1.45% -426.25% -17.41% 18.89% 21.97% -1.09% 25.31% 9.73% -4.52% 8.49% 5.07% 0.78% 7.42% 27.04% 3.25% 20.40% 40.09% 43.78%  210.05% 91.77% 95.56%  87.35% 246.38% 3211.56%  -31.88% -49.88% -96.71% -33.45% -23.98% -2.09% -10.83% 11.97% -6.66% -126.51% -13.24% 6.17% 11.27%      
      qoq
    -28.48% 3.35% 95.82% -9.14% -41.12% 0.71% -5.79% 33.72% -37.39% -6.55% -20.61% 26.87% -19.47% 22.42% -6.34% 19.69% -21.66% -6.52% 4.20% 12.82% -25.85% 20.29% 20.24% 46.69% -14.95% 12.79% -19.78% 44.41% -18.94% 11.28% -135.41% -431.64% -15.35% 4.08% -134.26% -451.87% -22.81% 5.90% 13.42% -10.92% 11.12% 8.64% -8.02% 12.86% -2.70% -5.47% 4.51% 9.30% -6.67% 0.75% 23.61% -11.17% 8.83% 17.24% 26.87%   -27.49% 29.38%   34.06% 1136.90% -95.86% -0.87% -1.35% -18.91% -16.07% 13.23% 27.05% -26.15% 5.39% -5.61% -136.09% -341.68% 28.97% -1.08%   
      operating margin %
    4.00% 5.55% 5.52% 2.86% 3.18% 5.39% 5.51% 5.88% 4.47% 7.07% 7.93% 9.15% 7.77% 9.69% 8.53% 9.21% 7.81% 9.82% 10.82% 10.37% 9.43% 12.01% 10.26% 10.07% 7.03% 8.28% 7.73% 9.60% 6.89% 8.47% 8.02% 7.98% 7.07% 8.46% 8.45% 8.65% 7.39% 9.44% 9.13% 8.37% 9.34% 8.71% 8.34% 9.07% 8.40% 8.91% 9.39% 9.33% 9.12% 9.81% 9.85% 8.65% 9.79% 9.32% 8.51% 7.38% NaN% 3.99% 5.48% 4.60% NaN% 2.43% 0.00% 0.15% 3.58% 3.78% -1.35% 4.94% 5.86% 5.41% 3.83% 6.06% 5.89% 6.55% 6.71% 7.79% 6.17% 6.56%  
      interest expense
    55,935,000 57,727,000 64,604,000 65,908,000 67,849,000 68,130,000 72,433,000 77,117,000 82,289,000 84,337,000 83,038,000 74,818,000 53,681,000 43,098,000 39,676,000 38,506,000 39,198,000 39,430,000 40,392,000 40,268,000 40,298,000 39,326,000 30,493,000 25,567,000 24,264,000 24,810,000 25,933,000 25,061,000 24,586,000 25,451,000 24,773,000 -72,747,000.8 23,995,000 23,748,000 25,004,000 -72,309,989.1 23,877,000 24,352,000 24,081,000 21,394,000 20,699,000 21,576,000 21,835,000 22,598,000 22,267,000 21,524,000 20,631,000 24,516,000 27,726,000 35,666,000 37,074,000 38,642,000 60,653,000 65,591,000 67,235,000 87,612,000  98,393,000 99,434,000 100,871,000  6,167,000 6,756,000 10,904,000 8,873,000 7,247,000 4,658,250 5,321,000 7,344,000 5,968,000 4,211,750 6,364,000 4,041,000 6,442,000 -6,373,000 7,976,000 7,899,000 9,411,000  
      income before income taxes
    369,916,000 537,701,000 511,509,000 228,298,000 255,953,000 481,832,000 473,671,000 502,537,000 351,185,000 607,977,000 657,820,000 858,356,000 681,449,000 870,328,000 706,481,000 758,163,000 626,390,000 810,138,000 868,458,000 831,956,000 732,832,000 1,003,301,000 836,291,000 695,308,000 467,153,000 552,965,000 486,304,000 613,442,000 417,557,000 519,006,000 465,411,000 -1,308,123,058.3 393,436,000 469,398,000 445,289,000 -1,310,520,887.4 369,114,000 484,745,000 456,662,000 402,139,000 455,113,000 406,618,000 372,308,000 405,928,000 357,441,000 368,717,000 392,191,000 351,613,000 331,935,000 324,991,000 345,579,000 272,232,000 231,163,000 253,774,000 198,877,000 128,140,000  5,692,000 44,546,000 10,659,000  51,774,000 220,220,031,000 -6,680,000 73,161,000 76,488,000 -316,867,358 97,961,000 115,882,000 103,569,000          
      income tax expense
    87,259,000 126,275,000 119,581,000 37,081,000 59,424,000 107,642,000 110,354,000 100,724,000 74,939,000 139,142,000 143,440,000 199,221,000 155,282,000 192,298,000 153,824,000 160,730,000 139,359,000 173,119,000 190,709,000 189,213,000 158,572,000 215,700,000 185,845,000 159,871,000 101,603,000 126,410,000 101,291,000 130,201,000 83,415,000 111,769,000 100,559,000 -481,318,346.2 140,903,000 174,615,000 165,800,000 -473,563,973.4 133,799,000 178,227,000 161,538,000 148,818,000 172,764,000 153,383,000 135,992,000 154,668,000 135,043,000 131,332,000 146,716,000 131,530,000 124,250,000 110,851,000 132,164,000 101,068,000 85,121,000 96,805,000                          
      net income
    282,657,000 411,426,000 391,928,000 191,217,000 196,529,000 374,190,000 363,317,000 401,813,000 276,246,000 468,835,000 514,380,000 659,135,000 526,167,000 678,030,000 552,657,000 597,433,000 487,031,000 637,019,000 677,749,000 642,743,000 574,260,000 787,601,000 650,446,000 535,437,000 365,550,000 426,555,000 385,013,000 483,241,000 334,142,000 407,237,000 364,852,000 -826,804,712.2 252,533,000 294,783,000 279,489,000 -836,956,913.9 235,315,000 306,518,000 295,124,000 253,321,000 282,349,000 253,235,000 236,316,000 251,260,000 222,398,000 237,385,000 245,475,000 220,083,000 207,685,000 214,140,000 213,415,000 171,164,000 146,042,000 156,969,000 128,120,000 75,649,000  -7,306,000 27,718,000 5,916,000  34,875,000 137,855,147,000 -5,285,000 45,468,000 47,670,000 -204,532,845 64,425,000 75,558,000 64,900,000 133,893,000 71,126,000 71,322,000 67,849,000 9,342,000 77,903,000 59,936,000 60,332,000  
      yoy
    43.82% 9.95% 7.87% -52.41% -28.86% -20.19% -29.37% -39.04% -47.50% -30.85% -6.93% 10.33% 8.04% 6.44% -18.46% -7.05% -15.19% -19.12% 4.20% 20.04% 57.09% 84.64% 68.94% 10.80% 9.40% 4.74% 5.53% -158.45% 32.32% 38.15% 30.54% -1.21% 7.32% -3.83% -5.30% -430.39% -16.66% 21.04% 24.89% 0.82% 26.96% 6.68% -3.73% 14.17% 7.08% 10.86% 15.02% 28.58% 42.21% 36.42% 66.57% 126.26%  -2248.49% 362.23% 1178.72%  -120.95% -99.98% -211.94%  -26.84% -67500.00% -108.20% -39.82% -26.55% -252.76% -9.42% 5.94% -4.35% 1333.24% -8.70% 19.00% 12.46%      
      qoq
    -31.30% 4.97% 104.97% -2.70% -47.48% 2.99% -9.58% 45.45% -41.08% -8.85% -21.96% 25.27% -22.40% 22.69% -7.49% 22.67% -23.55% -6.01% 5.45% 11.93% -27.09% 21.09% 21.48% 46.47% -14.30% 10.79% -20.33% 44.62% -17.95% 11.62% -144.13% -427.40% -14.33% 5.47% -133.39% -455.68% -23.23% 3.86% 16.50% -10.28% 11.50% 7.16% -5.95% 12.98% -6.31% -3.30% 11.54% 5.97% -3.01% 0.34% 24.68% 17.20% -6.96% 22.52% 69.36%   -126.36% 368.53%   -99.97% -2608522.84% -111.62% -4.62% -123.31% -417.47% -14.73% 16.42% -51.53% 88.25% -0.27% 5.12% 626.28% -88.01% 29.98% -0.66%   
      net income margin %
    2.65% 3.84% 3.76% 1.86% 1.93% 3.66% 3.66% 4.08% 2.85% 4.79% 5.51% 6.46% 5.56% 7.19% 6.32% 6.91% 5.72% 7.36% 8.07% 7.64% 7.00% 9.07% 7.70% 7.48% 5.23% 6.11% 5.81% 7.27% 5.21% 6.32% 5.97% 4.77% 4.28% 5.06% 4.98% 5.24% 4.42% 5.68% 5.60% 5.00% 5.54% 5.15% 5.00% 5.32% 4.92% 5.42% 5.59% 5.20% 5.24% 5.42% 5.47% 4.76% 4.08% 4.55% 3.97% 2.58% NaN% -0.28% 1.06% 0.25% NaN% 1.53% 1.50% -0.24% 2.02% 2.22% 3.36% 3.13% 3.66% 3.28% 6.09% 3.78% 3.88% 3.88% -0.20% 4.62% 3.63% 3.85%  
      earnings per share:
                                                                                   
      basic
    1.28 1.87 1.78 0.87 0.89 1.7 1.65 1.83 1.26 2.14 2.35 2.97 2.34 2.42 2.58 2.09 2.71 2.84 2.64 2.32 3.15 2.58 2.11 1.43 1.65 1.49 1.84 1.26 1.53 1.36 0.755 0.93 1.08 1.02 0.74 0.84 1.08 1.03 0.87 0.95 0.84 0.78 0.83 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.67 0.62 0.64 0.64 0.5 0.43 0.46 0.38 0.24      0.11 0.07 -0.02 0.15 0.15 0.158 0.2 0.23 0.2          
      diluted
    1.28 1.86 1.78 0.87 0.89 1.7 1.65 1.82 1.26 2.13 2.34 2.96 2.33 2.98 2.41 2.56 2.08 2.69 2.82 2.62 2.31 3.12 2.56 2.1 1.42 1.65 1.48 1.83 1.26 1.52 1.36 0.755 0.93 1.08 1.02 0.738 0.84 1.08 1.03 0.86 0.95 0.84 0.78 0.83 0.72 0.74 0.75 0.67 0.62 0.64 0.63 0.5 0.42 0.45 0.37 0.24      0.11 0.07 -0.02 0.15 0.15 0.158 0.2 0.23 0.2          
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
      basic
    220,112 220,090 219,986 219,877 219,921 219,904 219,748 219,415 219,480 219,403 219,193 225,148 224,527 226,299 228,477 234,261 232,491 234,924 238,548 248,171 247,131 250,281 251,780 256,553 256,041 257,793 259,021 265,155 264,490 266,457 268,267  272,319 273,690 274,692  280,441 283,130 285,886 292,037 295,679 301,202 303,080  309,331 321,711 324,770 326,975 332,337 333,001 336,080 341,955 341,534 341,522 341,062 317,945        312,049 311,947 313,997  319,520 323,836 328,208          
      diluted
    220,955 220,854 220,135 220,027 219,997 220,065 220,052 219,938 219,799 219,952 220,107 226,297 225,697 227,456 229,609 235,812 234,026 236,406 240,301 250,076 249,063 252,190 253,627 258,053 257,699 259,102 260,265 266,105 265,522 267,226 269,135  272,881 274,132 275,215  281,283 284,116 286,978 292,904 296,528 302,089 304,108  310,295 322,543 325,639 328,132 334,004 335,521 339,490 345,777 345,625 345,393 344,739 320,558        312,049 312,594 315,233  321,443 326,340 331,218          
      dividends per share
    0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.195 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.188 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.22 0.22 0.22                    0.05 0.038 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.033 0.045 0.045 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.026 0.035 0.035 0.035  
      other expense
                415,000                 1,019,000  -3,501,996.5   3,502,000     326,000        18,871,000 1,728,000 26,557,000 1,671,000 53,000 58,239,000 2,272,000 8,312,000 513,000                        
      see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                   
      other (income) expense
                                                                                   
      weighted average shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
      basic
                                               303,015                  313,567                  
      diluted
                                               303,888                  315,928                  
      weighted-average shares:
                                                                                   
      basic
    220,112 220,090 219,986 219,877 219,921 219,904 219,748 219,415 219,480 219,403 219,193 225,148 224,527 226,299 228,477 234,261 232,491 234,924 238,548 248,171 247,131 250,281 251,780 256,553 256,041 257,793 259,021 265,155 264,490 266,457 268,267  272,319 273,690 274,692  280,441 283,130 285,886 292,037 295,679 301,202 303,080  309,331 321,711 324,770 326,975 332,337 333,001 336,080 341,955 341,534 341,522 341,062 317,945        312,049 311,947 313,997  319,520 323,836 328,208          
      diluted
    220,955 220,854 220,135 220,027 219,997 220,065 220,052 219,938 219,799 219,952 220,107 226,297 225,697 227,456 229,609 235,812 234,026 236,406 240,301 250,076 249,063 252,190 253,627 258,053 257,699 259,102 260,265 266,105 265,522 267,226 269,135  272,881 274,132 275,215  281,283 284,116 286,978 292,904 296,528 302,089 304,108  310,295 322,543 325,639 328,132 334,004 335,521 339,490 345,777 345,625 345,393 344,739 320,558        312,049 312,594 315,233  321,443 326,340 331,218          
      interest income
                                                           -26,000  -619,000 -1,217,000 -957,000  -2,573,000 -1,198,000 -885,000 -1,457,000 -2,450,000 -1,610,500 -1,670,000 -2,156,000 -2,616,000          
      income taxes
                                                          70,757,000 52,491,000    4,743,000  16,899,000 13,779,000 -1,395,000 27,693,000 28,818,000 28,132,250 33,536,000 40,324,000 38,669,000          
      litigation settlement and related costs
                                                             34,500,000                      
      selling, general and administrative
                                                             634,055,000 614,980,000 582,504,000  577,692,000 389,263,500 523,108,000 530,957,000 502,989,000 351,073,000 477,404,000 470,460,000 456,428,000 316,645,750 440,029,000 428,854,000 397,700,000 -951,131,000 385,551,000 370,987,000 348,955,000  
      transaction and related costs
                                                                                   
      other income
                                                             266,000 292,000                     
      income tax benefit
                                                             12,998,000 16,828,000                     
      weighted average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
      basic
                                               303,015                  313,567                  
      diluted
                                               303,888                  315,928                  
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
      basic
    220,112 220,090 219,986 219,877 219,921 219,904 219,748 219,415 219,480 219,403 219,193 225,148 224,527 226,299 228,477 234,261 232,491 234,924 238,548 248,171 247,131 250,281 251,780 256,553 256,041 257,793 259,021 265,155 264,490 266,457 268,267  272,319 273,690 274,692  280,441 283,130 285,886 292,037 295,679 301,202 303,080  309,331 321,711 324,770 326,975 332,337 333,001 336,080 341,955 341,534 341,522 341,062 317,945        312,049 311,947 313,997  319,520 323,836 328,208          
      diluted
    220,955 220,854 220,135 220,027 219,997 220,065 220,052 219,938 219,799 219,952 220,107 226,297 225,697 227,456 229,609 235,812 234,026 236,406 240,301 250,076 249,063 252,190 253,627 258,053 257,699 259,102 260,265 266,105 265,522 267,226 269,135  272,881 274,132 275,215  281,283 284,116 286,978 292,904 296,528 302,089 304,108  310,295 322,543 325,639 328,132 334,004 335,521 339,490 345,777 345,625 345,393 344,739 320,558        312,049 312,594 315,233  321,443 326,340 331,218          
      income before taxes on income
                                                                          79,946,250 107,592,000 104,085,000 108,108,000 -311,059,000 123,370,000 93,944,000 93,540,000  
      provision for taxes on income
                                                                          27,372,000 36,466,000 32,763,000 40,259,000 28,170,750 45,467,000 34,008,000 33,208,000  
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                          0.41 0.22 0.22 0.2 0.148 0.23 0.18 0.18  
      weighted-average diluted shares
                                                                  313,510    324,133    332,068 330,313 330,298 337,257  339,238 336,841 334,597  
      basic earnings per share
                                                                          0.4 0.22 0.22 0.2 0.148 0.23 0.18 0.18  
      weighted-average basic shares
                                                                           327,844 327,799 334,109  335,411 333,871 333,243  
      litigation settlement and related proceeds
                                                                                   
      amount
                                                                                   
      insurance proceeds
                                                                                   
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        assets
                                                                                    
        current assets:
                                                                                    
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,240,623,000 1,284,567,000 850,018,000 932,576,000 537,257,000 1,222,691,000 720,700,000 537,283,000 365,447,000 353,018,000 313,064,000 381,576,000 362,731,000 326,263,000 335,613,000 344,829,000 488,662,000 313,666,000 688,055,000 1,376,577,000 2,199,443,000 2,959,604,000 2,673,912,000 240,320,000 276,076,000 259,568,000 271,111,000 235,487,000 260,688,000 265,288,000 283,970,000 267,441,000 226,192,000 214,173,000 205,977,000 187,915,000 200,236,000 185,033,000 187,687,000 182,514,000 180,525,000 225,116,000 216,155,000 172,474,000 166,330,000 165,717,000 169,220,000 155,526,000 142,580,000 134,157,000 132,530,000 118,580,000 113,050,000 602,463,000 237,906,000 377,995,000 150,590,000 261,630,000 115,904,000 100,209,000 204,417,000 189,288,000 90,914,000 86,352,000 71,876,000 200,609,000 92,769,000 145,950,000 236,523,000 232,830,000 45,832,000 101,465,000 256,883,000 352,232,000 138,470,000 102,276,000 75,946,000 72,799,000 
        merchandise inventories
      6,653,880,000 6,609,690,000 6,590,096,000 6,711,242,000 7,118,974,000 7,000,569,000 6,934,389,000 6,994,266,000 7,356,065,000 7,531,459,000 7,335,845,000 6,760,733,000 7,144,722,000 6,935,856,000 6,087,399,000 5,614,325,000 5,298,859,000 5,279,273,000 5,099,465,000 5,247,477,000 5,025,810,000 4,391,157,000 4,107,331,000 4,676,848,000 4,496,377,000 4,419,628,000 4,109,759,000 4,097,004,000 3,979,105,000 3,896,432,000 3,594,529,000 3,609,025,000 3,597,195,000 3,463,004,000 3,300,082,000 3,258,785,000 3,488,247,000 3,270,685,000 3,072,063,000 3,101,908,000 3,029,731,000 2,839,198,000 2,788,996,000 2,788,872,000 2,605,356,000 2,591,552,000 2,533,766,000 2,414,411,000 2,330,436,000 2,147,837,000 2,000,864,000 2,089,722,000 1,973,863,000 1,767,121,000 1,885,753,000 1,414,955,000 1,619,922,000 1,490,063,000 1,317,097,000 1,288,661,000 1,444,313,000 1,432,336,000 1,676,057,000 1,735,031,000 1,636,118,000 1,474,414,000 1,574,567,000 1,460,700,000 1,465,981,000 1,376,537,000 1,558,574,000 1,379,543,000 1,277,185,000 -1,157,141,000 1,373,200,000 1,184,709,000 1,200,701,000 -1,123,031,000 
        income taxes receivable
      65,360,000 81,728,000 31,896,000 127,132,000 115,698,000 61,495,000 34,946,000 112,262,000 197,555,000 151,730,000 50,863,000 135,775,000 188,082,000 93,283,000 33,576,000 97,394,000 120,374,000 127,011,000 16,637,000 90,760,000 111,139,000 36,176,000 17,191,000 76,537,000 103,188,000 61,692,000 25,164,000 57,804,000 114,647,000 68,353,000 28,637,000 108,265,000 99,678,000 44,255,000 10,492,000 11,050,000 54,586,000 22,985,000 6,827,000 11,877,000 14,646,000   4,237,000  9,786,000 7,894,000  13,554,000 89,473,000 5,210,000 48,807,000 43,435,000  27,677,000 6,392,000 42,986,000 12,829,000 33,813,000 32,501,000 14,624,000 9,833,000  38,753,000               
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      419,224,000 422,694,000 424,293,000 392,975,000 404,587,000 439,487,000 406,936,000 366,913,000 352,011,000 377,772,000 355,688,000 302,925,000 321,481,000 327,490,000 280,282,000 247,295,000 273,939,000 272,768,000 237,588,000 199,405,000 197,040,000 210,471,000 194,049,000 184,163,000 192,901,000 178,250,000 177,735,000 272,725,000 275,904,000 287,753,000 258,900,000 263,121,000 230,269,000 258,559,000 232,398,000 220,021,000 225,443,000 229,348,000 210,769,000 192,476,000 199,945,000 180,586,000 173,981,000 175,048,000 171,660,000 137,247,000 153,863,000 154,539,000 131,622,000 142,977,000 135,131,000 135,746,000 142,433,000 137,313,000 121,422,000 66,183,000 72,799,000 68,287,000 64,508,000 59,465,000 57,572,000 57,020,000 71,993,000 71,212,000 79,569,000 67,140,000 61,549,000 58,305,000 59,166,000 53,702,000         
        total current assets
      8,379,087,000 8,398,679,000 7,896,303,000 8,163,925,000 8,176,516,000 8,724,242,000 8,096,971,000 8,010,724,000 8,271,078,000 8,413,979,000 8,055,460,000 7,581,009,000 8,017,016,000 7,682,892,000 6,736,870,000 6,303,843,000 6,181,834,000 5,992,718,000 6,041,745,000 6,914,219,000 7,533,432,000 7,597,408,000 6,992,483,000 5,177,868,000 5,068,542,000 4,919,138,000 4,583,769,000 4,663,020,000 4,630,344,000 4,517,826,000 4,166,036,000 4,247,852,000 4,153,334,000 3,979,991,000 3,748,949,000 3,677,771,000 3,968,512,000 3,708,051,000 3,477,346,000 3,488,775,000 3,424,847,000 3,244,900,000 3,179,132,000 3,140,631,000 2,943,346,000 2,904,302,000 2,864,743,000 2,724,476,000 2,618,192,000 2,514,444,000 2,273,735,000 2,392,855,000 2,272,781,000 2,506,897,000 2,272,758,000 1,870,125,000 1,886,297,000 1,852,801,000 1,595,140,000 1,517,744,000 1,786,157,000 1,742,748,000 1,917,991,000 1,953,880,000 1,808,755,000 1,762,925,000 1,744,650,000 1,698,663,000 1,783,195,000 1,730,902,000 1,722,234,000 1,586,642,000 1,629,658,000 389,007,000 1,598,700,000 1,367,308,000 1,355,391,000 100,740,000 
        net property and equipment
      6,423,459,000 6,398,049,000 6,279,529,000 6,209,481,000 6,349,376,000 6,269,480,000 6,172,496,000 6,087,722,000 5,848,385,000 5,624,129,000 5,420,134,000 5,236,309,000 4,927,450,000 4,648,187,000 4,451,028,000 4,346,127,000 4,177,871,000 4,104,193,000 3,999,170,000 3,899,997,000 3,701,782,000 3,520,998,000 3,320,141,000 3,278,359,000 3,131,073,000 3,020,406,000 3,008,425,000 2,970,806,000 2,921,943,000 2,857,274,000 2,758,369,000 2,701,282,000 2,654,936,000 2,574,816,000 2,487,292,000 2,434,456,000 2,388,463,000 2,349,119,000 2,278,081,000 2,237,068,000 2,195,857,000 2,135,436,000 2,120,572,000 2,106,963,000 2,079,832,000 2,287,410,000 2,244,651,000 2,177,264,000 2,047,434,000 1,972,205,000 1,878,172,000 1,716,797,000 1,622,991,000 1,562,596,000 1,414,700,000 1,268,960,000 1,288,848,000 1,266,722,000 1,250,570,000 1,274,245,000 1,212,198,000 1,236,874,000 1,246,890,000 1,241,219,000 1,212,386,000 1,192,172,000 1,155,281,000 1,121,697,000 1,091,997,000 1,080,838,000 1,076,627,000 1,039,046,000 1,017,647,000 102,562,000 979,487,000 986,463,000 988,111,000 103,874,000 
        operating lease assets
      11,322,665,000 11,262,298,000 11,218,240,000 11,163,763,000 11,337,191,000 11,220,287,000 11,138,733,000 11,098,228,000 10,904,323,000 10,755,172,000 10,726,523,000 10,670,014,000 10,469,374,000 10,319,225,000 10,183,152,000 10,092,930,000 9,982,666,000 9,805,081,000 9,614,974,000 9,473,330,000 9,343,375,000 9,154,789,000 8,960,805,000 8,796,183,000 8,639,378,000 8,405,346,000 8,140,326,000                                                    
        goodwill
      4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,338,589,000 4,337,152,000 4,344,930,000 4,344,930,000 4,344,930,000                   
        other intangible assets
      1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,700,000 1,199,720,000 1,199,750,000 1,199,780,000 1,199,810,000 1,199,840,000 1,199,870,000 1,199,900,000 1,199,931,000 1,199,961,000 1,200,006,000 1,200,059,000 1,200,111,000 1,200,164,000 1,200,217,000 1,200,270,000 1,200,322,000 1,200,375,000 1,200,428,000 1,200,481,000 1,200,537,000 1,200,597,000 1,200,659,000 1,200,734,000 1,200,816,000 1,200,904,000 1,201,110,000 1,201,241,000 1,201,428,000 1,202,651,000 1,203,904,000 1,205,598,000 1,210,077,000 1,212,821,000 1,215,999,000 1,223,407,000 1,227,499,000 1,231,866,000                            
        other assets
      55,082,000 55,796,000 55,300,000 57,275,000 59,043,000 61,467,000 63,010,000 60,628,000 62,551,000 63,988,000 63,527,000 57,746,000 55,029,000 50,663,000 46,949,000 46,132,000 44,562,000 47,417,000 42,380,000 36,619,000 36,364,000 35,718,000 36,334,000 34,079,000 35,149,000 33,939,000 33,011,000 31,406,000 29,875,000 29,938,000 29,861,000 28,760,000 27,416,000 26,891,000 20,928,000 20,823,000 20,778,000 20,795,000 21,464,000 22,751,000 34,661,000 36,197,000 36,428,000 35,707,000 34,519,000 35,596,000 38,826,000 37,369,000 46,055,000 50,737,000 47,846,000 46,908,000 48,969,000 55,493,000 60,693,000 85,967,000 91,030,000 97,389,000 113,269,000 148,955,000 63,536,000 60,892,000 41,422,000 50,098,000 42,326,000 37,090,000 30,850,000 20,006,000 29,346,000 29,264,000 29,156,000 29,317,000 26,464,000 3,695,306,000 11,007,000 11,610,000 12,465,000 2,786,977,000 
        total assets
      31,718,582,000 31,653,111,000 30,987,661,000 31,132,733,000 31,460,415,000 31,813,765,000 31,009,499,000 30,795,591,000 30,624,626,000 30,395,557,000 29,803,933,000 29,083,367,000 29,007,158,000 28,239,256,000 26,956,308,000 26,327,371,000 25,925,302,000 25,487,808,000 25,236,698,000 25,862,624,000 26,153,442,000 25,847,433,000 24,848,313,000 22,825,084,000 22,412,790,000 21,917,529,000 21,304,284,000 13,204,038,000 13,121,021,000 12,943,949,000 12,493,230,000 12,516,911,000 12,374,756,000 12,120,824,000 11,796,355,000 11,672,298,000 11,917,076,000 11,617,370,000 11,316,384,000 11,288,293,000 11,195,195,000 10,956,550,000 10,877,372,000 10,825,794,000 10,601,884,000 10,775,974,000 10,699,630,000 10,493,697,000 10,273,677,000 10,103,474,000 9,770,208,000 9,735,882,000 9,529,103,000 9,714,864,000 9,349,574,000 8,889,199,000 8,940,101,000 8,909,790,000 8,662,999,000 8,656,431,000 3,074,309,000 3,040,514,000 3,206,303,000 3,245,197,000 3,063,467,000 2,992,187,000 2,930,781,000 2,840,366,000 2,904,538,000 2,841,004,000 2,828,017,000 2,655,005,000 2,673,769,000 4,186,875,000 2,589,194,000 2,365,381,000 2,355,967,000 2,991,591,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                    
        current liabilities:
                                                                                    
        current portion of long-term obligations
      15,799,000 19,326,000 19,591,000 519,463,000 519,351,000 769,194,000 769,139,000 768,645,000 750,000,000     900,635,000 900,635,000        580,000 555,000 555,000 555,000 555,000 1,950,000 1,929,000 1,909,000 1,889,000 401,345,000 401,532,000 401,402,000 401,188,000 500,950,000 501,480,000 501,548,000 1,526,000 1,358,000 101,335,000 101,309,000 101,041,000 101,013,000 100,989,000 50,945,000 25,927,000 909,000 891,000 344,000 459,000 763,000 963,000 1,039,000 1,358,000 14,158,000 8,455,000 2,999,000 2,830,000 3,246,000 7,186,000 8,080,000 8,473,000 9,167,000 8,800,000 8,785,000 8,864,000 9,561,000 10,737,000 12,860,000 14,704,000 15,956,000 16,880,000 7,772,000 17,295,000 16,957,000 16,560,000 8,202,000 
        current portion of operating lease liabilities
      1,524,102,000 1,502,571,000 1,478,895,000 1,460,114,000 1,445,071,000 1,425,680,000 1,406,970,000 1,387,083,000 1,355,316,000 1,331,433,000 1,311,753,000 1,288,939,000 1,257,060,000 1,231,064,000 1,205,043,000 1,183,559,000 1,157,245,000 1,127,841,000 1,101,369,000 1,074,079,000 1,044,368,000 1,015,733,000 991,054,000 964,805,000 940,504,000 915,075,000 894,469,000                                                    
        accounts payable
      4,295,378,000 3,970,610,000 3,836,222,000 3,833,133,000 4,045,404,000 3,869,267,000 3,472,487,000 3,587,374,000 3,651,778,000 3,681,634,000 3,679,170,000 3,552,991,000 4,127,076,000 4,358,388,000 3,906,852,000 3,738,604,000 3,532,639,000 3,369,984,000 3,294,423,000 3,614,089,000 3,770,528,000 3,400,642,000 2,954,361,000 2,860,682,000 2,844,171,000 2,727,079,000 2,452,898,000 2,385,469,000 2,336,772,000 2,294,996,000 2,018,320,000 2,009,771,000 1,978,032,000 1,880,668,000 1,622,776,000 1,557,596,000 1,948,111,000 1,720,772,000 1,447,223,000 1,470,107,000 1,536,610,000 1,435,367,000 1,394,873,000 1,395,780,000 1,222,680,000 1,251,394,000 1,254,856,000 1,138,395,000 1,199,727,000 1,143,857,000 985,924,000 1,132,544,000 1,122,949,000 933,710,000 971,538,000 678,421,000 720,126,000 818,246,000 592,071,000 551,040,000 484,949,000 555,274,000 517,443,000 538,046,000 569,447,000 508,386,000 521,087,000 462,697,000 459,742,000 409,327,000 475,841,000 440,485,000 510,187,000 2,354,187,000 440,505,000 352,717,000 357,224,000 1,412,008,000 
        accrued expenses and other
      1,306,555,000 1,197,867,000 1,031,210,000 1,045,856,000 1,086,412,000 1,064,845,000 976,076,000 971,890,000 1,020,759,000 1,013,594,000 848,757,000 1,036,919,000 1,110,505,000 1,069,926,000 930,260,000 1,049,139,000 1,039,222,000 973,025,000 861,653,000 1,006,552,000 1,060,602,000 978,567,000 791,368,000 709,156,000 717,467,000 666,251,000 560,007,000 618,405,000 638,644,000 611,389,000 495,371,000 549,658,000 553,596,000 521,027,000 459,105,000 500,866,000 504,427,000 474,426,000 440,697,000 473,528,000 443,164,000 393,507,000 442,859,000 427,269,000 394,827,000 414,881,000 412,854,000 359,038,000 392,439,000 366,271,000 360,349,000 414,977,000 366,623,000 380,422,000 378,750,000 375,045,000 439,583,000 341,728,000 356,915,000 300,956,000 258,090,000 253,558,000 406,761,000 387,869,000 379,218,000 372,920,000 372,537,000 347,606,000 322,742,000 333,889,000 336,408,000 304,962,000 288,028,000 48,394,000 287,724,000 255,027,000 230,288,000 32,642,000 
        income taxes payable
      11,200,000 11,292,000 37,747,000 10,136,000 14,459,000 12,201,000 17,190,000 10,709,000 9,237,000 7,261,000 10,999,000 8,919,000 8,006,000 6,773,000 9,051,000 8,055,000 11,393,000 8,234,000 57,953,000 16,063,000 10,713,000 16,246,000 105,865,000 8,362,000 3,341,000 3,310,000 48,787,000 10,033,000 4,837,000 7,250,000 9,752,000 4,104,000 4,646,000 3,658,000 208,972,000 63,393,000 5,721,000 22,660,000 122,148,000 30,462,000 41,348,000 108,948,000 33,215,000 23,922,000 121,277,000 639,000 17,980,000 70,540,000 997,000 665,000 50,355,000 1,111,000 810,000 32,217,000 14,068,000 7,611,000 1,824,000 1,744,000 2,924,000 2,999,000 48,000 15,959,000 15,826,000 9,570,000 22,027,000 43,706,000 7,452,000 49,504,000 54,557,000 69,616,000 21,706,000 19,466,000 38,322,000 -45,725,000 14,553,000 9,182,000 36,536,000 -67,091,000 
        total current liabilities
      7,153,034,000 6,701,666,000 6,403,665,000 6,868,702,000 7,110,697,000 7,141,187,000 6,641,862,000 6,725,701,000 6,787,090,000 6,033,922,000 6,100,679,000 5,887,768,000 6,502,647,000 7,566,786,000 6,951,841,000 5,979,357,000 5,740,499,000 5,479,084,000 5,315,398,000 5,710,783,000 5,886,211,000 5,411,188,000 4,843,228,000 4,543,560,000 4,506,038,000 4,312,270,000 3,956,716,000 3,015,857,000 2,982,182,000 2,915,544,000 2,525,332,000 2,964,878,000 2,937,806,000 2,806,755,000 2,692,041,000 2,622,805,000 2,959,739,000 2,719,406,000 2,011,594,000 1,991,583,000 2,154,763,000 2,072,939,000 2,010,846,000 1,969,418,000 1,863,318,000 1,753,049,000 1,740,190,000 1,600,402,000 1,633,839,000 1,526,683,000 1,411,253,000 1,572,221,000 1,526,951,000 1,387,230,000 1,410,315,000 1,075,235,000 1,192,657,000 1,164,717,000 954,740,000 858,241,000 750,273,000 832,871,000 948,503,000 944,652,000 979,492,000 933,797,000 909,940,000 869,368,000 847,778,000 825,692,000 848,659,000 780,869,000 853,417,000 2,410,353,000 760,077,000 633,883,000 640,608,000 1,452,852,000 
        long-term obligations
      5,119,464,000 5,725,776,000 5,724,739,000 5,719,025,000 5,723,053,000 6,235,166,000 6,222,387,000 6,231,539,000 6,440,845,000 7,295,215,000 7,028,767,000 7,009,399,000 5,985,728,000 4,290,700,000 3,947,462,000 4,172,068,000 4,127,426,000 4,156,765,000 4,130,710,000 4,130,975,000 4,131,573,000 4,089,001,000 3,967,221,000 2,911,438,000 2,762,490,000 2,573,483,000 2,732,105,000 2,862,740,000 2,902,439,000 2,776,811,000 2,862,497,000 2,604,613,000 2,719,568,000 2,683,105,000 2,632,090,000 2,710,576,000 2,673,210,000 2,556,464,000 2,989,663,000 3,105,332,000 2,761,794,000 2,614,005,000 2,666,022,000 2,881,217,000 3,006,404,000 2,873,967,000 2,845,138,000 2,835,303,000 3,023,367,000 2,887,251,000 2,880,920,000 2,721,061,000 2,779,408,000 3,262,597,000 3,286,907,000 4,122,956,000 4,172,467,000 4,177,610,000 4,176,121,000 4,278,756,000 260,373,000 261,958,000 495,339,000 516,537,000 333,471,000 269,962,000 344,436,000 255,445,000 256,452,000 258,462,000 321,194,000 259,009,000 261,621,000 194,306,000 268,357,000 272,420,000 326,028,000 249,748,000 
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      9,849,058,000 9,820,261,000 9,794,789,000 9,764,783,000 9,878,707,000 9,783,954,000 9,723,314,000 9,703,499,000 9,540,573,000 9,409,193,000 9,399,833,000 9,362,761,000 9,195,042,000 9,070,328,000 8,959,174,000 8,890,709,000 8,808,514,000 8,661,716,000 8,499,442,000 8,385,388,000 8,285,027,000 8,124,884,000 7,956,759,000 7,819,683,000 7,688,923,000 7,480,871,000 7,238,945,000                                                    
        deferred income taxes
      1,133,908,000 1,127,793,000 1,096,048,000 1,103,701,000 1,138,086,000 1,138,829,000 1,157,660,000 1,133,784,000 1,152,125,000 1,119,114,000 1,111,434,000 1,060,906,000 992,479,000 906,846,000 907,020,000 825,254,000 781,231,000 781,477,000 769,430,000 710,549,000 686,694,000 689,893,000 700,098,000 675,227,000 634,041,000 627,765,000 629,864,000 609,687,000 583,066,000 569,690,000 565,150,000 515,702,000 690,795,000 659,844,000 662,485,000 652,841,000 637,135,000 647,372,000 647,626,000 16,128,000 32,306,000 33,808,000 38,858,000 21,434,000 23,545,000 35,190,000 28,573,000 31,520,000 39,785,000 15,546,000 14,166,000 22,826,000 35,606,000 39,842,000 44,601,000 4,600,000 22,669,000 17,395,000 15,247,000 17,297,000 37,860,000 24,321,000 49,627,000 1,002,000 2,367,000 11,912,000 14,348,000 33,708,000 21,525,000 24,908,000 17,305,000 10,997,000 21,852,000 15,412,000 21,729,000 22,829,000 26,664,000 8,937,000 
        other liabilities
      276,978,000 265,484,000 264,757,000 262,815,000 267,287,000 254,391,000 264,097,000 251,949,000 252,109,000 240,408,000 227,969,000 220,761,000 237,456,000 216,105,000 229,187,000 197,997,000 277,831,000 271,631,000 271,793,000 263,691,000 178,418,000 176,396,000 171,553,000 172,676,000 173,003,000 173,980,000 173,985,000 298,361,000 297,446,000 302,962,000 303,933,000 305,944,000 282,432,000 284,025,000 280,858,000 279,782,000 285,140,000 280,767,000 279,118,000 279,547,000 281,620,000 285,500,000 287,812,000 296,283,000 299,696,000 230,798,000 235,046,000 232,631,000 225,699,000 222,008,000 231,427,000 233,950,000 215,875,000 230,043,000 254,669,000 289,288,000 256,103,000 305,636,000 302,384,000 319,714,000 266,886,000 158,341,000                 
        total liabilities
      23,532,442,000 23,640,980,000 23,283,998,000                                                                            
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                    
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                    
        preferred stock
                                                                                    
        common stock
      192,604,000 192,593,000 192,557,000  192,435,000 192,423,000 192,407,000  192,053,000 192,039,000 191,921,000  195,629,000 197,372,000 198,623,000  202,743,000 204,142,000 206,680,000  214,375,000 217,906,000 220,259,000  222,775,000 224,935,000 226,032,000  230,022,000 232,340,000 234,109,000  237,598,000 239,101,000 239,947,000  244,457,000 246,983,000 249,096,000 254,697,000 257,968,000 260,111,000 265,495,000 265,458,000 265,379,000 280,215,000 283,120,000 286,464,000 287,613,000 291,983,000 290,782,000 299,514,000 298,842,000 298,844,000 298,459,000  277,938,000 277,712,000 277,740,000  157,298,000 156,218,000 156,024,000 156,000,000 155,859,000 157,840,000 158,437,000 160,630,000 164,071,000 164,086,000 163,785,000 164,191,000 164,354,000 168,095,000 168,415,000 167,345,000 166,762,000 166,670,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      3,884,217,000 3,863,898,000 3,838,541,000 3,812,590,000 3,802,436,000 3,788,091,000 3,774,363,000 3,757,005,000 3,732,376,000 3,724,200,000 3,701,564,000 3,693,871,000 3,676,077,000 3,627,987,000 3,606,414,000 3,587,914,000 3,527,285,000 3,504,850,000 3,457,160,000 3,446,612,000 3,426,729,000 3,381,819,000 3,332,283,000 3,322,531,000 3,308,160,000 3,292,902,000 3,275,917,000 3,252,421,000 3,239,170,000 3,222,233,000 3,210,527,000 3,196,462,000 3,176,406,000 3,166,518,000 3,157,322,000 3,154,606,000 3,144,632,000 3,136,683,000 3,124,110,000 3,095,790,000 3,085,637,000 3,070,518,000 3,038,621,000 3,027,985,000 3,016,262,000 3,004,582,000 2,998,785,000 2,992,981,000 2,983,323,000 2,973,160,000 2,967,014,000 2,957,267,000 2,951,761,000 2,948,506,000 2,937,300,000 2,489,647,000 2,487,071,000 2,484,606,000 2,482,409,000 2,480,062,000 525,830,000 486,145,000 477,687,000 475,462,000 470,878,000 462,383,000 451,180,000 447,617,000 441,119,000 421,600,000 405,003,000 395,205,000 386,158,000 376,930,000 363,767,000 331,185,000 314,973,000 313,269,000 
        retained earnings
      4,102,091,000 3,949,306,000 3,667,792,000 3,405,683,000 3,344,211,000 3,277,439,000 3,032,996,000 2,799,415,000 2,527,201,000 2,380,451,000 2,041,118,000 1,656,140,000 2,222,823,000 2,364,098,000 2,157,589,000 2,473,999,000 2,461,208,000 2,429,821,000 2,588,006,000 3,006,102,000 3,346,821,000 3,758,995,000 3,659,804,000 3,162,660,000 3,120,738,000 3,234,944,000 3,074,584,000 2,941,107,000 2,890,147,000 2,928,064,000 2,795,620,000 2,698,352,000 2,334,534,000 2,286,060,000 2,136,401,000 2,015,867,000 1,977,969,000 2,035,101,000 2,020,784,000 1,999,119,000 2,081,543,000 2,061,798,000 2,047,674,000 1,811,358,000 1,560,098,000 2,000,488,000 1,960,068,000 1,911,160,000 1,468,534,000 1,550,438,000 1,336,298,000 1,305,107,000 1,133,943,000 987,901,000 608,386,000 103,364,000 21,510,000 28,816,000 1,097,000 -4,818,000 1,114,170,000 1,103,951,000 1,069,472,000 1,090,298,000 1,060,427,000 1,106,165,000 1,011,019,000 1,046,650,000 1,129,626,000 1,102,457,000 1,014,969,000 985,243,000 943,404,000 1,037,409,000 975,255,000 909,114,000 860,879,000 812,220,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      7,228,000 6,334,000 4,773,000 2,987,000 3,503,000 2,285,000 413,000 493,000    43,000                                                                   
        total shareholders’ equity
      8,186,140,000 8,012,131,000 7,703,663,000 7,413,707,000 7,342,585,000 7,260,238,000 7,000,179,000 6,749,119,000 6,451,884,000 6,297,705,000 5,935,251,000 5,541,772,000 6,093,806,000 6,188,491,000 5,961,624,000 6,261,986,000 6,189,801,000 6,137,135,000 6,249,925,000 6,661,238,000 6,985,519,000 7,356,071,000 7,209,454,000 6,702,500,000 6,648,295,000 6,749,160,000 6,572,669,000 6,417,393,000 6,355,888,000 6,378,942,000 6,236,318,000 6,125,774,000 5,744,155,000 5,687,095,000 5,528,881,000 5,406,294,000 5,361,852,000 5,413,361,000 5,388,383,000 5,343,593,000 5,418,934,000 5,385,858,000 5,343,637,000 5,095,993,000 4,832,227,000 5,274,954,000 5,231,476,000 5,178,899,000 4,734,862,000 4,810,410,000 4,591,432,000 4,554,012,000 4,373,564,000 4,219,656,000 3,817,390,000 2,831,695,000 2,763,464,000 2,766,803,000 2,730,607,000 2,703,873,000 1,796,777,000 1,745,747,000 1,702,941,000 1,721,477,000 1,686,814,000 1,720,795,000 1,614,287,000 1,647,817,000 1,727,966,000 1,684,465,000 1,577,490,000 1,538,876,000 1,488,083,000 1,576,920,000 1,501,660,000 1,402,145,000 1,337,747,000 1,288,068,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
      31,718,582,000 31,653,111,000 30,987,661,000 31,132,733,000 31,460,415,000 31,813,765,000 31,009,499,000 30,795,591,000 30,624,626,000 30,395,557,000 29,803,933,000 29,083,367,000 29,007,158,000 28,239,256,000 26,956,308,000 26,327,371,000 25,925,302,000 25,487,808,000 25,236,698,000 25,862,624,000 26,153,442,000 25,847,433,000 24,848,313,000 22,825,084,000 22,412,790,000 21,917,529,000 21,304,284,000 13,204,038,000 13,121,021,000 12,943,949,000 12,493,230,000 12,516,911,000 12,374,756,000 12,120,824,000 11,796,355,000  11,917,076,000                                          
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 219,939 and 219,663 shares issued and outstanding at january 31, 2025 and february 2, 2024, respectively
         192,447,000                                                                           
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 219,663 and 219,105 shares issued and outstanding at february 2, 2024 and february 3, 2023, respectively
             192,206,000                                                                       
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
              254,000 1,015,000 648,000  -723,000 -966,000 -1,002,000 -1,192,000 -1,435,000 -1,678,000 -1,921,000 -2,163,000 -2,406,000 -2,649,000 -2,892,000 -3,135,000 -3,378,000 -3,621,000 -3,864,000 -3,207,000 -3,451,000 -3,695,000 -3,938,000 -4,181,000 -4,383,000 -4,584,000 -4,789,000 -4,990,000 -5,206,000      -8,153,000  -9,512,000           -39,430,000 -23,055,000 -24,331,000 -30,639,000 -49,112,000 -941,000 -987,000 -659,000 -696,000 -740,000 -794,000 -839,000 -883,000 -928,000 -973,000 -1,009,000 -1,054,000 -1,108,000 -1,161,000 -1,206,000 -1,266,000 -1,311,000 -1,349,000 
        short-term borrowings
                250,000,000                                                                    
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 219,105 and 230,016 shares issued and outstanding at february 3, 2023 and january 28, 2022, respectively
                 191,718,000                                                                   
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 230,016 and 240,785 shares issued and outstanding at january 28, 2022 and january 29, 2021, respectively
                     201,265,000                                                               
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 240,785 and 251,936 shares issued and outstanding at january 29, 2021 and january 31, 2020, respectively
                         210,687,000                                                           
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 251,936 and 259,511 shares issued and outstanding at january 31, 2020 and february 1, 2019, respectively
                             220,444,000                                                       
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 259,511 and 268,733 shares issued and outstanding at february 1, 2019 and february 2, 2018, respectively
                                 227,072,000                                                   
        preferred stock, 1,000 shares authorized
                                                                                    
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 268,733 and 275,212 shares issued and outstanding at february 2, 2018 and february 3, 2017, respectively
                                     235,141,000                                               
        common stock; 0.875 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 275,212 and 286,694 shares issued and outstanding at february 3, 2017 and january 29, 2016, respectively
                                         240,811,000                                           
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                         11,672,298,000  11,617,370,000 11,316,384,000 11,288,293,000 11,195,195,000 10,956,550,000 10,877,372,000 10,825,794,000 10,601,884,000 10,775,974,000 10,699,630,000 10,493,697,000 10,273,677,000 10,103,474,000 9,770,208,000 9,735,882,000 9,529,103,000 9,714,864,000 9,349,574,000 8,889,199,000 8,940,101,000 8,909,790,000 8,662,999,000 8,656,431,000 3,074,309,000 3,040,514,000 3,206,303,000 3,245,197,000 3,063,467,000 2,992,187,000 2,930,781,000 2,840,366,000 2,904,538,000 2,841,004,000 2,828,017,000 2,655,005,000 2,673,769,000 4,186,875,000 2,589,194,000 2,365,381,000 2,355,967,000 2,991,591,000 
        see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                    
        redeemable common stock
                                                       5,601,000 5,644,000 7,309,000 9,271,000 9,267,000 14,783,000 13,924,000 13,150,000 11,157,000 9,112,000 9,122,000                   
        intangible assets
                                                         1,240,733,000 1,245,773,000 1,251,289,000 1,262,834,000 1,325,558,000 1,336,774,000 1,347,948,000 1,359,090,000 1,370,557,000                   
        short-term investments
                                                               2,597,000 48,571,000 19,611,000 27,371,000 29,950,000 29,400,000 21,530,000 18,825,000 8,850,000 1,417,000   42,925,000         
        preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized
                                                                                    
        common stock; 0.50 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 556,228 and 555,482 shares issued and outstanding at january 30, 2009 and february 1, 2008, respectively
                                                             278,114,000                       
        preferred stock, shares authorized: 1,000,000
                                                                                    
        series b junior participating preferred stock, stated value 0.50 per share; shares authorized: 10,000; issued: none
                                                                                    
        common stock; 0.50 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 555,482 shares issued and outstanding at february 1, 2008 and 500,000 shares authorized, 312,436 shares issued and outstanding at february 2, 2007, respectively.
                                                                 277,741,000                   
        other shareholders’ equity
                                                                  420,000 420,000 417,000 413,000 390,000 -4,799,000 -5,510,000 -6,197,000 -5,922,000 -2,705,000 -5,258,000 -4,709,000 -4,725,000      
        series b junior participating preferred stock, stated value 0.50 per share; shares authorized: 10,000,000; issued: none
                                                                                    
        other current assets
                                                                            100,523,000 94,637,000 73,738,000 21,363,000 65,301,000 57,494,000 52,080,000 19,004,000 
        property and equipment, at cost
                                                                            1,905,578,000 1,833,447,000 1,775,496,000 183,843,000 1,667,438,000 1,639,164,000 1,606,447,000 169,551,000 
        less accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                            828,951,000 794,401,000 757,849,000 81,281,000 687,951,000 652,701,000 618,336,000 65,677,000 
        balance sheet:
                                                                                    
        less common stock purchased by employee deferred compensation trust
                                                                               2,739,000    2,742,000 
        less unearned compensation related to outstanding restricted stock
                                                                               1,614,000     
        less other shareholders’ equity
                                                                                4,571,000 4,233,000 3,556,000  
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-10-31 2025-08-01 2025-05-02 2025-01-31 2024-11-01 2024-08-02 2024-05-03 2024-02-02 2023-11-03 2023-08-04 2023-05-05 2023-02-03 2022-10-28 2022-07-29 2022-04-29 2022-01-28 2021-10-29 2021-07-30 2021-04-30 2021-01-29 2020-10-30 2020-07-31 2020-05-01 2020-01-31 2019-11-01 2019-08-02 2019-05-03 2019-02-01 2018-11-02 2018-08-03 2018-05-04 2018-02-02 2017-11-03 2017-08-04 2017-05-05 2017-02-03 2016-10-28 2016-07-29 2016-04-29 2015-10-30 2015-07-31 2015-05-01 2014-10-31 2014-08-01 2014-05-02 2013-11-01 2013-08-02 2013-05-03 2012-11-02 2012-08-03 2012-05-04 2011-10-28 2011-07-29 2011-04-29 2008-10-31 2008-08-01 2008-05-02 2007-05-04 2007-02-02 2006-11-03 2006-08-04 2006-05-05 2006-02-03 2005-10-28 2005-07-29 2005-04-29 2005-01-28 2004-10-29 2004-07-30 2004-04-30 2004-01-30 2003-10-31 2003-08-01 2003-05-02 
                                                                                  
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                  
          net income
        282,657,000 411,426,000 391,928,000 191,217,000 196,529,000 374,190,000 363,317,000 401,813,000 276,246,000 468,835,000 514,380,000 659,135,000 526,167,000 678,030,000 552,657,000 597,433,000 487,031,000 637,019,000 677,749,000 642,743,000 574,260,000 787,601,000 650,446,000 535,437,000 365,550,000 426,555,000 385,013,000 483,241,000 334,142,000 407,237,000 364,852,000 712,155,000 252,533,000 294,783,000 279,489,000 414,176,000 235,315,000 306,518,000 295,124,000 253,321,000 282,349,000 253,235,000 236,316,000 251,260,000 222,398,000 237,385,000 245,475,000 220,083,000 207,685,000 214,140,000 213,415,000 171,164,000 146,042,000 156,969,000 26,328,000 33,634,000 5,916,000 34,875,000 50,090,000 -5,285,000 45,468,000 47,670,000 145,272,000 64,425,000 75,558,000 64,900,000 133,893,000 71,126,000 71,322,000 67,849,000 -197,870,000 77,903,000 59,936,000 60,332,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                  
          depreciation and amortization
        266,348,000 256,816,000 252,793,000 253,610,000 247,014,000 238,793,000 232,286,000 222,976,000 215,530,000 208,380,000 201,907,000 192,363,000 182,792,000 177,159,000 172,563,000 166,371,000 162,263,000 158,536,000 154,146,000 149,771,000 145,849,000 140,962,000 137,655,000 132,426,000 126,470,000 123,423,000 122,485,000 117,771,000 114,852,000 112,176,000 109,335,000 105,660,000 100,955,000 99,030,000 98,586,000 97,545,000 95,444,000 94,618,000 92,324,000 88,553,000 87,582,000 87,152,000 86,261,000 85,340,000 84,158,000 84,435,000 82,744,000 80,493,000 76,138,000 73,989,000 72,271,000 68,900,000 68,385,000 67,486,000 184,155,000 122,023,000 61,406,000 50,451,000 51,697,000 51,431,000 48,702,000 48,778,000 49,007,000 47,501,000 46,310,000 44,006,000 41,596,000 42,185,000 41,061,000 39,636,000 -113,094,039 38,231,000 38,127,000 36,756,000 
          deferred income taxes
        6,092,000 31,717,000 -7,682,000 -34,647,000 -743,000 -18,831,000 23,876,000 -18,311,000 33,011,000 7,705,000 50,442,000 68,334,000 85,546,000 -260,000 81,679,000 43,937,000 -333,000 11,961,000 58,794,000 23,769,000 -3,286,000 -10,291,000 24,784,000 41,099,000 6,190,000 -2,185,000 10,303,000 26,535,000 13,290,000 4,454,000 8,046,000 -175,221,000 30,823,000 -2,766,000 9,516,000 15,566,000 -10,366,000 -382,000 7,541,000      -18,542,000 1,320,000 -2,836,000 7,999,000    5,841,000 10,743,000 7,393,000 30,057,000 -18,208,000 -5,600,000 -4,948,000 7,610,000 -51,636,000 206,000 5,602,000 7,951,000 13,742,000 -16,789,000 3,340,000 -1,381,000 -1,885,000 16,458,000 12,559,000 -20,914,102 3,255,000 9,157,000 8,500,000 
          noncash share-based compensation
        20,370,000 22,704,000 30,273,000 10,043,000 14,054,000 12,795,000 21,846,000 11,187,000 6,811,000 8,810,000 25,083,000 15,150,000 15,469,000 15,148,000 26,945,000 18,660,000 19,615,000 16,370,000 23,533,000 17,243,000 16,889,000 15,509,000 18,968,000 12,984,000 11,100,000 10,874,000 13,631,000 9,688,000 9,412,000 9,373,000 12,406,000 9,375,000 8,109,000 7,907,000 8,932,000 9,291,000 8,188,000 9,235,000 10,253,000 9,248,000 9,517,000 10,125,000 9,378,000 9,568,000 8,752,000 5,529,000 5,533,000 5,310,000 5,133,000 5,465,000 4,759,000    7,206,000 4,516,000 2,346,000 3,469,000                 
          other noncash (gains) and losses
        65,397,000 83,362,000 5,025,000 245,833,000 10,475,000 24,824,000 15,052,000 9,981,000 21,634,000 28,737,000 28,630,000 165,030,000 151,372,000 145,543,000 68,585,000 76,118,000 63,886,000 37,996,000 13,040,000 2,304,000 3,089,000 4,608,000 1,569,000 -2,238,000 6,530,000 474,000 3,527,000 15,228,000 14,503,000 8,780,000 3,340,000 -1,699,000 1,428,000 9,237,000 2,122,000 -5,560,000 -146,000   -604,000 6,327,000 1,407,000                                 
          change in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                  
          merchandise inventories
        -137,366,000 -80,174,000 124,841,000 377,720,000 -124,143,000 -72,931,000 49,562,000 362,545,000 155,390,000 -215,863,000 -601,138,000 220,082,000 -356,690,000 -989,823,000 -538,921,000 -390,017,000 -80,059,000 -215,770,000 135,732,000 -223,566,000 -636,218,000 -283,945,000 567,902,000 -177,777,000 -79,921,000 -306,833,000 -14,252,000 -133,229,000 -95,179,000 -305,290,000 12,356,000 -8,273,000 -134,705,000 -162,929,000 -42,456,000 233,548,000   3,476,000      -51,536,000      6,499,000    -364,697,000 -217,439,000 -28,436,000 -11,977,000 244,819,000 -12,259,000 -98,913,000 -161,704,000 100,153,000 -113,867,000 5,281,000 -89,444,000 182,037,000 -179,031,000 -102,358,000 -120,044,000  -188,491,000 15,992,000 -77,670,000 
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        4,480,000 3,602,000 -29,329,000 14,088,000 37,475,000 -32,777,000 -42,650,000 -12,730,000 27,512,000 -21,492,000 -56,866,000 16,734,000 5,408,000 -52,762,000 -34,482,000 22,567,000 2,034,000 -30,241,000 -41,831,000 -2,991,000 13,712,000 -15,237,000 -12,000,000 9,892,000 -15,829,000 -1,124,000 -7,392,000 1,462,000 12,168,000 -29,021,000 3,294,000 -34,208,000 28,042,000 -30,898,000 -12,342,000 5,425,000         -24,210,000      5,370,000    -7,218,000 -6,060,000 -3,545,000 -552,000 -558,000 -781,000 8,357,000 -12,429,000 -5,591,000 -3,244,000 861,000 -5,464,000         
          accounts payable
        361,655,000 146,257,000 -35,080,000 -191,892,000 188,517,000 401,976,000 -95,686,000 -71,817,000 947,000 -8,553,000 116,363,000 -572,200,000 -244,868,000 450,236,000 172,110,000 160,491,000 183,626,000 49,824,000 -295,206,000 -174,210,000 358,888,000 450,792,000 110,126,000 3,213,000 102,197,000 283,510,000 39,707,000 64,662,000 39,690,000 265,819,000 5,043,000 43,810,000 92,027,000 235,444,000 56,630,000 -382,782,000 225,492,000   -57,735,000 93,492,000 40,123,000 -3,872,000 166,743,000 -62,361,000    62,218,000   -2,354,000   169,276,000 262,415,000 52,860,000 -62,870,000 34,864,000 -21,270,000 -29,517,000 69,467,000 -16,666,000 41,683,000 1,687,000 60,526,000 -64,975,000 35,905,000 -39,578,000 90,906,000 -98,259,820 87,788,000 -4,507,000 15,921,000 
          accrued expenses and other liabilities
        122,647,000 170,300,000 -2,988,000 -46,124,000 28,175,000 94,948,000 14,814,000 -42,991,000 16,240,000 164,366,000 -176,804,000 -79,543,000 31,745,000 138,773,000 -116,384,000 -74,238,000 62,389,000 111,264,000 -136,743,000 31,277,000 84,112,000 192,095,000 81,113,000 -8,584,000 50,292,000 106,293,000 -47,679,000 -18,151,000 22,912,000 116,220,000 -55,124,000 16,746,000 32,150,000 66,262,000 -39,511,000 -7,746,000 35,548,000   29,464,000   9,058,000 31,045,000 30,932,000 -2,190,000 58,028,000 7,709,000       192,983,000 68,692,000                   
          income taxes
        16,276,000 -76,287,000 122,847,000 -15,757,000 -51,945,000 -31,538,000 83,797,000 86,765,000 -43,849,000 -104,605,000 86,992,000 53,220,000 -93,566,000 -61,985,000 64,814,000 19,642,000 9,796,000 -160,093,000 116,013,000 25,729,000 -80,496,000 -108,604,000 156,849,000 31,672,000 -41,465,000 -82,005,000 71,394,000 62,039,000 -48,707,000 -42,218,000 85,276,000 -9,129,000 -54,435,000 -239,077,000 146,137,000 101,208,000   89,294,000   75,865,000   71,527,000      19,306,000   6,671,000 -24,606,000 18,892,000 -1,387,000 -1,736,000 -9,103,000 44,991,000 -50,817,000 -20,236,000    -15,086,000 47,875,000 2,213,000 -18,873,000 -7,422,000 52,542,079 5,371,000 -27,354,000 -30,555,000 
          other
        -4,586,000 -2,023,000 -5,473,000 -3,190,000 -2,974,000 -2,526,000 -2,408,000 361,000 5,826,000 -714,000 2,126,000 -1,937,000 -3,204,000 -1,559,000 -50,000 -1,869,000 -1,076,000 -2,313,000 -2,236,000 550,000 -594,000 -2,481,000 -1,086,000 -1,236,000 -525,000 -2,656,000 -2,542,000 187,000 -255,000 92,000 -176,000 12,000 -277,000 -1,225,000 -143,000 -44,000         -484,000          12,643,000 12,497,000 104,000 456,000 -4,285,000 2,618,000 -1,832,000 2,079,000 1,183,000 2,140,000 10,378,000 -170,000 233,000 4,483,000 -1,581,000 -15,512,000  218,000 -7,000 1,763,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        1,003,970,000 967,700,000 847,155,000 800,901,000 542,434,000 988,923,000 663,806,000 949,779,000 715,298,000 535,606,000 191,115,000 736,368,000 300,171,000 498,500,000 449,516,000 639,095,000 909,172,000 614,553,000 702,991,000 492,619,000 476,205,000 1,171,009,000 1,736,326,000 576,888,000 530,589,000 556,326,000 574,195,000 629,433,000 416,828,000 548,641,000 548,648,000 659,228,000 356,650,000 275,768,000 510,462,000 480,627,000 331,080,000 389,381,000 403,953,000 223,491,000 213,159,000 343,893,000 353,623,000 235,464,000 251,460,000 276,460,000 336,889,000 147,226,000 317,394,000 180,853,000 192,639,000 206,060,000 174,867,000 223,572,000 261,142,000 296,524,000 151,561,000 29,286,000 385,597,000 105,898,000 -70,022,000 -16,116,000 320,768,000 35,701,000 144,265,000 54,751,000 368,855,000 2,856,000 -35,589,000 53,614,000 -170,505,142 57,218,000 113,973,000 -308,000 
          capital expenditures
        -350,427,000 -414,859,000 -161,778,000 -293,170,000 -353,794,000 -358,904,000 -213,039,000 -452,302,000 -503,375,000 -393,777,000 -202,631,000 -484,259,000 -405,868,000 -379,383,000 -140,378,000 -245,886,000 -281,855,000 -214,999,000 -184,131,000 -312,594,000 -262,433,000 -233,244,000 -101,633,000 -253,494,000 -210,096,000 -157,632,000 -53,373,000 -199,429,000 -177,862,000 -195,481,000 -97,946,000 -169,911,000 -169,229,000 -148,083,000 -96,055,000 -162,130,000 1,847,000 4,515,000 40,285,000 -8,768,000 7,751,000 38,676,000 2,965,000 6,357,000 -58,449,000 -11,211,000 -10,911,000 54,162,000 -6,348,000 7,191,000 39,726,000 11,949,000 -3,373,000 35,649,000 -159,709,000 -80,100,000 -26,753,000 -23,299,000 -40,472,000 -62,977,000 -79,150,000 -59,881,000 -67,263,000 -71,239,000 -71,998,000 -61,673,000 -74,380,000 -84,947,000 -84,064,000 -34,016,000 96,907,474 -30,925,000 -35,435,000 -30,012,000 
          free cash flows
        653,543,000 552,841,000 685,377,000 507,731,000 188,640,000 630,019,000 450,767,000 497,477,000 211,923,000 141,829,000 -11,516,000 252,109,000 -105,697,000 119,117,000 309,138,000 393,209,000 627,317,000 399,554,000 518,860,000 180,025,000 213,772,000 937,765,000 1,634,693,000 323,394,000 320,493,000 398,694,000 520,822,000 430,004,000 238,966,000 353,160,000 450,702,000 489,317,000 187,421,000 127,685,000 414,407,000 318,497,000 332,927,000 393,896,000 444,238,000 214,723,000 220,910,000 382,569,000 356,588,000 241,821,000 193,011,000 265,249,000 325,978,000 201,388,000 311,046,000 188,044,000 232,365,000 218,009,000 171,494,000 259,221,000 101,433,000 216,424,000 124,808,000 5,987,000 345,125,000 42,921,000 -149,172,000 -75,997,000 253,505,000 -35,538,000 72,267,000 -6,922,000 294,475,000 -82,091,000 -119,653,000 19,598,000 -73,597,668 26,293,000 78,538,000 -30,320,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment
        -313,540,000 -402,990,000 -290,928,000 -272,791,000 -341,414,000 -353,708,000 -341,975,000 -459,715,000 -472,572,000 -404,794,000 -363,141,000 -482,374,000 -419,424,000 -377,204,000 -281,580,000 -291,054,000 -260,940,000 -240,736,000 -277,730,000 -330,365,000 -273,431,000 -228,733,000 -195,434,000 -266,792,000 -224,991,000 -148,303,000 -144,757,000 -183,464,000 -179,948,000 -206,338,000 -164,630,000 -157,840,000 -174,566,000 -170,531,000 -143,519,000 -154,397,000         -84,088,000          -159,709,000 -80,100,000 -35,373,000 -34,101,000 -40,472,000 -64,733,000 -79,208,000 -77,102,000 -67,263,000 -77,255,000 -74,533,000 -65,061,000 -82,638,000 -84,724,000 -73,750,000 -51,060,000     
          proceeds from sales of property and equipment
        826,000 1,872,000 552,000 1,434,000 602,000 711,000 814,000 1,236,000 1,729,000 1,695,000 1,539,000 2,848,000 222,000 1,430,000 736,000 935,000 2,163,000 998,000 807,000 1,466,000 536,000 585,000 466,000 448,000 443,000 1,014,000 453,000 942,000 486,000 718,000 631,000 423,000 662,000 212,000 131,000 5,027,000 1,907,000 2,103,000 323,000 556,000 94,000 163,000 896,000 589,000 103,000 692,000 183,000 75,000 718,000 307,000 119,000             263,000           
          net cash from investing activities
        -312,714,000 -401,118,000 -290,376,000 -271,357,000 -340,812,000 -352,997,000 -341,161,000 -458,479,000 -470,843,000 -403,099,000 -361,602,000 -479,526,000 -419,202,000 -375,774,000 -280,844,000 -290,119,000 -258,777,000 -239,738,000 -276,923,000 -328,899,000 -272,895,000 -228,148,000 -194,968,000 -266,344,000 -224,548,000 -147,289,000 -144,304,000 -182,522,000 -179,462,000 -205,620,000 -163,999,000 -157,417,000 -173,904,000 -170,319,000 -143,388,000 -149,370,000         -83,985,000          -107,094,000 -30,370,000 -32,206,000 -33,602,000 -42,611,000 -62,851,000 -84,418,000 -92,084,000 -91,564,000 -76,992,000 -73,833,000 -22,014,000 -53,667,000 -84,660,000 -73,689,000 -51,031,000 146,244,921 -30,995,000 -85,252,000 -30,063,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                  
          repayments of long-term obligations
        -605,288,000 -4,323,000 -505,306,000 -4,605,000 -755,284,000 -5,136,000 -5,205,000 -5,361,000 -5,519,000 -4,338,000 -4,505,000 -3,599,000 -903,035,000 -1,662,000 -3,034,000 -690,000 -2,776,000 -1,183,000 -1,753,000 -2,076,000 -1,527,000 -482,000 -555,000 -940,000 -525,000 -344,000 -1,313,000 -175,334,000 -400,330,000 -749,000 -1,343,000 -309,000 -750,275,000 -1,836,000         -1,434,000          -3,223,000 -2,195,000 -1,045,000 -2,653,000 -2,701,000 -2,533,000 -6,520,000 -2,364,000 -3,478,000 -2,649,000 -3,461,000 -4,722,000 -228,000 -3,892,000 -4,356,000 -4,063,000 11,800,247 -3,829,000 -3,893,000 -4,086,000 
          costs associated with issuance of debt
          1,000    10,000   -404,000        49,000 -13,623,000                                                    
          payments of cash dividends
        -129,867,000 -129,899,000 -129,819,000 -129,746,000 -129,755,000 -129,746,000 -129,736,000 -129,598,000 -129,496,000 -129,484,000 -129,401,000 -121,303,000 -122,961,000 -124,200,000 -125,262,000 -96,768,000 -97,313,000 -98,275,000 -99,832,000 -87,296,000 -88,362,000 -89,651,000 -90,617,000 -80,792,000 -81,640,000 -82,380,000 -82,756,000 -75,295,000 -76,520,000 -77,051,000 -77,657,000 -69,997,000 -70,595,000 -71,045,000 -71,294,000 -68,886,000                                       
          other equity and related transactions
        -45,000 2,676,000 -4,212,000 125,000 303,000 947,000 -4,287,000 13,595,000 1,379,000 13,925,000 -17,187,000 2,672,000 32,851,000 6,476,000 -8,119,000 42,379,000 2,849,000 31,650,000 -12,653,000 2,674,000 28,348,000 34,451,000 -9,006,000 1,407,000 4,209,000 6,188,000 10,300,000 3,619,000 7,631,000 2,359,000 2,017,000 10,861,000 1,810,000 1,346,000 -5,984,000 702,000 -215,000 3,425,000 7,198,000 485,000 4,772,000 886,000                                 
          net cash from financing activities
        -735,200,000 -132,033,000 -639,337,000 -134,225,000 -887,056,000 -133,935,000 -139,228,000 -319,464,000 -232,026,000 -92,553,000 101,975,000 -237,997,000 155,499,000 -132,076,000 -177,888,000 -492,809,000 -475,399,000 -749,204,000 -1,114,590,000 -986,586,000 -963,471,000 -657,169,000 892,234,000 -346,300,000 -289,533,000 -420,580,000 -394,267,000 -472,112,000 -241,966,000 -361,703,000 -368,120,000 -460,562,000 -170,727,000 -97,253,000 -349,012,000 -343,578,000         -506,711,000   17,068,000       -103,667,000 -104,733,000 -103,660,000 19,445,000 -244,612,000 -38,485,000 168,916,000 -20,533,000 -121,364,000 -11,890,000 -161,005,000 -29,044,000 -75,811,000 26,171,000 -46,140,000 -143,978,000 7,387,654 9,971,000 -2,391,000 -15,001,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        -43,944,000 434,549,000 -82,558,000 395,319,000 -685,434,000 501,991,000 183,417,000 171,836,000 12,429,000 39,954,000 -68,512,000 18,845,000 36,468,000 -9,350,000 -9,216,000 -143,833,000 174,996,000 -374,389,000 -688,522,000 -822,866,000 -760,161,000 285,692,000 2,433,592,000 -35,756,000 16,508,000 -11,543,000 35,624,000 -25,201,000 -4,600,000 -18,682,000 16,529,000 41,249,000 12,019,000 8,196,000 18,062,000 -12,321,000   29,740,000      -339,236,000 -3,503,000 13,694,000 14,717,000 8,423,000 1,627,000 6,404,000   105,017,000 50,381,000 161,421,000 15,695,000 15,129,000    -128,733,000    3,693,000 239,377,000    -16,872,567   -45,372,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        932,576,000 537,283,000 381,576,000 344,829,000 1,376,577,000 240,320,000 235,487,000 267,441,000 187,915,000 157,947,000 579,823,000 505,566,000 140,809,000 126,126,000 497,446,000 100,209,000 100,209,000 100,209,000 189,288,000  200,609,000  232,830,000  398,278,000  121,318,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        -43,944,000 434,549,000 850,018,000 395,319,000 -685,434,000 501,991,000 720,700,000 171,836,000 12,429,000 39,954,000 313,064,000 18,845,000 36,468,000 -9,350,000 335,613,000 -143,833,000 174,996,000 -374,389,000 688,055,000 -822,866,000 -760,161,000 285,692,000 2,673,912,000 -35,756,000 16,508,000 -11,543,000 271,111,000 -25,201,000 -4,600,000 -18,682,000 283,970,000 41,249,000 12,019,000 8,196,000 205,977,000 -12,321,000 15,203,000 -2,654,000 187,687,000 1,989,000 -44,591,000 225,116,000 43,681,000 6,144,000 166,330,000 -3,503,000 13,694,000 155,526,000 8,423,000 1,627,000 132,530,000 5,530,000 -489,413,000 602,463,000 150,590,000 261,630,000 115,904,000 204,417,000  4,562,000 14,476,000 71,876,000  -53,181,000 -90,573,000 236,523,000  -55,633,000 -155,418,000 256,883,000  36,194,000 26,330,000 75,946,000 
          supplemental noncash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                  
          right of use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
        435,162,000 439,616,000 420,108,000 271,121,000 478,543,000 438,130,000 404,716,000 556,272,000 502,876,000 359,731,000 386,055,000 522,673,000 470,145,000 447,272,000 396,628,000 405,172,000 479,619,000 476,024,000 417,749,000 401,819,000 450,574,000 450,898,000 418,239,000 394,254,000 464,236,000 488,692,000 358,806,000                                                
          purchases of property and equipment awaiting processing for payment, included in accounts payable
        -36,887,000 -11,869,000 129,150,000 -20,379,000 -12,380,000 -5,196,000 128,936,000 7,413,000 -30,803,000 11,017,000 160,510,000 -1,885,000 13,556,000 -2,179,000 141,202,000 45,168,000 -20,915,000 25,737,000 93,599,000 17,771,000 10,998,000 -4,511,000 93,801,000 13,298,000 14,895,000 -9,329,000 91,384,000 -15,965,000 2,086,000 10,857,000 66,684,000 -12,071,000 5,337,000 22,448,000 47,464,000 -7,733,000 1,847,000 4,515,000 40,285,000 -8,768,000 7,751,000 38,676,000 2,965,000 6,357,000 25,639,000 -11,211,000 -10,911,000 54,162,000 -6,348,000 7,191,000 39,726,000 11,949,000 -3,373,000 35,649,000   8,620,000 10,639,000  425,000 -1,884,000 16,344,000  4,578,000 1,268,000 2,810,000 8,104,000 -549,000 -11,128,000 16,494,000     
          issuance of long-term obligations
                        1,494,315,000     499,495,000 599,556,000           2,297,177,000                          
          net increase in commercial paper outstanding
               -198,100,000 -98,400,000 -1,208,468,000 3,068,000 990,800,000 -584,433,000 335,933,000 705,300,000     -425,200,000 149,100,000 189,900,000 -159,400,000 -121,300,000 -40,100,000 126,200,000 87,800,000 -237,200,000 -119,700,000 34,400,000 47,800,000 -22,800,000 37,500,000                                       
          borrowings under revolving credit facilities
               500,000,000         300,000,000             1,000,000 832,000,000 751,000,000 857,000,000 432,100,000 13,000,000 51,000,000 541,000,000 431,000,000 347,000,000 329,000,000 494,900,000            814,700,000 836,250,000 116,500,000             
          repayments of borrowings under revolving credit facilities
               -250,000,000 -250,000,000         -300,000,000                     -141,000,000          -102,500,000 -102,500,000    -835,400,000 -648,250,000 -51,500,000             
          repurchases of common stock
                   -1,106,163,000 -546,455,000 -348,623,000 -746,773,000 -489,762,000 -359,759,000 -699,796,000 -1,000,352,000 -899,888,000 -901,930,000 -601,536,000 -63,080,000 -415,075,000 -400,327,000 -184,988,000 -199,986,000 -359,992,000 -297,964,000 -199,537,000 -150,001,000 -280,977,000 -134,999,000 -74,981,000 -88,755,000 -311,058,000         -800,095,000          -788,000 -513,000 -10,000  -79,947,000 -36,895,000 -87,952,000 -147,693,000 -25,062,000 -10,933,000 -28,971,000 -35,802,000 -133,589,000     
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                  
          cash paid for:
                                                                                  
          interest
                                                                                  
          loss on debt retirement
                                     3,502,000           18,871,000 28,991,000 1,629,000 58,136,000 2,167,000                     
          costs associated with issuance and retirement of debt
                                  60,000 -4,444,000 -64,000 -9,460,000                                        
          supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                  
          debt issuance costs
                                                                                  
          supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                  
          net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                  
          tax benefit of share-based awards
                                               640,000 1,612,000 26,317,000 -22,653,000 20,392,000 -9,398,000 4,446,000                             
          other noncash gains and losses
                                                  4,035,000 3,315,000 224,000   148,000 6,216,000 504,000 2,828,000                        
          payments for cash flow hedge related to debt issuance
                                                                                  
          other equity transactions, net of employee taxes paid
                                                    -4,580,000                              
          see notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment under capital lease obligations
                                                                 163,000  1,331,000 1,942,000 877,000  1,438,000 1,267,000 578,000 154,000 326,000 814,000 550,000     
          tax benefit of stock options
                                                       21,633,000 26,100,000 40,646,000 18,589,000 15,651,000 16,000 434,000 -576,000 475,000                   
          borrowings under revolving credit facility
                                                        668,000,000 450,500,000 584,900,000            83,600,000            
          repayments of borrowings under revolving credit facility
                                                                -102,500,000      -158,600,000            
          debt issue costs
                                                                                  
          equity transactions with employees, net of taxes paid
                                                                                  
          repurchase of common stock from principal shareholder
                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                  
          non-cash share-based compensation
                                                           4,171,000 3,279,000 3,519,000                     
          other non-cash gains and losses
                                                           13,947,000 13,135,000 4,574,000                     
          accrued expenses and other
                                                           71,594,000 -20,411,000 38,810,000   67,897,000 25,647,000  18,893,000 8,744,000 6,118,000 783,000 25,202,000 25,215,000 -10,824,000 -4,939,000 31,815,000 17,347,000 -9,175,000 -49,023,248 33,109,000 25,128,000 -9,198,000 
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
                                                           256,000 106,000 367,000 971,000 683,000 94,000 169,000 326,000 649,000 372,000 303,000    122,000 3,170,000 64,000 61,000 29,000 -194,961 54,000 75,000 66,000 
          issuance of common stock
                                                           12,000 165,000 2,268,000                    
          borrowings under revolving credit agreement
                                                           1,113,400,000                       
          repayments of borrowings under revolving credit agreement
                                                                                  
          repurchases of common stock and settlement of equity awards, net of employee taxes paid
                                                                                  
          repurchases of equity
                                                                                  
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                                 34,281,000 6,005,000 306,000 2,649,000 10,934,000 7,364,000 3,600,000 4,947,000 13,494,000 13,003,000 6,840,000 7,739,000 6,546,000 -39,610,515 25,446,000 13,520,000 694,000 
          payment of cash dividends and related amounts
                                                                                  
          noncash inventory adjustments and asset impairments
                                                              35,587,000    -1,098,000                
          merger, net of cash acquired
                                                                                  
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                              -9,903,000 -9,903,000 -9,903,000  -39,199,000 -10,476,000 -102,525,000 -9,000,000 -21,250,000         
          sales of short-term investments
                                                              61,547,000 58,950,000 12,976,000 6,000,000 40,975,000 2,150,000 2,400,000 6,000,000 93,675,000 9,000,000 64,175,000         
          purchases of long-term investments
                                                                 -5,670,000 -4,241,000 -917,000 -9,789,000 -10,809,000             
          purchase of promissory notes
                                                                              49,532,418   
          sale and insurance proceeds related to property and equipment
                                                                                  
          net borrowings (repayments) under revolving credit facility
                                                                                  
          payment of cash dividends
                                                                 -15,712,000 -15,608,000 -15,581,000 -15,597,000 -15,686,000 -14,184,000 -14,403,000 -14,451,000 -13,145,000 -13,118,000 -13,116,000 -13,129,000 -13,319,000 35,089,117 -11,762,000 -11,701,000 -11,673,000 
          exercises (repurchases) of stock options
                                                                                  
          noncash unrealized loss on interest rate swaps
                                                              4,000                    
          noncash lifo charge
                                                               16,037,000                   
          tax benefit from stock option exercises
                                                               -475,000  -3,529,000 -615,000 -17,000 -420,000 -1,461,000 2,448,000 199,000 843,000 2,967,000 4,042,000 1,931,000 1,512,000 2,172,000 -10,765,435 7,641,000 2,915,000 224,000 
          noncash unrealized gain on interest rate swap
                                                                                  
          other financing activities
                                                                -105,000  -623,000 6,000 -36,000 69,000 829,000 19,000 -347,000 391,000 -35,000 810,000 -592,000 447,000 137,073 116,000 -317,000 64,000 
          noncash unrealized loss on interest rate swap
                                                                                  
          purchases of promissory notes
                                                                                  
          insurance proceeds related to property and equipment
                                                                                
          exchange of shares and stock options in business combination
                                                                                  
          elimination of financing obligations
                                                                                  
          elimination of promissory notes receivable
                                                                                  
          statement of operations data:
                                                                                  
          net sales
                                                                                  
          cost of goods sold
                                                                                  
          gross profit
                                                                                  
          selling, general and administrative
                                                                                  
          transaction and related costs
                                                                                  
          operating profit
                                                                                  
          interest income
                                                                                  
          interest expense
                                                                                  
          loss on interest rate swaps
                                                                                  
          income before taxes
                                                                                  
          income tax expense
                                                                                  
          statement of cash flows data:
                                                                                  
          net cash provided by:
                                                                                  
          operating activities
                                                                                  
          investing activities
                                                                                  
          financing activities
                                                                                  
          total capital expenditures
                                                                                  
          other financial and operating data:
                                                                                  
          same store sales growth
                                                                                  
          number of stores
                                                                                  
          selling square feet
                                                                                  
          net sales per square foot
                                                                                  
          highly consumable sales
                                                                                  
          seasonal sales
                                                                                  
          home product sales
                                                                                  
          basic clothing sales
                                                                                  
          rent expense
                                                                                  
          balance sheet data
                                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
                                                                                  
          total assets
                                                                                  
          total debt
                                                                                  
          total shareholders’ equity
                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from (used in) operating activities:
                                                                                  
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                  98,374,000 4,562,000    -53,181,000     -155,418,000 -141,395,000     
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                                  
          cash paid during year for:
                                                                                  
          issuance of long-term borrowings
                                                                                  
          investments awaiting settlement, included in accounts payable
                                                                                  
          reduction of financing obligations
                                                                                 
          reduction of promissory notes receivable
                                                                                 
          income taxes payable
                                                                       -42,080,000           
          repurchases of common stock awaiting settlement, included in accounts payable
                                                                                  
          litigation settlement
                                                                                  
          other current assets
                                                                           -5,886,000 -20,899,000 -7,355,000 19,594,677 -7,807,000 -5,414,000 -6,381,000 
          net borrowings under revolving credit facilities
                                                                                  
          repurchases of common stock included in accounts payable
                                                                             18,996,000     
          statements of cash flows:
                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
                                                                                  
          from operating activities:
                                                                                  
          equity in subsidiaries’ earnings
                                                                                  
          other, including other assets
                                                                                  
          purchase of property and equipment
                                                                              96,907,474 -31,049,000 -35,745,000 -30,129,000 
          issuance of long-term notes receivable
                                                                                  
          contribution of capital
                                                                                  
          purchase of property and equipment under capital lease obligations
                                                                               124,000 310,000 117,000