At the same time, we saw solid sales increases in the front-end of the store, especially during the Christmas and Valentine's Day seasons.

Pharmacy drives our business, and while this quarter saw the impact of a much milder flu season than a year ago, we continue to increase pharmacy market share and our prescription growth continues to outpace the industry.

The Christmas sales exceeded our forecast. We have raised our forecast for a second time.

The season's busiest days occurred on Dec. 12 and 13, but we've seen continued sales momentum as Christmas neared.

It's going to come down to how sales are pre-Christmas, what we hear from the retail sector, ... I would expect next week, while remaining positive, to have not as robust a move as we saw this week.

With Christmas and all, it's a difficult time to be thinking about baseball, but we feel the earlier we can start planning for next season the better.