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The increase was stronger than expected, and we were impressed with the rebound in spending especially after the snowstorms in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

We returned to more normal winter weather in February.

If you take gasoline out, it's still a good number.

Everything was just a little bit softer in September than we anticipated, and everything was a little bit softer even than that in October, ... showed very good strength.

Gasoline prices have really come off in the last month and a half. That effect has really come off.

It was a solid increase this year, but not generally spectacular.

Growth rates (on sales) are comparable to what we saw before the hurricanes nationally.

Online started out strong and they maintained their strength through the season, even late in the season when we expected it to trail off.