All of this is intended to get a larger share of the wallet.

The financial justification of opening store B near store A is based on incremental sales generated from store B,

Higher gas prices mean less disposable income for Wal-Mart shoppers,

I love the inventory turnover. But you want to know what's even more important than that? It's the product availability. If you're able to do that I think you can figure out how quickly the ROI improves.

This impacted our operating profit by $30 million and our total utility expense rose by $100 million in the quarter,

As fuel prices go up, it dampens our store sales.

Our share price will track our performance, ... Just give it some time.

Right now, the middle of the range seems reasonable,

The reason that we are going through so much change all at once right now is to drive a better share price.

With Easter being three weeks later this year than 2005, we expected weaker sales in March. We anticipate the April four-week period to be stronger, with comp sales of 4 to 6 percent.