Walgreens Oct. Sales Rise 6.9% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Drugstore chain Walgreens (WAG) recorded sales of $6.80 billion in October, an increase of 6.9 percent from $6.36 billion for the same month in fiscal 2014.

Total front-end sales rose by 2.7 percent in October compared with last year, while comparable store front-end sales increased 2.0 percent. Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 1.9 percent while basket size increased 3.9 percent.

October pharmacy sales increased by 9.9 percent. Comparable-store pharmacy sales increased 7.5 percent and increased by a calendar day-shift adjusted 8.0 percent. Calendar day shifts negatively impacted pharmacy sales in comparable stores by 0.5 percentage point.