Walgreens September Comps. Up 7.9% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Walgreens Co.(WAG) reported that comparable stores sales for the month of September 2014 increased by 7.9 percent. Calendar day shifts positively impacted total comparable sales by 1.8 percentage points. Generic drug introductions in the last 12 months negatively impacted total comparable sales by 1.3 percentage points.

Monthly sales were $6.48 billion, an increase of 9.4 percent from $5.92 billion for the same month in fiscal 2014.

Total front-end sales increased 2.2 percent in September compared with the same month in fiscal 2014, while comparable store front-end sales increased 1.7 percent. Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 2.7 percent while basket size increased 4.4 percent.