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To: Robert Douglas who wrote (287)9/5/2000 2:29:29 PM
From: Robert Douglas  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 297
 
Here are the same-store sales comparisons for SPLS, ODP and OMX for the last four years. My experience in many years of investing in retail stocks has been that there is no more important number than same-store sales in picking investments.

1996
ODP: 4.0%
OMX: 11.0%
SPLS: 14.5%

1997
ODP: 1.0%
OMX: 1.1%
SPLS: 9.0%

1998
ODP: 3.0%
OMX: 0.5%
SPLS: 10.8%

1999
ODP: 2.5%
OMX: 0.3%
SPLS: 9.3%