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<p style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#F20017" size="2"><b>3. Cost of Sales and Selling, General and Administrative Expenses</b></font></p>
<p style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2"> The following table illustrates the primary costs classified in each major expense category:</font></p>
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<th style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" align="left"><font size="2"><b> <br /></b></font><font size="2"><b>Cost of Sales</b></font><br /></th>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial"><font size="2">Total cost of products sold including<br />
• Freight expenses associated with moving<br />
merchandise from our vendors to our<br />
distribution centers and our retail stores, and<br />
among our distribution and retail facilities<br />
• Vendor income that is not reimbursement of<br />
specific, incremental and identifiable costs<br />
Inventory shrink<br />
Markdowns<br />
Outbound shipping and handling expenses<br />
associated with sales to our guests<br />
Payment term cash discounts<br />
Distribution center costs, including compensation<br />
and benefits costs</font></p></td>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial" align="left"><font size="2">Compensation and benefit costs including<br />
• Stores<br />
• Headquarters<br />
Occupancy and operating costs of retail and<br />
headquarters facilities<br />
Advertising, offset by vendor income that is a<br />
reimbursement of specific, incremental and<br />
identifiable costs<br />
Pre-opening costs of stores and other facilities<br />
Other administrative costs</font></p></td></tr>
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<p style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2">The classification of these expenses varies across the retail industry. </font></p></td></tr></table>
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