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01The company operates over 5,200 stores and sells merchandise at prices generally 20% to 60% below full-price retailers' regular prices on comparable merchandise, every day The company has increased its long-term global store target to 7,500 stores, reflecting an increase to Marmaxx and HomeGoods store targets by 300 and 200 stores, respectively Store count and selling square footage each increased approximately 3% compared to the end of the second quarter last year

02Consolidated comp sales increased 4% for the second quarter, driven by a higher average basket and an increase in customer transactions HomeGoods segment comp sales increased 7% for the second quarter and 8% for the first six months

03Marmaxx segment profit margin increased to 15.6% for the second quarter compared to 14.2% for the same period last year, driven by a net benefit from tariff refunds and favorable merchandise margin due to higher markon Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales decreased 2.7 percentage points for the second quarter, driven by a net benefit from tariff refunds and favorable merchandise margin due to higher markon

04Strong free cash generation funds simultaneous debt retirement and aggressive buybacks without incremental leverage, reducing share count and supporting per-share earnings growth independent of top-line acceleration.