A less obvious reason for the strong sales is Federal law.

It has recently come back with the help of a new chief executive and strong sales.

Ford, he said, expected three to four more years of strong sales.

"The effect of the new tax law was gone by March, and we should have seen stronger sales."

It was the only country in which this happened, probably due to its strong sales there.

The company also cited strong sales of a new product line.

"We've seen more drugs recently that are primarily for women have some strong sales."

But there is little consensus about just how strong sales will be this year.

But the store reports strong sales from black and white shoppers.

They do not produce strong sales immediately but have what the industry calls legs and sell for several years.