<ARTICLE> 5
<RESTATED>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
<PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS 3-MOS 3-MOS YEAR
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> JAN-31-1998 JAN-31-1998 JAN-31-1998 FEB-01-1997
<PERIOD-START> FEB-02-1997 MAY-04-1997 AUG-03-1997 FEB-04-1996
<PERIOD-END> MAY-03-1997 AUG-02-1997 NOV-01-1997 FEB-01-1997
<CASH> 152,582 317,352 431,156 148,794
<SECURITIES> 0 0 0 0
<RECEIVABLES> 2,661,052 2,498,148 2,513,143 2,834,321
<ALLOWANCES> 0 0 0 0
<INVENTORY> 3,384,883 3,371,584 4,287,328 3,245,996
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 6,385,377<F1> 6,422,054<F6> 7,467,419<F10> 6,427,302<F14>
<PP&E> 6,419,547 6,371,055 6,423,168 6,524,757
<DEPRECIATION> 0 0 0 0
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 14,100,050<F2> 13,874,132<F7> 14,931,541<F11> 14,264,143<F15>
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 3,489,364 3,991,260 4,975,422 3,595,699
<BONDS> 4,514,247 3,732,269 3,682,499 4,605,916
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 0 0 0
<PREFERRED> 0 0 0 0
<COMMON> 0 0 0 0
<OTHER-SE> 0 0 0 0
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 14,100,050<F3> 13,874,132<F8> 14,931,541<F12> 14,264,143<F16>
<SALES> 3,409,091 3,452,829 3,746,276 15,228,999
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 0 0 0 0
<CGS> 0 0 0 0
<TOTAL-COSTS> 2,086,865 2,098,671 2,286,919 9,354,367
<OTHER-EXPENSES> 1,174,166 1,142,298 1,191,396 4,981,433
<LOSS-PROVISION> 0 0 0 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 114,725 106,358 100,957 498,616
<INCOME-PRETAX> 43,683<F4> 112,597<F9> 176,083<F13> 441,435<F17>
<INCOME-TAX> 19,624 46,227 70,969 175,571
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 0 0 0 0
<DISCONTINUED> 0 0 0 0
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0 38,673 0 0
<CHANGES> 0 0 0 0
<NET-INCOME> 24,059 27,697 105,114 265,864
<EPS-PRIMARY> 0.12<F5> 0.13<F5> 0.50<F5> 1.28<F5>
<EPS-DILUTED> 0.11<F5> 0.13<F5> 0.47<F5> 1.24<F5>
<FN>
<F1>Includes the following:
Supplies and prepaid expenses 98,193
Deferred income tax assets 88,667
<F2>Includes the following:
Intangible assets - net 710,583
Notes receivable 204,248
Other assets 380,295
<F3>Includes the following:
Deferred income taxes 831,207
Other liabilities 561,907
Shareholders' Equity 4,703,325
<F4>Includes the following:
Interest income 10,348
<F5>Restated to reflect the Company's adoption of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 128, "Earnings Per Share."
<F6>Includes the following:
Supplies and prepaid expenses 128,981
Deferred income tax assets 105,989
<F7>Includes the following:
Intangible assets - net 703,761
Notes receivable 3,976
Other assets 373,286
<F8>Includes the following:
Deferred income taxes 835,725
Other liabilities 559,001
Shareholders' Equity 4,755,877
<F9>Includes the following:
Interest income 7,095
<F10>Includes the following:
Supplies and prepaid expenses 119,685
Deferred income tax assets 116,107
<F11>Includes the following:
Intangible assets - net 696,940
Notes receivable 6,923
Other assets 337,091
<F12>Includes the following:
Deferred income taxes 842,048
Other liabilities 560,247
Shareholders' Equity 4,871,325
<F13>Includes the following:
Interest income 9,079
<F14>Includes the following:
Supplies and prepaid expenses 109,678
Deferred income tax assets 88,513
<F15>Includes the following:
Intangible assets - net 717,404
Notes receivable 204,400
Other assets 390,280
<F16>Includes the following:
Deferred income taxes 830,943
Other liabilities 562,431
Shareholders' Equity 4,669,154
<F17>Includes the following:
Interest income 46,852
</FN>