<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This Schedule Contains Summary Financial Information Extracted From the Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidates Statements of Income Found on Pages 3 and 4 of the Company's Form 10-Q for the Year-to-date, and is Qualified in Its Entirety by Reference to Such Financial Data. </LEGEND> <MULTIPLIER> 1000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> SEP-30-1999 <PERIOD-START> OCT-01-1998 <PERIOD-END> JUN-30-1999 <CASH> 74,994 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 0 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 1,812,884 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,990,366 <PP&E> 37,249 <DEPRECIATION> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 2,238,938 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 329,501 <BONDS> 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 642 <OTHER-SE> 767,408 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 2,238,938 <SALES> 2,176,564 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 2,202,661 <CGS> 1,787,524 <TOTAL-COSTS> 1,787,524 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 11,570 <INCOME-PRETAX> 182,196 <INCOME-TAX> 71,747 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 110,449 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 110,449 <EPS-BASIC> 1.79 <EPS-DILUTED> 1.75