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We also completed the acquisition of BlackLocus, Inc. in December 2012. BlackLocus is a data analytics and pricing
company, which will bring additional tools and capabilities to support our merchandising team.
We opened twelve new stores, including nine new stores in Mexico, two new stores in the U.S. and one relocation in the U.S.,
and closed seven stores in China in fiscal 2012, for a total store count of 2,256 at the end of fiscal 2012. As of the end of
fiscal 2012, a total of 280 of our stores, or 12.4%, were located in Canada and Mexico.
We generated $7.0 billion of cash flow from operations in fiscal 2012. We used this cash flow to fund $4.0 billion of share
repurchases, pay $1.7 billion of dividends and fund $1.3 billion in capital expenditures.
Our return on invested capital (computed on net operating profit after tax for the trailing twelve months and the average of
beginning and ending long-term debt and equity) was 17.0% for fiscal 2012 compared to 14.9% for fiscal 2011.