It is important that our company reflects the face of America and the customer base we serve. Approximately 33 percent of our core customers are racial and ethnic minorities, and to understand this diverse customer base we have to be a diverse organization at every level.

Women represent more than 76 percent of our workforce across the company and hold 66 percent of our management-level executive positions. Approximately 48 percent of our associates are racial minorities and represent more than 33 percent of our management teams.

Different perspectives bring tremendous value to our company, giving us an important competitive advantage, and we work hard to ensure our diversity initiatives are linked to and aligned with our recruiting, training and development, retention and succession management efforts.