The statement of cash flow is the combination of cash that is created from operating, investing, and financial activities of a business. Kohl's Corporation displays a positive trend of cash flows mainly due to an increase in cash from operating and financials activities while reducing negative cash from investing activities. In the operating activities, there is an increase in depreciation costs due to Kohl's active expansion of existing stores while building new stores throughout the country. This expansion has increased the amount of depreciation that is added back as cash flow from $57,724,000 in 1998 to $127,491,000 in 2001. This depreciation cost as a percentage of net sales increased from 1.9% in 1998 to 2.1% in 2001. Another increase in operating activities is an income tax benefit from stock options in 2001 that totaled $99,109,000. Kohl's also experienced a decrease in cash flow due to the increase in accounts receivable. This reduction is due to an increase in...