DOW JONES NEWSWIRES The following companies are among those that have reported October retail sales: COMPANY SYMBOL SAME-STORE S-S ESTIMATE Abercrombie & Fitch ANF (15.0%) (14.7%) Aeropostale ARO 3.0% 13.8% American Eagle AEO (5.0%) 1.7% American Apparel APP (6.0%) c. (12.0%) BJ's Wholesale BJ 3.7% a. 4.2% Bon-Ton BONT 3.1% N/A Buckle BKE 4.3% 5.3% Cato Corp. CATO 0.0% N/A Children's Place PLCE (2.0%) (3.1%) Costco COST 3.0% a.b. 5.8% Destination Maternity DEST (5.2%) N/A Dillard's DDS (8.0%) c. (8.0%) Duckwall-Alco DUCK (0.9%) N/A Fred's Inc. FRED 0.4% 1.3% Gap Inc. GPS 4.0% 1.6% Hot Topic HOTT (2.6%) (3.5%) J.C. Penney JCP (4.5%) (2.3%) Kohl's KSS 1.4% 6.2% Limited LTD (4.0%) (2.7%) Macy's M (0.8%) (0.1%) Nordstrom JWN 6.5% 3.0% Rite Aid RAD (0.5%) c. 0.1% Ross Stores ROST 9.0% 7.3% Saks Inc. SKS 0.7% (3.6%) Stage Stores SSI (0.1%) (4.4%) Stein Mart SMRT (4.9%) c. (6.5%) Target TGT (0.1%) 0.0% TJX Cos. TJX 10.0% 10.1% Walgreen WAG 4.9% 4.8% Wet Seal WTSLA (1.3%) (7.8%) Zumiez ZUMZ (8.9%) (6.7%) a. Excluding gasoline sales b. U.S. sales c. Fewer than three analysts N.A. = not available Figures in parentheses indicate a decrease in sales from the year-earlier period.
