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The following companies are among those that have reported November retail sales:

 
   COMPANY             SYMBOL      SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF        (17.0%)       (9.3%) 
Aeropostale            ARO         7.0%          7.7% 
American Eagle         AEO        (2.0%)        (1.9%) 
American Apparel       APP        (11.0%)     c.(3.0%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ          1.0%       a. 4.2% 
Bon-Ton                BONT       (6.0%)         N/A 
Buckle                 BKE         1.4%          3.9% 
Cato Corp.             CATO        0.0%          N/A 
Children's Place       PLCE       (13.0%)        1.0% 
Costco                 COST        0.0%     a.b. 6.0% 
Destination Maternity  DEST       (11.6%)        N/A 
Dillard's              DDS        (11.0%)    c. (8.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK       (3.8%)         N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED       (3.3%)        (1.6%) 
Gap Inc.               GPS         0.0%          0.1% 
Hot Topic              HOTT       (11.7%)       (8.1%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP        (5.9%)        (4.4%) 
Kohl's                 KSS         3.3%          1.0% 
Limited                LTD         3.0%         (2.5%) 
Macy's                 M          (6.1%)        (3.1%) 
Nordstrom              JWN         2.2%          2.2% 
Rite Aid               RAD        (0.8%)         1.8% 
Ross Stores            ROST        8.0%          6.1% 
Saks Inc.              SKS        (26.1%)       (20.8%) 
Stage Stores           SSI        (12.5%)       (5.3%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT       (7.2%)     c. (6.5%) 
Target                 TGT        (1.5%)        (0.5%) 
TJX Cos.               TJX         8.0%          9.3% 
Walgreen               WAG         3.9%          6.0% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA      (5.0%)        (6.7%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ       (8.5%)        (8.2%) 
 
 
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.