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

   COMPANY             SYMBOL    SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF        8.0%         (8.4%) 
Aeropostale            ARO        6.0%          6.2% 
American Eagle         AEO        10.0%         5.7% 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ         2.9%       a. 3.1% 
Bon-Ton                BONT       5.3%          N/A 
Buckle                 BKE       (1.2%)         4.1% 
Cato Corp.             CATO      (4.0%)      c. 4.0% 
Children's Place       PLCE       12.0%         1.6% 
Costco                 COST  a.b. 0.0%         5.5% 
Destination Maternity  DEST      (8.1%)         N/A 
Dillard's              DDS       (5.0%)     c. (8.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK      (2.8%)         N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED      (2.0%)         1.2% 
Gap Inc.               GPS        5.0%          4.4% 
Hot Topic              HOTT      (13.1%)       (12.1%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP       (4.6%)        (4.9%) 
Kohl's                 KSS        6.5%          2.8% 
Limited                LTD        6.0%          0.5% 
Macy's                 M          3.4%          0.0% 
Nordstrom              JWN        14.0%         5.5% 
Rite Aid               RAD       (2.1%)     c. (1.7%) 
Ross Stores            ROST       8.0%          7.5% 
Saks Inc.              SKS        7.0%          2.8% 
Stage Stores           SSI       (11.3%)       (1.3%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT      (2.5%)     c. (3.0%) 
Target                 TGT        0.5%          1.4% 
TJX Cos.               TJX        12.0%         7.8% 
Walgreen               WAG       (1.1%)         2.2% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA     (3.7%)        (3.8%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ       1.8%         (2.3%) 
    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.