DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
The following companies are among those that have reported April retail sales:
COMPANY SYMBOL SAME-STORE S-S ESTIMATE
Abercrombie & Fitch ANF (22.0%) (27.3%)
Aeropostale ARO 20.0% 8.5%
American Eagle AEO (5.0%) (8.8%)
American Apparel APP (7.0%) c. (5.0%)
BJ's Wholesale BJ 5.5% a.c. (7.5%)
Bon-Ton BONT (5.1%) N.A.
Buckle BKE 18.2% 10.6%
Cato Corp. CTR 11.0% N.A.
Children's Place PLCE 5.0% 0.0%
Costco COST (2.0%) a.b.c.(10.0%)
Destination Maternity DEST (1.2%) N.A.
Dillard's DDS (6.0%) c. (9.2%)
Duckwall-Alco DUCK 6.1% N.A.
Fred's Inc. FRED 5.0% c. 3.5%
Gap Inc. GPS (4.0%) (7.8%)
Hot Topic HOTT 3.1% 7.0%
J.C. Penney JCP (6.6%) (6.4%)
Kohl's KSS (6.2%) (7.5%)
Limited LTD (6.0%) (5.9%)
Macy's M (9.1%) (7.5%)
Nordstrom JWN (10.8%) (12.3%)
Rite Aid RAD 1.8% c. 2.0%
Ross Stores ROST 6.0% 4.0%
Saks Inc. SKS (32.0%) (30.5%)
Stage Stores SSI (1.5%) (7.0%)
Stein Mart SMRT (12.3%) c. (13.5%)
Target TGT 0.3% 0.4%
TJX Cos. TJX 3.0% (1.6%)
Walgreen WAG 5.7% c. 3.2%
Wal-Mart WMT 5.0% a.b. 2.9%
Wet Seal WTSLA (2.2%) (7.0%)
Zumiez ZUMZ (13.8%) (14.1%)
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.