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.