DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
The following companies are among those that have reported September retail sales:
COMPANY SYMBOL SAME-STORE S-S ESTIMATE
Abercrombie & Fitch ANF (18.0%) (21.0%)
Aeropostale ARO 19.0% 12.4%
American Eagle AEO 0.0% (4.1%)
American Apparel APP (15.0%) c. (15.0%)
BJ's Wholesale BJ a. 5.5% a. 6.6%
Bon-Ton BONT (4.8%) N/A
Buckle BKE 5.1% 5.8%
Cato Corp. CTR 6.0% N/A
Children's Place PLCE 4.0% (1.3%)
Costco COST 3.0% a.b. 2.3%
Destination Maternity DEST (7.0%) N/A
Dillard's DDS (6.0%) c. (9.8%)
Duckwall-Alco DUCK (0.4%) N/A
Fred's Inc. FRED 3.3% 0.9%
Gap Inc. GPS (1.0%) (0.4%)
Hot Topic HOTT (4.0%) (6.3%)
J.C. Penney JCP (1.4%) (3.5%)
Kohl's KSS 5.5% 0.1%
Limited LTD 1.0% (2.4%)
Macy's M (2.3%) (4.6%)
Nordstrom JWN (2.4%) (6.0%)
Rite Aid RAD (0.3%) c. (0.6%)
Ross Stores ROST 8.0% 7.2%
Saks Inc. SKS (11.6%) (11.1%)
Stage Stores SSI (5.6%) (4.3%)
Stein Mart SMRT (5.4%) c. (4.0%)
Target TGT (1.7%) (2.0%)
TJX Cos. TJX 7.0% 4.1%
Walgreen WAG 5.3% 3.0%
Wet Seal WTSLA (4.5%) (7.8%)
Zumiez ZUMZ (0.8%) (1.0%)
a. Excluding gasoline sales
b. U.S. sales
c. Fewer than three analysts
N.A. = not available