DOW JONES NEWSWIRES The following companies are among those that have reported July retail sales: COMPANY SYMBOL SAME-STORE FIRST CALL EST. BJ's Wholesale BJ 5.4% a. 3.3% Bon-Ton BONT (1.6%) N/A Buckle BKE 6.8% 10.5% Cato Corp. CATO (3.0%) c. (1.0%) Costco COST 3.0% a.b. 5.5% Destination Maternity DEST (7.3%) c. (7.5%) Dillard's DDS 9.0% c. 4.0% Duckwall-Alco DUCK 7.6% a. N/A Fred's Inc. FRED (0.5%) 0.9% Gap Inc. GPS (5.0%) (0.7%) Hot Topic HOTT 7.3% 0.5% J.C. Penney JCP 3.3% 2.8% Kohl's KSS (4.6%) 3.5% Limited LTD 6.0% 4.2% Macy's M 5.0% 4.1% Nordstrom JWN 6.6% 6.4% Rite Aid RAD 1.9% N/A Ross Stores ROST 7.0% 3.7% Saks Inc. SKS 15.6% c. 8.5% Stage Stores SSI 0.8% c. 2.0% Stein Mart SMRT (2.8%) c. 0.0% Target TGT 4.1% 3.7% TJX Cos. TJX 4.0% 3.5% Walgreen WAG 2.7% 2.5% Wet Seal WTSLA 7.4% 3.3% Zumiez ZUMZ 4.9% 7.5% a. Excluding gasoline sales b. U.S. sales c. Fewer than three analysts N/A = not available Estimates are the average of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters
