DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

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

 
   COMPANY             SYMBOL    SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF       (19.0%)       (12.5%) 
Aeropostale            ARO        10.0%         3.1% 
American Eagle         AEO        7.0%          2.3% 
American Apparel       APP       (5.0%)     c. (5.0%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ         2.7%      a.  2.3% 
Bon-Ton                BONT      (2.6%)         N/A 
Buckle                 BKE        6.6%          2.1% 
Cato Corp.             CATO       7.0%      c.  0.0% 
Children's Place       PLCE       4.0%         (5.1%) 
Costco                 COST       2.0%     a.b. 5.0% 
Destination Maternity  DEST      (1.2%)         N/A 
Dillard's              DDS       (7.0%)     c. (7.5%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK      (2.3%)         N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED       1.3%          0.3% 
Gap Inc.               GPS        2.0%          2.6% 
Hot Topic              HOTT      (10.9%)       (8.6%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP       (3.8%)        (4.0%) 
Kohl's                 KSS        4.7%          3.6% 
Limited                LTD       (2.0%)        (1.5%) 
Macy's                 M          1.0%          0.8% 
Nordstrom              JWN        7.4%          2.5% 
Rite Aid               RAD       (1.8%)     c. (0.7%) 
Ross Stores            ROST       12.0%         6.9% 
Saks Inc.              SKS        9.9%          2.8% 
Stage Stores           SSI       (2.2%)        (4.9%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT      (2.0%)     c. (4.5%) 
Target                 TGT        1.8%         (0.2%) 
TJX Cos.               TJX        14.0%         5.6% 
Walgreen               WAG       (0.3%)         2.3% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA     (4.6%)        (5.6%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ       0.3%         (6.4%) 
    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.