DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

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

COMPANY                SYMBOL    SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF         6.0%          5.9% 
Aeropostale            ARO        (1.0%)         1.2% 
American Eagle         AEO         1.0%          1.1% 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ          1.9%       a. 2.4% 
Bon-Ton                BONT       (4.6%)      c. 0.0% 
Buckle                 BKE        (3.5%)        (6.5%) 
Cato Corp.             CATO        2.0%      c. (1.5%) 
Costco                 COST     b. 5.0%       a. 3.6% 
Destination Maternity  DEST       (4.4%)      c. 0.0% 
Dillard's              DDS         0.0%      c. (0.5%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK       (0.8%)         N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED        3.6%          3.5% 
Gap Inc.               GPS         0.0%         (0.2%) 
Hot Topic              HOTT       (3.7%)        (6.2%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP         2.3%          1.6% 
Kohl's                 KSS         4.5%          2.6% 
Limited                LTD         10.0%         7.3% 
Macy's                 M           4.3%          4.0% 
Nordstrom              JWN         6.3%          5.9% 
Rite Aid               RAD        (1.0%)     c. (1.0%) 
Ross Stores            ROST        5.0%          2.9% 
Saks Inc.              SKS         1.0%          4.3% 
Stage Stores           SSI         0.5%       c. 1.3% 
Stein Mart             SMRT        8.5%       c. 0.0% 
Target                 TGT         1.8%          2.0% 
TJX Cos.               TJX         2.0%          2.4% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA       1.1%         (3.5%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ        9.1%          7.7% 

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.