DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

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

 
COMPANY               SYMBOL      SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF          22.0%        6.8% 
Aeropostale            ARO         (1.0%)        0.9% 
American Eagle         AEO          0.0%         1.4% 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ           3.8%      a. 2.6% 
Bon-Ton                BONT         2.9%         N/A 
Buckle                 BKE          7.9%         3.6% 
Cato Corp.             CATO         5.0%      c. 2.0% 
Costco                 COST         6.0%    a.b. 4.0% 
Destination Maternity  DEST         5.1%         N/A 
Dillard's              DDS          8.0%      c. 3.0% 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK         5.8%         N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED         4.7%         3.8% 
Gap Inc.               GPS          4.0%         2.6% 
Hot Topic              HOTT        (2.1%)       (4.6%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP          9.2%         3.1% 
Kohl's                 KSS          6.1%         2.8% 
Limited                LTD          10.0%        4.0% 
Macy's                 M            6.1%         5.0% 
Nordstrom              JWN          5.1%         3.8% 
Rite Aid               RAD         (1.3%)    c. (1.0%) 
Ross Stores            ROST         6.0%         2.8% 
Saks Inc.              SKS          5.3%         9.5% 
Stage Stores           SSI          2.4%      c. 2.8% 
Stein Mart             SMRT         0.0%      c. 0.5% 
Target                 TGT          5.5%         3.7% 
TJX Cos.               TJX          3.0%         2.9% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA        7.0%         0.8% 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ         20.7%       12.6% 
 

a. Excluding gasoline sales

b. U.S. sales

c. Fewer than three analysts

N/A = not available

Figures in parentheses indicate a decrease from the year-earlier period. Estimates are the average of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.