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       15.0%        10.7% 
Aeropostale            ARO      (5.0%)       (2.6%) 
American Eagle         AEO      (11.0%)      (1.9%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ        1.4%      a. 3.4% 
Bon-Ton                BONT      0.1%         N/A 
Buckle                 BKE       6.1%         4.1% 
Cato Corp.             CATO      0.0%      c. 0.0% 
Costco                 COST      3.0%    a.b. 4.0% 
Destination Maternity  DEST      0.4%      c. 0.0% 
Dillard's              DDS       7.0%      c. 3.0% 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK      1.1%         N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED      0.2%         1.9% 
Gap Inc.               GPS      (3.0%)        2.7% 
Hot Topic              HOTT     (1.7%)       (2.2%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP       3.7%         3.3% 
Kohl's                 KSS       3.9%         4.3% 
Limited                LTD       5.0%         4.6% 
Macy's                 M         3.9%         4.5% 
Nordstrom              JWN       8.4%         3.4% 
Rite Aid               RAD       0.6%     c. (1.0%) 
Ross Stores            ROST      4.0%        (0.5%) 
Saks Inc.              SKS       11.8%        3.9% 
Stage Stores           SSI       1.9%      c. 2.0% 
Stein Mart             SMRT     (1.9%)     c. 1.5% 
Target                 TGT       0.9%         4.0% 
TJX Cos.               TJX       2.0%        (2.5%) 
Walgreen               WAG       2.8%         3.3% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA    (2.1%)        2.7% 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ      9.2%         11.5% 

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.