DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

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

 
COMPANY                SYMBOL     SAME-STORE  S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF         (4.0%)       (1.9%) 
Aeropostale            ARO          1.0%        (2.9%) 
American Eagle         AEO         (6.0%)       (8.3%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ           0.3%      a. 0.8% 
Bon-Ton                BONT         0.3%         N/A 
Buckle                 BKE          4.3%         5.7% 
Cato Corp.             CATO        (4.0%)        N/A 
Costco                 COST         4.0%    a.b. 4.4% 
Destination Maternity  DEST        (0.6%)    c. (1.0%) 
Dillard's              DDS          6.0%      c. 2.0% 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK        (1.9%)        N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED         2.1%         3.9% 
Gap Inc.               GPS          1.0%        (3.1%) 
Hot Topic              HOTT        (3.3%)       (2.8%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP         (1.2%)        1.8% 
Kohl's                 KSS          1.4%         2.4% 
Limited                LTD          24.0%        6.7% 
Macy's                 M            2.6%         2.1% 
Nordstrom              JWN          4.8%         2.8% 
Rite Aid               RAD          1.1%         N/A 
Ross Stores            ROST         3.0%         0.5% 
Saks Inc.              SKS          4.4%         5.3% 
Stage Stores           SSI          5.1%      c. 3.5% 
Stein Mart             SMRT        (1.2%)    c. (1.8%) 
Target                 TGT          1.7%         1.9% 
TJX Cos.               TJX          2.0%         0.3% 
Walgreen               WAG          6.1%         3.4% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA        6.2%        (4.0%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ         15.3%        8.0% 
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.