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

COMPANY               SYMBOL   SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ        2.4%        a. 1.1% 
Bon-Ton                BONT     (0.5%)          N/A 
Buckle                 BKE       2.1%           2.8% 
Cato Corp.             CATO      5.0%        c. 2.0% 
Costco                 COST      4.0%    a.b.c. 3.3% 
Destination Maternity  DEST      2.6%           N/A 
Dillard's              DDS      (1.0%)       c. 2.5% 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK      3.1%           N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED      0.9%           2.3% 
Gap Inc.               GPS      (3.0%)         (0.9%) 
Hot Topic              HOTT     (1.4%)         (5.0%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP       6.4%           4.2% 
Kohl's                 KSS       5.0%           4.1% 
Limited                LTD       12.0%          8.5% 
Macy's                 M         5.8%           3.7% 
Nordstrom              JWN       7.3%           4.2% 
Rite Aid               RAD       1.0%        c. 1.5% 
Ross Stores            ROST      3.0%           1.7% 
Saks Inc.              SKS       15.3%          4.9% 
Stage Stores           SSI      (7.2%)       c. 2.5% 
Stein Mart             SMRT      8.2%        c. 1.0% 
Target                 TGT       1.8%           2.2% 
TJX Cos.               TJX       3.0%           2.8% 
Walgreen               WAG       3.1%           3.5% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA     7.0%          (1.0%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ      12.8%          4.2% 

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.