DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

   DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
 

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

 
COMPANY                SYMBOL     SAME-STORE     FIRST CALL EST. 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ           5.4%          a. 3.3% 
Bon-Ton                BONT        (1.6%)            N/A 
Buckle                 BKE          6.8%            10.5% 
Cato Corp.             CATO        (3.0%)        c. (1.0%) 
Costco                 COST         3.0%        a.b. 5.5% 
Destination Maternity  DEST        (7.3%)        c. (7.5%) 
Dillard's              DDS          9.0%          c. 4.0% 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK         7.6%          a. N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED        (0.5%)            0.9% 
Gap Inc.               GPS         (5.0%)           (0.7%) 
Hot Topic              HOTT         7.3%             0.5% 
J.C. Penney            JCP          3.3%             2.8% 
Kohl's                 KSS         (4.6%)            3.5% 
Limited                LTD          6.0%             4.2% 
Macy's                 M            5.0%             4.1% 
Nordstrom              JWN          6.6%             6.4% 
Rite Aid               RAD          1.9%             N/A 
Ross Stores            ROST         7.0%             3.7% 
Saks Inc.              SKS         15.6%          c. 8.5% 
Stage Stores           SSI          0.8%          c. 2.0% 
Stein Mart             SMRT        (2.8%)         c. 0.0% 
Target                 TGT          4.1%             3.7% 
TJX Cos.               TJX          4.0%             3.5% 
Walgreen               WAG          2.7%             2.5% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA        7.4%             3.3% 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ         4.9%             7.5% 
 

a. Excluding gasoline sales

b. U.S. sales

c. Fewer than three analysts

N/A = not available

Estimates are the average of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters