ANF Abercrombie and Fitch Co

   DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
 
The following companies are among those that have reported October retail sales: 
 
    COMPANY          SYMBOL      SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF        (15.0%)      (14.7%) 
Aeropostale            ARO         3.0%         13.8% 
American Eagle         AEO        (5.0%)        1.7% 
American Apparel       APP        (6.0%)    c. (12.0%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ          3.7%      a. 4.2% 
Bon-Ton                BONT        3.1%         N/A 
Buckle                 BKE         4.3%         5.3% 
Cato Corp.             CATO        0.0%         N/A 
Children's Place       PLCE       (2.0%)       (3.1%) 
Costco                 COST        3.0%    a.b. 5.8% 
Destination Maternity  DEST       (5.2%)        N/A 
Dillard's              DDS        (8.0%)    c. (8.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK       (0.9%)        N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED        0.4%         1.3% 
Gap Inc.               GPS         4.0%         1.6% 
Hot Topic              HOTT       (2.6%)       (3.5%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP        (4.5%)       (2.3%) 
Kohl's                 KSS         1.4%         6.2% 
Limited                LTD        (4.0%)       (2.7%) 
Macy's                 M          (0.8%)       (0.1%) 
Nordstrom              JWN         6.5%         3.0% 
Rite Aid               RAD        (0.5%)     c. 0.1% 
Ross Stores            ROST        9.0%         7.3% 
Saks Inc.              SKS         0.7%        (3.6%) 
Stage Stores           SSI        (0.1%)       (4.4%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT       (4.9%)    c. (6.5%) 
Target                 TGT        (0.1%)        0.0% 
TJX Cos.               TJX         10.0%        10.1% 
Walgreen               WAG         4.9%         4.8% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA      (1.3%)        (7.8%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ       (8.9%)        (6.7%) 
 
    a. Excluding gasoline sales 
    b. U.S. sales 
    c. Fewer than three analysts 
    N.A. = not available 
 
    Figures in parentheses indicate a decrease in sales from the year-earlier period.