ANF Abercrombie and Fitch Co

   DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
 
 

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

  COMPANY             SYMBOL    SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF        5.0%        (6.9%) 
Aeropostale            ARO        7.0%         4.0% 
American Eagle         AEO        6.0%         2.0% 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ         3.9%      a. 2.6% 
Bon-Ton                BONT       0.5%         N/A 
Buckle                 BKE        5.1%        (1.0%) 
Cato Corp.             CATO       3.0%         N/A 
Costco                 COST  a.b. 2.0%         5.1% 
Destination Maternity  DEST      (9.3%)        N/A 
Dillard's              DDS        2.0%     c. (5.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK      (2.9%)        N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED       2.0%        (0.3%) 
Gap Inc.               GPS        3.0%         1.8% 
Hot Topic              HOTT      (7.0%)       (13.1%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP        1.2%        (1.3%) 
Kohl's                 KSS        3.7%         4.1% 
Limited                LTD        10.0%        9.7% 
Macy's                 M          3.7%         1.4% 
Nordstrom              JWN        10.3%        6.2% 
Rite Aid               RAD       (3.2%)       (1.7%) 
Ross Stores            ROST       11.0%        6.0% 
Saks Inc.              SKS        2.0%         3.8% 
Stage Stores           SSI       (3.9%)    c. (2.0%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT      (9.3%)    c. (5.0%) 
Target                 TGT        2.4%         1.0% 
TJX Cos.               TJX        10.0%        8.9% 
Walgreen               WAG        0.4%         0.5% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA      4.7%        (2.9%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ       11.2%        1.2% 
 
    a. Excluding gasoline sales 
    b. U.S. sales 
    c. Fewer than three analysts 
    N/A = not available