ANF Abercrombie and Fitch Co

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

 
COMPANY                SYMBOL    SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF       (7.0%)        (2.3%) 
Aeropostale            ARO       (5.0%)        (0.5%) 
American Eagle         AEO       (6.0%)        (3.9%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ         0.8%       a. 2.4% 
Bon-Ton                BONT      (5.0%)         N/A 
Buckle                 BKE       (5.7%)         1.7% 
Cato Corp.             CATO      (7.0%)     c. (9.0%) 
Costco                 COST  a.b. 3.0%          8.0% 
Destination Maternity  DEST      (6.3%)         N/A 
Dillard's              DDS       (5.0%)     c. (1.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK      (8.0%)         N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED       0.6%         (1.0%) 
Gap Inc.               GPS       (3.0%)         1.3% 
Hot Topic              HOTT      (12.5%)       (7.9%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP       (3.3%)        (0.8%) 
Kohl's                 KSS       (7.7%)        (7.8%) 
Limited                LTD        4.0%          4.0% 
Macy's                 M          1.1%         (0.4%) 
Nordstrom              JWN        7.5%          6.2% 
Rite Aid               RAD       (1.0%)     c. (1.4%) 
Ross Stores            ROST       3.0%          6.3% 
Saks Inc.              SKS        3.2%          4.4% 
Stage Stores           SSI       (8.3%)        (5.0%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT      (5.4%)     c. (5.8%) 
Target                 TGT       (5.9%)        (2.3%) 
TJX Cos.               TJX        4.0%          4.4% 
Walgreen               WAG       (0.2%)        (0.3%) 
Wet Seal               WTSLA     (6.1%)        (2.5%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ       2.1%          4.4% 

a. Excluding gasoline sales

b. U.S. sales

c. Fewer than three analysts

N/A = not available

   -By John Kell, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2480; john.kell@dowjones.com