ANF Abercrombie and Fitch Co

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

 
COMPANY                SYMBOL     SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF         (3.0%)       (2.3%) 
Aeropostale            ARO          1.0%        (0.9%) 
American Eagle         AEO         (3.0%)       (2.5%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ           3.5%      a. 4.0% 
Bon-Ton                BONT        (1.1%)        N/A 
Buckle                 BKE         (5.4%)        0.6% 
Cato Corp.             CATO         3.0%      c. 2.0% 
Costco                 COST      b. 5.0%      a. 7.3% 
Destination Maternity  DEST        (3.9%)    c. (5.0%) 
Dillard's              DDS          0.0%     c. (2.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK        (9.0%)        N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED         3.5%         2.7% 
Gap Inc.               GPS          1.0%         0.6% 
Hot Topic              HOTT        (9.0%)       (8.3%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP         (1.8%)       (0.6%) 
Kohl's                 KSS          3.5%         1.5% 
Limited                LTD          5.0%         2.1% 
Macy's                 M            1.4%         0.9% 
Nordstrom              JWN          3.7%         4.8% 
Rite Aid               RAD         (1.7%)       (1.1%) 
Ross Stores            ROST         5.0%         2.8% 
Saks Inc.              SKS          5.8%         4.0% 
Stage Stores           SSI         (2.9%)        0.5% 
Stein Mart             SMRT        (4.5%)    c. (5.3%) 
Target                 TGT          1.3%         1.2% 
TJX Cos.               TJX          4.0%         2.7% 
Walgreen               WAG         (0.2%)        1.5% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA       (5.3%)       (6.0%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ         7.1%         3.6% 

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.