DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

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

COMPANY        SYMBOL  SAME-STORE  FIRST CALL EST. 
Bon-Ton        BONT        (3.5%)            N/A 
Buckle         BKE          7.4%             7.3% 
Cato Corp.     CATO        (6%)            N/A 
Costco         COST         8%         a.b. 5.4% 
Dillard's      DDS          0%             c. 2% 
Duckwall-Alco  DUCK     a. (1.1%)            N/A 
Fred's Inc.    FRED        (0.8%)            1.1% 
Gap Inc.       GPS         (4%)           (4.9%) 
Kohl's         KSS          0.6%             0.1% 
Limited        LTD          9%             2.7% 
Macy's         M            2.4%             3.5% 
Nordstrom      JWN          5%             5.3% 
Rite Aid       RAD          2.2%             N/A 
Ross Stores    ROST         5%             3.7% 
Saks Inc.      SKS         11%             N/A 
Stage Stores   SSI         (0.1%)          c. 0.5% 
Stein Mart     SMRT        (3.9%)        c. (0.5%) 
Target         TGT          4.3%             2.1% 
Wet Seal       WTSLA      (13%)           (3%) 
Zumiez         ZUMZ        11%             4.3% 

a. Excluding gasoline sales

b. U.S. sales

c. Fewer than three analysts

N/A = not available