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

   COMPANY            SYMBOL       SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF          (29.0%)      (23.9%) 
Aeropostale            ARO           9.0%         7.1% 
American Eagle         AEO          (7.0%)       (9.4%) 
American Apparel       APP          (20.0%)   c. (20.0%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ            2.2%   a.c. (17.0%) 
Bon-Ton                BONT         (5.1%)        N/A 
Buckle                 BKE           3.6%         4.8% 
Cato Corp.             CTR           5.0%      c. 2.0% 
Children's Place       PLCE         (8.0%)       (3.3%) 
Costco                 COST          0.0%   a.b. (8.5%) 
Destination Maternity  DEST         (10.6%)       N/A 
Dillard's              DDS          (12.0%)   c. (10.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK         (4.2%)        N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED         (1.4%)       (0.3%) 
Gap Inc.               GPS          (3.0%)       (7.0%) 
Hot Topic              HOTT         (8.1%)       (6.9%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP          (7.9%)       (6.7%) 
Kohl's                 KSS           0.2%        (1.7%) 
Limited                LTD          (4.0%)       (5.9%) 
Macy's                 M            (8.1%)       (7.4%) 
Nordstrom              JWN          (7.6%)       (9.0%) 
Rite Aid               RAD          (1.9%)       (0.6%) 
Ross Stores            ROST          6.0%         4.3% 
Saks Inc.              SKS          (19.6%)      (14.1%) 
Stage Stores           SSI          (9.5%)       (5.8%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT         (8.9%)    c. (5.0%) 
Target                 TGT          (2.9%)       (5.1%) 
TJX Cos.               TJX           5.0%         3.9% 
Walgreen               WAG           1.9%      c. 3.1% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA        (11.2%)      (9.5%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ         (12.1%)      (18.9%) 

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.