Consolidated Summary Of March Retail-Sales Results

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

COMPANY        SYMBOL  SAME-STORE  FIRST CALL EST. 
Bon-Ton        BONT        (0.1%)            N/A 
Buckle         BKE          6.4%             8.8% 
Cato Corp.     CATO           5%             N/A 
Costco         COST           5%        a.b. 5.7% 
Duckwall-Alco  DUCK       a. 2.3%            N/A 
Fred's Inc.    FRED           0%             0.4% 
Gap Inc.       GPS            8%             5.4% 
Kohl's         KSS          3.6%             2.1% 
Limited        LTD            8%             4.4% 
Macy's         M            7.3%             4.8% 
Nordstrom      JWN          8.6%             5.8% 
Ross Stores    ROST          10%             4.6% 
Saks Inc.      SKS          6.3%             2% 
Stage Stores   SSI          4.7%           c.1.5% 
Stein Mart     SMRT        (0.3%)          c.2% 
Target         TGT          7.3%             5.4% 
TJX Cos.       TJX           10%             5.3% 
Wet Seal       WTSLA       (7.8%)           (6%) 
a. Excluding gasoline sales 
b. U.S. sales 
c. Fewer than three analysts 
N/A = not available