Consolidated Summary Of October Retail-Sales Results

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

 
   COMPANY            SYMBOL   SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF       2.0%         5.6% 
Aeropostale            ARO      (2.0%)        3.1% 
American Eagle         AEO      (2.0%)        1.4% 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ        2.2%      a. 2.1% 
Bon-Ton                BONT     (4.2%)        N/A 
Buckle                 BKE       2.6%         1.3% 
Cato Corp.             CATO      2.0%      c. 2.0% 
Costco                 COST   b. 3.0%      a. 4.0% 
Destination Maternity  DEST      1.2%      c. 0.0% 
Dillard's              DDS      (1.0%)     c.(1.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK     (3.7%)        N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED      1.2%         2.5% 
Gap Inc.               GPS       2.0%        (2.5%) 
Hot Topic              HOTT     (8.5%)       (3.2%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP      (1.9%)        1.0% 
Kohl's                 KSS      (2.5%)        2.3% 
Limited                LTD       9.0%         6.1% 
Macy's                 M         2.5%         1.6% 
Nordstrom              JWN       3.4%         2.7% 
Rite Aid               RAD      (1.7%)        N/A 
Ross Stores            ROST      4.0%         0.8% 
Saks Inc.              SKS       8.1%         2.0% 
Stage Stores           SSI      (3.5%)     c. 1.5% 
Stein Mart             SMRT     (6.5%)     c.(1.0%) 
Target                 TGT       1.7%         1.5% 
TJX Cos.               TJX       0.0%        (0.9%) 
Walgreen               WAG      (1.3%)       (0.5%) 
Wet Seal               WTSLA    (0.7%)       (3.8%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ      22.0%        7.8% 

a. Excluding gasoline sales

b. U.S. sales

c. Fewer than three analysts

N/A = not available

Figures in parentheses indicate a decrease from the year-earlier period