Consolidated Summary of July Retail-Sales Results

The following retail companies are among those that have reported July same-store retail-sales increases or (decreases) versus July 2011:

 
COMPANY       SYMBOL     SAME-STORE     FIRST CALL EST. 
ALCO Stores    ALCS          0.1% (a)         N/A 
Bon-Ton        BONT          0%               N/A 
Buckle         BKE          (0.1%)           (1.2%) 
Cato           CATO         (2%)             (1%) (c) 
Costco         COST          8% (a,b)         4.7% (a,b) 
Fred's Inc.    FRED          1.2%            (2%) 
Gap Inc.       GPS          10%               3.8% 
Kohl's         KSS           1.7%             0% 
Limited        LTD          12%               6% 
Macy's         M             4.1%             3.2% 
Nordstrom      JWN           0.9%            (2.7%) 
Ross Stores    ROST          7%               4.5% 
Saks Inc.      SKS           3.5%             4% 
Stage Stores   SSI           5.3%             2.2% 
Stein Mart     SMRT          2.8%             2.5% (c) 
Target         TGT           3.1%             2.7% 
TJX Cos.       TJX           7%               5% 
Wet Seal       WTSLA       (16%)            (14%) 
Zumiez         ZUMZ          7.5%             8.5% 
 
a-Excluding gasoline sales 
b-U.S. sales 
c-Fewer than three analysts 
N/A = not available