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

 
   Company            SYMBOL     SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF         (28.0%)      (26.9%) 
Aeropostale            ARO          6.0%         9.8% 
American Eagle         AEO         (11.0%)      (10.0%) 
American Apparel       APP         (13.0%)   c. (15.0%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ           1.8%     a.  4.1% 
Bon-Ton                BONT        (9.8%)        N.A. 
Buckle                 BKE          2.8%         10.0% 
Cato Corp.             CTR         (3.0%)        N.A. 
Children's Place       PLCE        (4.0%)       (4.0%) 
Costco                 COST        (2.0%)  a.b. (1.9%) 
Destination Maternity  DEST        (8.3%)        N.A. 
Dillard's              DDS         (12.0%)   c. (10.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK        (4.3%)        N.A. 
Fred's Inc.            FRED        (4.6%)     c. 1.0% 
Gap Inc.               GPS         (8.0%)       (8.5%) 
Hot Topic              HOTT        (8.5%)       (8.9%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP         (12.3%)      (11.4%) 
Kohl's                 KSS          0.4%        (3.2%) 
Limited                LTD         (7.0%)       (12.4%) 
Macy's                 M           (10.7%)      (9.1%) 
Nordstrom              JWN         (6.6%)       (11.1%) 
Rite Aid               RAD         (0.6%)        0.4% 
Ross Stores            ROST         4.0%         N.A. 
Saks Inc.              SKS         (16.3%)      (16.6%) 
Stage Stores           SSI         (11.9%)      (8.0%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT        (5.5%)        N.A. 
Target                 TGT         (6.5%)       (5.8%) 
TJX Cos.               TJX          4.0%         3.1% 
Walgreen               WAG          2.0%      c. 2.5% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA       (8.0%)       (10.2%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ        (16.8%)      (20.8%) 
 
    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.