DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
 
   The following companies are among those that have reported January retail sales: 
                                             THOMSON REUTERS 
   COMPANY                SYMBOL  SAME-STORE  S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch        ANF     (20.0%)     (24.7%) 
Aeropostale                ARO      11.0%       4.8% 
American Apparel           APP      2.0%     c. 0.0% 
American Eagle             AEO     (22.0%)     (14.1%) 
BJ's Wholesale             BJ       7.6%   a.c. 0.8% 
Bon-Ton                    BONT    (8.2%)    c. (9.0%) 
Buckle                     BKE      14.7%       9.3% 
Cache Inc.                 CACH    (16.0%)     (17.1%) 
Cato Corp.                 CTR     (10.0%)      N.A. 
Chico's FAS                CHS     (10.9%)     (12.1%) 
Children's Place           PLCE    (11.0%)     (2.0%) 
Costco                    COST     4.0%  a.b.c.(7.6%) 
Destination Maternity      DEST     5.1%        N.A. 
Dillard's                  DDS     (12.0%)  c. (6.0%) 
Fred's Inc.                FRED    (1.9%)       0.2% 
Gap Inc.                   GPS     (23.0%)     (15.4%) 
Gottschalks                GOTT     13.3%       N.A. 
Hot Topic                  HOTT     6.0%        3.2% 
J.C. Penney                JCP     (16.4%)     (11.7%) 
Kohl's                     KSS     (13.4%)     (15.4%) 
Limited                    LTD     (9.0%)      (15.9%) 
Macy's                     M       (4.5%)      (6.3%) 
Nordstrom                  JWN     (11.4%)     (13.9%) 
Pacific Sunwear            PSUN    (11.0%)     (14.2%) 
Rite Aid                   RAD      1.0%     c. 0.3% 
Ross Stores                ROST    (2.0%)      (2.9%) 
Saks Inc.                  SKS     (23.7%)     (17.7%) 
Stage Stores               SSI     (13.1%)     (8.3%) 
Stein Mart                 SMRT    (16.7%)  c. (11.5%) 
Target                     TGT     (3.3%)      (5.5%) 
TJX Cos.                   TJX     (4.0%)      (7.4%) 
Walgreen                   WAG      0.4%    c.  1.3% 
Wal-Mart                   WMT      2.1%   a.b. 1.0% 
Wet Seal                   WTSLA   (14.7%)     (11.8%) 
Zumiez                     ZUMZ    (14.8%)     (14.1%) 
 
  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.