DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
 
   The following companies are among those that have 
reported February retail sales: 
                                               THOMSON 
                                               REUTERS 
COMPANY                  SYMBOL  SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch        ANF    (30.0%)       (19.8%) 
Aeropostale                ARO     11.0%         7.5% 
American Eagle             AEO     (7.0%)       (13.4%) 
BJ's Wholesale             BJ       8.2%   a.c. (3.3%) 
Bon-Ton                    BONT    (8.5%)        N.A. 
Buckle                     BKE     21.0%         9.0% 
Cato Corp.                 CTR      8.0%         N.A. 
Children's Place           PLCE     0.0%        (3.6%) 
Costco                     COST     4.0%  a.b.c.(6.3%) 
Destination Maternity      DEST    (3.5%)        N.A. 
Dillard's                  DDS    (13.0%)    c. (9.8%) 
Duckwall-Alco              DUCK     9.4%         N.A. 
Macy's                     M       (8.5%)       (7.3%) 
Fred's Inc.                FRED     1.8%        (0.5%) 
Gap Inc.                   GPS    (12.0%)       (15.5%) 
Hot Topic                  HOTT    10.8%         4.3% 
J.C. Penney                JCP     (8.8%)       (12.9%) 
Kohl's                     KSS     (1.6%)       (4.4%) 
Limited                    LTD     (7.0%)       (7.1%) 
Nordstrom                  JWN    (15.4%)       (14.4%) 
Rite Aid                   RAD     (0.9%)     c. 1.3% 
Ross Stores                ROST     1.0%        (2.9%) 
Saks Inc.                  SKS    (26.0%)       (20.5%) 
Stage Stores               SSI     (8.6%)       (9.3%) 
Stein Mart                 SMRT   (12.2%)    c. (11.0%) 
Target                     TGT     (4.1%)       (4.8%) 
TJX Cos.                   TJX      0.0%        (1.8%) 
Walgreen                   WAG     (1.9%)    c. (0.5%) 
Wal-Mart                   WMT      5.1%    a.b. 2.4% 
Wet Seal                   WTSLA   (6.6%)       (12.0%) 
Zumiez                     ZUMZ   (13.4%)       (12.1%) 
 
   a. Excluding gasoline sales 
   b. U.S. sales 
   c. Fewer than three analysts 
 
   Figures in parentheses indicate a decrease in sales from the year-earlier period.