DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

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

COMPANY        SYMBOL  SAME-STORE  FIRST CALL EST 
Bon-Ton        BONT        (5%)            N/A 
Buckle         BKE          1%             0.9% 
Cato Corp.     CATO        (6%)            N/A 
Costco         COST         4%          a. 4.9% 
Duckwall-Alco  DUCK       a.2.5%           N/A 
Fred's Inc.    FRED        (0.3%)          0.6% 
Gap Inc.       GPS         (2%)           (0.8%) 
Kohl's         KSS         (3.5%)         (1%) 
Limited        LTD          6%             4% 
Macy's         M            1.2%           1.9% 
Nordstrom      JWN          7.1%           5.8% 
Ross Stores    ROST         7%             4% 
Saks Inc.      SKS          2%             4% 
Stage Stores   SSI         (1%)         c.(4.8%) 
Stein Mart     SMRT        (1.6%)         (2.1%) 
Target         TGT          1.1%           2.8% 
TJX Cos.       TJX          6%             4% 
Wet Seal       WTSLA       (9.6%)         (9%) 
Zumiez         ZUMZ         10%            6.8% 
a. Excluding gasoline sales 
b. U.S. sales 
c. Fewer than three analysts 
N/A = not available