DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
 
   The following companies are among those that have reported April retail sales: 
 
   COMPANY                SYMBOL      SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch        ANF         (22.0%)      (27.3%) 
Aeropostale                ARO          20.0%        8.5% 
American Eagle             AEO         (5.0%)       (8.8%) 
American Apparel           APP         (7.0%)    c. (5.0%) 
BJ's Wholesale             BJ           5.5%   a.c. (7.5%) 
Bon-Ton                    BONT        (5.1%)        N.A. 
Buckle                     BKE          18.2%        10.6% 
Cato Corp.                 CTR          11.0%        N.A. 
Children's Place           PLCE         5.0%         0.0% 
Costco                     COST        (2.0%) a.b.c.(10.0%) 
Destination Maternity      DEST        (1.2%)        N.A. 
Dillard's                  DDS         (6.0%)    c. (9.2%) 
Duckwall-Alco              DUCK         6.1%         N.A. 
Fred's Inc.                FRED         5.0%     c.  3.5% 
Gap Inc.                   GPS         (4.0%)       (7.8%) 
Hot Topic                  HOTT         3.1%         7.0% 
J.C. Penney                JCP         (6.6%)       (6.4%) 
Kohl's                     KSS         (6.2%)       (7.5%) 
Limited                    LTD         (6.0%)       (5.9%) 
Macy's                     M           (9.1%)       (7.5%) 
Nordstrom                  JWN         (10.8%)      (12.3%) 
Rite Aid                   RAD          1.8%     c.  2.0% 
Ross Stores                ROST         6.0%         4.0% 
Saks Inc.                  SKS         (32.0%)      (30.5%) 
Stage Stores               SSI         (1.5%)       (7.0%) 
Stein Mart                 SMRT        (12.3%)   c. (13.5%) 
Target                     TGT          0.3%         0.4% 
TJX Cos.                   TJX          3.0%        (1.6%) 
Walgreen                   WAG          5.7%     c.  3.2% 
Wal-Mart                   WMT          5.0%   a.b.  2.9% 
Wet Seal                   WTSLA       (2.2%)       (7.0%) 
Zumiez                     ZUMZ        (13.8%)      (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.