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PR Newswire Issues November 2008 Retail Review & ComparisonPRNewswire NEW YORK, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A compilation of sales figures from leading U.S. retailers, PR Newswire's "Retail Review & Comparison" provides a company-by-company analysis of monthly and year-to-date retail results. The current report, prepared by PR Newswire, compiles data from the month of November 2008 based upon the nationwide release of monthly same-store-sales distributed over PR Newswire and other sources. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000306/PRNLOGO ) Statistics listed in the report include total sales figures from the current month and full year, percentage of sales with respect to overall yearly revenues, and comparisons between the current month and year with returns from the same period in 2007. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted. If referencing this report in public documents, please make sure to credit 'PR Newswire's Retail Review & Comparison.'
PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison
Month: NOVEMBER 2008
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
MONTH MONTH MONTH
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2008 2007 2008
AEO American Eagle Outfitters $272.8 M $285.8 M -5.0
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $60.6 M $58.4 M 4.0
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS $118.5 M $133.6 M -11.3
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work $44.0 M $46.5 M -5.3
PSUN Pacific Sunwear $101.0 M $110.2 M -8.0
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores $568 M $547 M 4.0
SKS Saks Inc. $332.9 M $347.6 M -4.2
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle $72.2 M $59.4 M 21.6
PLCE The Children's Place $156.6 M $160.9 M -3.0
GPS The Gap $1.39 B $1.54 B -10.0
LTD The Limited $755.6 M $858.7 M
TJX TJX Cos. $1.6 B $1.8 B -9.0
WMAR West Marine
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS YTD 2008 YTD 2007 YTD 2008
AEO American Eagle Outfitters $2.356 B $2.346 B
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $697.2 M $683.4 M 2.0
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS $1.328 B $1.439 B -7.7
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB JoS. A. Bank Clothiers $447.4 M $395.1 M 13.2
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work
PSUN Pacific Sunwear $1.00 B $1.03 B
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores $5.320 B $4.870 B 9.0
SKS Saks Inc. $2,543.4 M $2,611.2 M -2.6
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle $612.8 M $472.3 M 29.7
PLCE The Children's Place $1,345.5 M $1,237.9 M 9.0
GPS The Gap $11.84 B $12.63 B -6.0
LTD The Limited $6.807 B $7.717 B
TJX TJX Cos.
WMAR West Marine
COMP COMP COMP COMP
SALES SALES SALES SALES
% MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2008 2007 2008 2007
AEO American Eagle Outfitters -11.0 -8.0
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato 2.0 -1.0
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS -15.4 -15.6
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB JoS. A. Bank Clothiers 6.8
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work 0.6
PSUN Pacific Sunwear -10.0 -4.0
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores -2.0 2
SKS Saks Inc. -5.2 25.7 -2.6 14.5
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle 15.0 22.6
PLCE The Children's Place -7.0 8.0 3.0 2.0
GPS The Gap -10.0 FLAT -11 -4.0
LTD The Limited -12.0 -8.0
TJX TJX Cos. -6.0
WMAR West Marine
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
MONTH MONTH MONTH
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2008 2007 2008
BJ BJ's $783.2 M $744.4 M 5.2
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton $332.3 M $393.1 M -15.5
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation
COST Costco $5.55 B $5.72 B -3.0
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $505.752 M $559.272 M -10.0
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar $1,753.8 M $1,683.0 M
FRED Fred's $141.7 M $151.1 M -6.0
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks $52.2 M $61.6 M -15.3
JCP JCPenney $1.815 B $2.050 B -11.5
KSS Kohl's $1,745.6 M $2,023.2 M -13.7
SSI Stage Stores Inc. $124.4 M $130.7 M -4.8
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart $118.8 M $140.2 M -15.3
TGT Target Corporation $5.605 B $5.972 B -6.1
WMT Wal-Mart $32.213 B $31.718 B 1.6
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE YTD 2008 YTD 2007 YTD 2008
BJ BJ's $8,083.315 M $7,111.433 M 13.7
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton $2,430.8 M $2,620.1 M -7.2
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation
COST Costco $17.52 B $16.98 B 3.0
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $5,267.964 M $5,602.347 M -6.0
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar
FRED Fred's $1.471 B $1.438 B 2
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks $430.2 M $485.7 M -11.4
JCP JCPenney $14.542 B $15.520 B -6.3
KSS Kohl's $12,899.0 M $13,009.6 M -0.9
SSI Stage Stores Inc. $1,184.4 M $1,203.2 M
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart $1,081.3 M $1,180.4 M -8.4
TGT Target Corporation $49.466 B 2.8
WMT Wal-Mart $324.150 B $301.356 B 7.6
COMP COMP COMP COMP
SALES SALES SALES SALES
% MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2008 2007 2008 2007
BJ BJ's 6.2 11.4
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton -16.0 -7.7
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation
COST Costco -5.0 1.0
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores -9.0 -6.0
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar 2.1
FRED Fred's -1.8 -4.5 2.4 0.6
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks -13.0 -10.1
JCP JCPenney -11.9 5.4 -7.9 1.7
KSS Kohl's -17.5 -7.7
SSI Stage Stores Inc. -8.0 3.6 -5.9 0.3
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart -14.2 -10.9
TGT Target Corporation -10.4 -2.6 5.1
WMT Wal-Mart 3.0 1.9 2.9 8.0
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
MONTH MONTH MONTH
TICKER HOME SUPPLY 2008 2007 2008
PIR Pier 1
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
TICKER HOME SUPPLY YTD 2008 YTD 2007 YTD 2008
PIR Pier 1
COMP COMP COMP COMP
SALES SALES SALES SALES
% MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD
TICKER HOME SUPPLY 2008 2007 2008 2007
PIR Pier 1
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