In the news release, PR Newswire Issues August 2006 'Retail Review & Comparison', issued earlier today by PR Newswire Association LLC, the sales figures for Retail Ventures, Inc. were omitted and the sales figures for Ross Stores and Saks Inc. were incorrect, as originally issued inadvertently. The corrected sales figures for those three companies appear below:

              PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison

  Month: August

  TICKER     SPECIALTY APPAREL     TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                  & GOODS         $ MONTH 2006  $ MONTH 2005  % MONTH 2006

  RVI  Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST Ross Stores                     $425 M       $388 M         10
  SKS  Saks Inc.                     $227.5 M     $358.4 M      -36.5


  TICKER   SPECIALTY APPAREL       TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                & GOODS             $ YTD 2006    $ YTD 2005    % YTD 2006

  RVI  Retail Ventures, Inc.         $617.8 M     $558.0 M        3.2
  ROST Ross Stores                   $3.025 B     $2.684 B         13
  SKS  Saks Inc.                   $2,013.3 M   $3,203.8 M      -37.2


  TICKER  SPECIALTY APPAREL       COMP        COMP       COMP      COMP
               & GOODS          SALES %     SALES %    SALES %   SALES %
                              MONTH 2006  MONTH 2005  YTD 2006  YTD 2005

  RVI  Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST Ross Stores                   3         13           5         6
  SKS  Saks Inc.                   3.3                    0.4

PRNewswire -- Aug. 31

SOURCE: PR Newswire Association LLC