PR Newswire Issues August 2006 'Retail Review & Comparison'
PRNewswire
NEW YORK

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 August 2006 based upon the nationwide release of monthly same-store-sales distributed over PR Newswire and other sources.

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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 2005. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.

              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

  AEOS American Eagle Outfitters     $276.6 M                      16
  ANN  Ann Taylor Stores             $149.2 M     $134.1 M       11.2
  CTR  Cato                           $60.4 M      $54.9 M         10
  CHRS Charming Shoppes              $504.8 M     $478.3 M          6
  CHS  Chico's FAS                   $112.2 M     $101.5 M       10.5
  CLE  Claire's Stores             $116.774 M   $110.728 M          5
  DBRN Dress Barn                    $101.7 M      $95.3 M          7
  GYMB Gymboree                       $55.1 M      $44.1 M         25
  JAS  Jo-Ann Stores                 $119.9 M     $123.5 M       -2.9
  JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers       $29.6 M      $28.3 M        4.6
  MWRK Mothers Work                   $46.5 M      $46.1 M          1
  PSUN Pacific Sunwear               $168.8 M     $175.7 M       -4.0
  ROST Ross Stores
  SKS  Saks Inc.                       $425 M       $388 M         10
  BKE  The Buckle                     $51.5 M      $54.2 M        5.0
  PLCE The Children's Place          $155.4 M     $126.2 M         23
  GPS  The Gap                        $1.15 B      $1.17 B         -2
  LTD  The Limited                   $638.8 M     $575.3 M         11
  TJX  TJX Cos.                        $1.3 B       $1.2 B          9
  URGI United Retail                  $26.4 M      $25.8 M          2
  WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert     $15.8 M      $19.1 M


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

  AEOS American Eagle Outfitters
  ANN  Ann Taylor Stores
  CTR  Cato
  CHRS Charming Shoppes
  CHS  Chico's FAS                     $909 M       $772 M       17.8
  CLE  Claire's Stores             $777.755 M   $738.478 M          5
  DBRN Dress Barn
  GYMB Gymboree
  JAS  Jo-Ann Stores                 $907.8 M     $928.0 M         -2
  JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers      $262.4 M     $223.5 M        7.4
  MWRK Mothers Work
  PSUN Pacific Sunwear               $782.3 M     $764.8 M        2.3
  ROST Ross Stores                   $617.8 M     $558.0 M        3.2
  SKS  Saks Inc.                     $3.025 B     $2.684 B         13
  BKE  The Buckle                    $263.5 M     $263.9 M       -0.1
  PLCE The Children's Place          $977.5 M     $814.2 M         20
  GPS  The Gap                        $8.30 B      $8.51 B         -2
  LTD  The Limited                   $5.170 B     $4.841 B          7
  TJX  TJX Cos.                        $9.2 B       $8.5 B          8
  URGI United Retail                 $256.7 M     $247.0 M          4
  WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert    $139.7 M     $161.9 M      -13.7


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

  AEOS American Eagle Outfitters    11
  ANN  Ann Taylor Stores           1.9        3.7
  CTR  Cato                          4
  CHRS Charming Shoppes              1
  CHS  Chico's FAS                -2.6                    5.1
  CLE  Claire's Stores               1         10           2         6
  DBRN Dress Barn                    2
  GYMB Gymboree                     17         -1
  JAS  Jo-Ann Stores              -6.4       -2.4        -6.1      -0.3
  JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers   -6.1       12.9         5.7
  MWRK Mothers Work                  5       -0.5
  PSUN Pacific Sunwear            -9.4                   -5.0
  ROST Ross Stores
  SKS  Saks Inc.                     3         13           5         6
  BKE  The Buckle                 -8.5                   -4.5
  PLCE The Children's Place         12                     12
  GPS  The Gap                      -7         -9          -7        -5
  LTD  The Limited                   9                      6
  TJX  TJX Cos.                      4                      3
  URGI United Retail                 3                      5
  WLSN Wilsons The Leather       -18.5       -7.9       -13.7       9.8
        Expert



  TICKER  GENERAL MERCHANDISE      TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES  TOTAL SALES
                                   $ MONTH 2006  $ MONTH 2005 % MONTH 2006

  BJ   BJ's                         $624.7 M       $598.3 M        4.4
  BONT Bon Ton                      $225.0 M        $85.1 M        164
  CBK  Christopher Banks             $38.6 M        $33.6 M         15
        Corporation
  DDS  Dillard's Dept. Stores     $557.345 M     $566.075 M         -2
  DG   Dollar General               $687.2 M       $624.0 M       10.1
  DLTR Dollar Tree                $1,740.1 M     $1,518.1 M
  FDO  Family Dollar                $484.1 M       $444.2 M        9.0
  FD   Federated Department         $1.727 B       $1.068 B       61.6
        Stores
  FRED Fred's                       $124.4 M       $111.0 M         12
  FINL Finish Line
  GOT  Gottschalks                   $47.3 M        $49.6 M       -4.3
  JCP  JCPenney                     $1,386 M       $1,376 M        0.7
  KSS  Kohl's                     $1,139.3 M     $1,007.5 M       13.1
  SHRP Sharper Image                 $19.0 M        $23.8 M        -20
  SSI  Stage Stores Inc.            $128.8 M       $111.2 M       15.8
  SMRT Stein Mart                    $95.7 M        $98.1 M       -2.5
  TGT  Target Corporation           $4.218 B       $3.862 B        9.2
  WMT  Wal-Mart                    $16.980 B      $15.709 B        8.1


  TICKER   GENERAL MERCHANDISE     TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                                    $ YTD 2006    $ YTD 2005    % YTD 2006

  BJ   BJ's                     $4,598.263 M   $4,348.651 M        5.7
  BONT Bon Ton                    $1,533.5 M       $622.0 M        147
  CBK  Christopher Banks            $274.1 M       $233.5 M         17
        Corporation
  DDS  Dillard's Dept. Stores   $4,083.484 M   $4,063.388 M       FLAT
  DG   Dollar General                 $5.1 B         $4.7 B        8.6
  DLTR Dollar Tree
  FDO  Family Dollar              $6,394.8 M                       9.8
  FD   Federated Department        $13.652 B       $8.332 B       63.8
        Stores
  FRED Fred's                       $948.2 M       $867.1 M          9
  FINL Finish Line                  $627.7 M       $632.8 M       -0.8
  GOT  Gottschalks                  $344.2 M       $345.3 M       -0.3
  JCP  JCPenney                     $8,552 M       $8,225 M        4.0
  KSS  Kohl's                     $7,615.5 M     $6,638.4 M       14.7
  SHRP Sharper Image                $140.4 M       $189.9 M        -26
  SSI  Stage Stores Inc.            $834.4 M       $730.7 M
  SMRT Stein Mart                   $796.8 M       $815.8 M       -2.3
  TGT  Target Corporation          $29.671 B                      11.1
  WMT  Wal-Mart                   $125.362 B     $115.542 B        8.5


  TICKER   GENERAL MERCHANDISE    COMP        COMP       COMP      COMP
                                SALES %     SALES %    SALES %   SALES %
                              MONTH 2006  MONTH 2005  YTD 2006  YTD 2005

  BJ   BJ's                       2.3         5.6         1.9
  BONT Bon Ton                   -5.7                     0.1
  CBK  Christopher Banks            5                       8
        Corporation
  DDS  Dillard's Dept. Stores      -1                       1
  DG   Dollar General             4.8         1.2         2.5
  DLTR Dollar Tree
  FDO  Family Dollar              4.0                     3.7
  FD   Federated Department       3.8                     2.4
        Stores
  FRED Fred's                     6.3        -3.8         2.6       1.2
  FINL Finish Line                                       -6.8      -0.3
  GOT  Gottschalks               -1.1                     0.1
  JCP  JCPenney                  -0.5         2.8         3.2       4.1
  KSS  Kohl's                     5.2                     6.0
  SHRP Sharper Image              -22                     -28
  SSI  Stage Stores Inc.          3.8         1.5         3.8       5.2
  SMRT Stein Mart                -2.8                    -3.1
  TGT  Target Corporation         2.8         6.3         4.6       6.5
  WMT  Wal-Mart                   2.5         2.9         2.6       3.6



  TICKER  HOME SUPPLY             TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                                  $ MONTH 2006  $ MONTH 2005 % MONTH 2006

  PIR     Pier 1                   $114.304 M    $123.973 M        -7.8


  TICKER  HOME SUPPLY             TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                                   $ YTD 2006    $ YTD 2005    % YTD 2006

  PIR     Pier 1                   $746.790 M   $813.989 M        -8.3


  TICKER  HOME SUPPLY            COMP        COMP        COMP      COMP
                                SALES %     SALES %     SALES %   SALES %
                               MONTH 2006  MONTH 2005   YTD 2006 YTD 2005

  PIR     Pier 1                 -9.1                    -10.9


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For more information on PR Newswire's Retail Review & Comparison, please contact Rachel (Asche) Meranus, director, public relations, PR Newswire at 212.282.1929 or rachel.meranus@prnewswire.com.

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