PR Newswire Issues January 2007 '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 January 2007 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 2006. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.

              PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison

  Month: January

NOTE: The retail comparison report for January '07 represents a 5-week span while January '06 encompassed 4 weeks.

  TICKER     SPECIALTY APPAREL     TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                  & GOODS         $ MONTH 2007  $ MONTH 2006  % MONTH 2007

  AEOS  American Eagle Outfitters     $207.1 M     $130.0 M
  ANN   Ann Taylor Stores             $149.9 M     $123.9 M        21.0
  BBY   Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS   Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG  Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR   Cato                           $69.3 M      $54.2 M          28
  CHRS  Charming Shoppes
  CHS   Chico's FAS                   $125.8 M      $91.7 M        37.2
  CLE   Claire's Stores             $114.066 M    $81.856 M          39
  DEBS  Deb Shops                     $21.38 M     $21.43 M        -0.2
  DBRN  Dress Barn                     $72.3 M      $64.5 M          12
  GYMB  Gymboree                       $62.5 M      $50.6 M          24
  JAS   Jo-Ann Stores                 $158.0 M     $140.4 M        12.5
  JOSB  Joseph A. Bank Clothiers       $41.5 M      $30.8 M        34.7
  MW    Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK  Mothers Work                   $40.8 M      $42.2 M        -3.3
  PSUN  Pacific Sunwear
  RVI   Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST  Ross Stores                     $399 M       $289 M          38
  SKS   Saks Inc.                     $182.8 M     $161.5 M        13.2
  SCVL  Shoe Carnival
  TLB   Talbots
  BKE   The Buckle                     $40.1 M      $28.0 M        43.3
  PLCE  The Children's Place          $127.2 M      $87.0 M          46
  GPS   The Gap                        $1.19 B       $955 M
  LTD   The Limited                   $1.060 B     $813.4 M          14
  TJX   TJX Cos.
  URGI  United Retail                  $35.9 M      $27.7 M          29
  WMAR  West Marine                   $122.3 M     $124.8 M        -2.0
  WLSN  Wilsons The Leather Expert     $25.7 M      $27.4 M


  TICKER   SPECIALTY APPAREL       TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                & GOODS             $ YTD 2007    $ YTD 2006    % YTD 2007

  AEOS  American Eagle Outfitters     $2.794 B     $2.322 B          20
  ANN   Ann Taylor Stores           $2,342.9 M   $2,073.1 M        13.9
  BBY   Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS   Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG  Casual Male Retail Group      $467.4 M     $421.4 M        10.9
  CTR   Cato                          $862.8 M     $821.6 M           5
  CHRS  Charming Shoppes
  CHS   Chico's FAS                    $1.65 B      $1.40 B        17.2
  CLE   Claire's Stores           $1,480.664 M $1,369.752 M           8
  DEBS  Deb Shops                     $324.8 M     $325.3 M        -0.2
  DBRN  Dress Barn
  GYMB  Gymboree
  JAS   Jo-Ann Stores                 $1.851 B     $1.883 B        -1.7
  JOSB  Joseph A. Bank Clothiers      $546.4 M     $464.6 M        17.6
  MW    Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK  Mothers Work
  PSUN  Pacific Sunwear
  RVI   Retail Ventures, Inc.     $3,067.658 M $3,067.658 M         5.3
  ROST  Ross Stores                   $5.570 B     $4.944 B          13
  SKS   Saks Inc.                   $2,867.7 M   $2,750.4 M         4.3
  SCVL  Shoe Carnival                 $681.7 M     $655.6 M         4.0
  TLB   Talbots
  BKE   The Buckle                    $530.1 M     $501.1 M         5.8
  PLCE  The Children's Place        $2,017.6 M   $1,668.7 M          21
  GPS   The Gap                        $15.9 B      $16.0 B
  LTD   The Limited                  $10.671 B     $9.699 B           9
  TJX   TJX Cos.
  URGI  United Retail                 $462.1 M     $438.7 M           5
  WMAR  West Marine                   $715.1 M     $692.3 M         3.3
  WLSN  Wilsons The Leather Expert    $321.3 M     $398.0 M       -19.3


  TICKER  SPECIALTY APPAREL       COMP        COMP       COMP      COMP
               & GOODS          SALES %     SALES %    SALES %   SALES %
                              MONTH 2007  MONTH 2006  YTD 2007  YTD 2006

  AEOS  American Eagle Outfitters    17          9          12
  ANN   Ann Taylor Stores         -10.2       10.9         2.8       0.1
  BBY   Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS   Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG  Casual Male Retail Group                           9.0
  CTR   Cato                         -5         -7           3        -2
  CHRS  Charming Shoppes
  CHS   Chico's FAS                -3.5                    2.1
  CLE   Claire's Stores               3          8           1         6
  DEBS  Deb Shops                  -3.8                   -7.2
  DBRN  Dress Barn                    8
  GYMB  Gymboree                   FLAT          2
  JAS   Jo-Ann Stores              -6.3       -3.2        -5.9      -0.8
  JOSB  Joseph A. Bank Clothiers    4.7                    4.3
  MW    Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK  Mothers Work               -6.0        3.9
  PSUN  Pacific Sunwear
  RVI   Retail Ventures, Inc.                              0.8       0.5
  ROST  Ross Stores                   2          9           4         6
  SKS   Saks Inc.                  11.4                    4.9       4.9
  SCVL  Shoe Carnival                                      1.5
  TLB   Talbots
  BKE   The Buckle                  7.8                   FLAT
  PLCE  The Children's Place          3                     11
  GPS   The Gap                    FLAT          1          -7        -5
  LTD   The Limited                  11                      7
  TJX   TJX Cos.
  URGI  United Retail                 2         15           4        12
  WMAR  West Marine                -0.2                    2.3
  WLSN  Wilsons The Leather Expert  -20                  -17.2      -2.9


  TICKER  GENERAL MERCHANDISE      TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES  TOTAL SALES
                                   $ MONTH 2007  $ MONTH 2006 % MONTH 2007

  BJ    BJ's                        $724.175 M   $667.686 M         8.5
  BIG   Big Lots
  BONT  Bon Ton                       $240.6 M      $62.8 M         283
  CBK   Christopher Banks Corp.        $39.0 M      $37.5 M           4
  COST  Costco                         $5.57 B      $5.21 B           7
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores      $623.556 M   $507.647 M          -2
  DG    Dollar General                $832.1 M     $745.7 M        11.6
  DLTR  Dollar Tree
  FDO   Family Dollar                 $447.6 M                      5.7
  FD    Federated Department Stores   $1.780 B     $1.495 B        19.0
  FRED  Fred's                        $163.9 M     $152.4 M           8
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOT   Gottschalks                    $34.8 M      $35.9 M        -3.0
  JCP   JCPenney                                                    5.5
  KSS   Kohl's                        $991.6 M     $676.4 M        46.6
  SHRP  Sharper Image                  $17.8 M      $23.6 M         -24
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.              $99.5 M      $66.1 M
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart                    $100.1 M      $80.2 M        24.8
  TGT   Target Corporation            $4.896 B     $3.566 B        31.9
  WMT   Wal-Mart                     $20.473 B    $18.684 B         9.6


  TICKER  GENERAL MERCHANDISE      TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES  TOTAL SALES
                                    $ YTD 2007    $ YTD 2006    % YTD 2007

  BJ    BJ's                      $8,303.283 M $7,894.795 M         5.2
  BIG   Big Lots                    $4,687.0 M   $4,337.2 M         8.1
  BONT  Bon Ton                     $3,362.3 M   $1,287.2 M         161
  CBK   Christopher Banks Corp.       $512.3 M     $461.6 M          11
  COST  Costco                        $27.80 B     $25.43 B           9
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores    $7,645.728 M $7,560.902 M          -1
  DG    Dollar General                 $9.17 B      $8.58 B
  DLTR  Dollar Tree                   $3.969 B     $3.394 B        16.9
  FDO   Family Dollar               $3,036.2 M                     10.8
  FD    Federated Department Stores  $26.968 B    $22.390 B        20.4
  FRED  Fred's                         $1.77 B      $1.63 B           8
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOT   Gottschalks                   $675.2 M     $676.9 M        -0.3
  JCP   JCPenney                                                    5.0
  KSS   Kohl's                     $15,544.2 M  $13,402.2 M        16.0
  SHRP  Sharper Image                 $311.2 M     $407.1 M         -24
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.           $1,550.2 M   $1,344.1 M        15.3
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart                     $1.50 B      $1.49 B         1.3
  TGT   Target Corporation           $57.878 B                      6.6
  WMT   Wal-Mart                    $230.065 B   $213.545 B         7.7


  TICKER   GENERAL MERCHANDISE    COMP        COMP       COMP      COMP
                                SALES %     SALES %    SALES %   SALES %
                              MONTH 2007  MONTH 2006  YTD 2007  YTD 2006

  BJ    BJ's                        3.5                    1.2
  BIG   Big Lots                                           4.6       1.8
  BONT  Bon Ton                     6.4                   -2.7
  CBK   Christopher Banks Corp.      -4                      2
  COST  Costco                        2                      5
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores       -3                     -1
  DG    Dollar General              6.8                    3.3
  DLTR  Dollar Tree                                        4.6
  FDO   Family Dollar               1.7                    0.8
  FD    Federated Department Stores 8.6                    4.4
  FRED  Fred's                      2.4                    2.4       1.2
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOT   Gottschalks                -1.0                    0.6
  JCP   JCPenney                    3.6        2.5         3.7       2.9
  KSS   Kohl's                      8.7                    5.9
  SHRP  Sharper Image               -25                    -25
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.           7.5        1.5         3.5      -5.4
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart                 -1.9                   -1.2
  TGT   Target Corporation          5.1        5.2         4.8       5.6
  WMT   Wal-Mart                    1.9        3.5         1.9       3.6


  TICKER  HOME SUPPLY             TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                                  $ MONTH 2007  $ MONTH 2006 % MONTH 2007

  PIR   Pier 1                      $110.668 M   $128.264 M       -13.2


  TICKER  HOME SUPPLY             TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                                   $ YTD 2007    $ YTD 2006    % YTD 2007

  PIR   Pier 1                    $1,502.713 M $1,671.240 M       -10.1


  TICKER  HOME SUPPLY            COMP        COMP        COMP      COMP
                                SALES %     SALES %     SALES %   SALES %
                               MONTH 2007  MONTH 2006   YTD 2007 YTD 2006

  PIR   Pier 1                   -13.2                   -11.5


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