PR Newswire Issues February 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 February 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: February

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

  AEOS   American Eagle Outfitters     $166.3 M     $143.1 M           16
  ANN    Ann Taylor Stores             $136.1 M     $130.1 M          4.6
  BBY    Best Buy Co. Inc.
         BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG   Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR    Cato                           $64.9 M      $64.2 M            1
  CHRS   Charming Shoppes
  CHS    Chico's FAS                   $113.6 M      $98.7 M           15
  CLE    Claire's Stores              $98.898 M    $90.939 M            9
  DEBS   Deb Shops
  DBRN   Dress Barn                     $79.7 M      $77.4 M            3
  GYMB   Gymboree                       $62.0 M      $52.8 M           17
  JAS    Jo-Ann Stores
  JOSB   Joseph A. Bank Clothiers       $38.3 M      $33.8 M         13.3
  MW     Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK   Mothers Work                   $43.9 M      $45.7 M         -3.8
  PSUN   Pacific Sunwear                $89.8 M      $88.7 M          1.2
  RVI    Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST   Ross Stores                     $395 M       $368 M            7
  SKS    Saks Inc.                     $220.0 M     $173.9 M         26.5
  SCVL   Shoe Carnival
  TLB    Talbots
  BKE    The Buckle                     $37.7 M      $34.1 M         10.4
  PLCE   The Children's Place          $133.8 M     $113.8 M           18
  GPS    The Gap                         $910 M       $865 M            5
  LTD    The Limited                   $730.5 M     $635.8 M
  TJX    TJX Cos.                        $1.2 B       $1.1 B            6
  URGI   United Retail                  $28.6 M      $29.3 M           -2
  WMAR   West Marine
  WLSN   Wilsons The Leather Expert     $22.4 M      $29.7 M


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

  AEOS   American Eagle Outfitters
  ANN    Ann Taylor Stores
  BBY    Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS    Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG   Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR    Cato
  CHRS   Charming Shoppes
  CHS    Chico's FAS
  CLE    Claire's Stores              $98.898 M    $90.939 M         9
  DEBS   Deb Shops
  DBRN   Dress Barn
  GYMB   Gymboree
  JAS    Jo-Ann Stores
  JOSB   Joseph A. Bank Clothiers
  MW     Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK   Mothers Work
  PSUN   Pacific Sunwear
  RVI    Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST   Ross Stores
  SKS    Saks Inc.
  SCVL   Shoe Carnival
  TLB    Talbots
  BKE    The Buckle
  PLCE   The Children's Place
  GPS    The Gap
  LTD    The Limited
  TJX    TJX Cos.
  URGI   United Retail
  WMAR   West Marine
  WLSN   Wilsons The Leather Expert


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

  AEOS   American Eagle Outfitters       6           8
  ANN    Ann Taylor Stores            -2.9         5.6
  BBY    Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS    Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG   Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR    Cato                         FLAT
  CHRS   Charming Shoppes
  CHS    Chico's FAS                  -4.3
  CLE    Claire's Stores                 1           4         1        4
  DEBS   Deb Shops
  DBRN   Dress Barn                   FLAT
  GYMB   Gymboree                        1          19
  JAS    Jo-Ann Stores
  JOSB   Joseph A. Bank Clothiers      2.8
  MW     Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK   Mothers Work                 -4.7        -2.2
  PSUN   Pacific Sunwear              -5.7        -3.5
  RVI    Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST   Ross Stores                     1
  SKS    Saks Inc.                    24.7
  SCVL   Shoe Carnival
  TLB    Talbots
  BKE    The Buckle                    4.5
  PLCE   The Children's Place            5           3
  GPS    The Gap                        -4         -11
  LTD    The Limited                     3           5
  TJX    TJX Cos.                        2
  URGI   United Retail                  -4
  WMAR   West Marine
  WLSN   Wilsons The Leather Expert  -24.7        -9.3


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

  BJ     BJ's                          $601.7 M     $561.2 M          7.2
  BIG    Big Lots
  BONT   Bon Ton                       $237.6 M      $72.2 M          229
  CBK    Christopher Banks Corp.        $35.0 M      $28.9 M
  COST   Costco                         $4.60 B      $4.22 B            9
  DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores      $594.105 M   $644.349 M           -8
  DG     Dollar General                $695.6 M     $645.4 M          7.8
  DLTR   Dollar Tree
  FDO    Family Dollar                 $511.4 M     $496.1 M          3.1
  FD     Federated Department Stores   $1.802 B     $1.800 B         FLAT
  FRED   Fred's                        $143.9 M     $133.4 M            8
  FINL   Finish Line
  GOT    Gottschalks                    $42.6 M      $44.3 M         -3.8
  JCP    JCPenney                      $1,110 M     $1,093 M          1.6
  KSS    Kohl's                        $929.3 M     $823.7 M         12.8
  SHRP   Sharper Image                  $22.1 M      $30.9 M          -29
  SSI    Stage Stores Inc.             $104.6 M      $93.1 M         12.4
  SBUX   Starbucks
  SMRT   Stein Mart                    $104.3 M      $97.2 M          7.3
  TGT    Target Corporation            $4.128 B     $3.731 B         10.7
  WMT    Wal-Mart                     $17.572 B    $16.639 B          5.6


  TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE          TOTAL SALES  TOTAL SALES  TOTAL SALES
                                      $ YTD 2007   $ YTD 2006   % YTD 2007
  BJ     BJ's
  BIG    Big Lots
  BONT   Bon Ton
  CBK    Christopher Banks Corp.        $547.3 M     $490.5 M
  COST   Costco                         $32.40 B     $29.65 B           9
  DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores
  DG     Dollar General
  DLTR   Dollar Tree
  FDO    Family Dollar                $3,547.6 M                      5.1
  FD     Federated Department Stores
  FRED   Fred's
  FINL   Finish Line                    $1.338 B     $1.306 B         2.5
  GOT    Gottschalks
  JCP    JCPenney
  KSS    Kohl's
  SHRP   Sharper Image
  SSI    Stage Stores Inc.
  SBUX   Starbucks
  SMRT   Stein Mart
  TGT    Target Corporation
  WMT    Wal-Mart

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

  BJ     BJ's                       3.0         1.6
  BIG    Big Lots
  BONT   Bon Ton                   14.6
  CBK    Christopher Banks Corp.    -13                       1
  COST   Costco                       4                       5
  DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores      -9
  DG     Dollar General             4.9        -0.5
  DLTR   Dollar Tree
  FDO    Family Dollar             -0.5                     0.6
  FD     Federated Department
          Stores                    1.2
  FRED   Fred's                     3.9         0.3
  FINL   Finish Line                                       -5.7        0.7
  GOT    Gottschalks               -3.6
  JCP    JCPenney                  -0.2         2.3
  KSS    Kohl's                     4.4
  SHRP   Sharper Image
  SSI    Stage Stores Inc.          1.4        -0.9
  SBUX   Starbucks
  SMRT   Stein Mart                -1.9
  TGT    Target Corporation         5.7         3.6
  WMT    Wal-Mart                   0.4         3.5


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

  PIR    Pier 1                      $120.503 M   $105.461 M         14.3


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

  PIR    Pier 1

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

  PIR    Pier 1                  -8.4

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