PR Newswire Issues April 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 April 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: April

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

  AEO   American Eagle Outfitters     $171.9 M     $179.2 M           -4
  ANN   Ann Taylor Stores             $200.3 M     $213.6 M         -6.2
  BBY   Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS   Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG  Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR   Cato                           $64.2 M      $81.8 M          -22
  CHRS  Charming Shoppes
  CHS   Chico's FAS                   $148.7 M     $135.5 M          9.8
  CLE   Claire's Stores             $105.051 M   $104.251 M            1
  DEBS  Deb Shops                      $28.7 M      $29.3 M         -2.0
  DBRN  Dress Barn                    $123.0 M     $124.5 M           -1
  GYMB  Gymboree                       $52.6 M      $53.5 M           -2
  JAS   Jo-Ann Stores
  JOSB  Joseph A. Bank Clothiers       $45.5 M      $38.4 M         18.5
  MW    Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK  Mothers Work                   $52.3 M      $58.0 M         -9.9
  PSUN  Pacific Sunwear                $79.3 M      $88.5 M        -10.5
  RVI   Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST  Ross Stores                     $417 M       $416 M
  SKS   Saks Inc.                     $281.3 M     $248.7 M         13.1
  SCVL  Shoe Carnival
  TLB   Talbots
  BKE   The Buckle                     $34.0 M      $31.6 M          7.5
  PLCE  The Children's Place          $140.3 M     $139.2 M            1
  GPS   The Gap                        $1.09 B      $1.23 B          -11
  LTD   The Limited                   $688.0 M     $653.2 M
  TJX   TJX Cos.                       $1.28 B      $1.26 B            2
  URGI  United Retail                  $36.9 M      $39.4 M
  WMAR  West Marine
  WLSN  Wilsons The Leather Expert     $13.3 M      $17.1 M


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

  AEO   American Eagle Outfitters     $612.4 M     $522.4 M           17
  ANN   Ann Taylor Stores             $580.3 M     $556.2 M          4.3
  BBY   Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS   Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG  Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR   Cato                          $224.1 M     $229.7 M           -2
  CHRS  Charming Shoppes
  CHS   Chico's FAS                     $453 M       $391 M         16.0
  CLE   Claire's Stores             $340.549 M   $311.856 M            9
  DEBS  Deb Shops                      $83.8 M      $81.3 M          3.0
  DBRN  Dress Barn                    $348.1 M     $327.2 M            6
  GYMB  Gymboree                      $206.7 M     $183.0 M           13
  JAS   Jo-Ann Stores                 $424.2 M     $424.7 M         -0.1
  JOSB  Joseph A. Bank Clothiers      $129.5 M     $113.7 M         13.9
  MW    Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK  Mothers Work
  PSUN  Pacific Sunwear               $309.3 M     $296.5 M          4.3
  RVI   Retail Ventures, Inc.         $754.1 M     $721.5 M          4.5
  ROST  Ross Stores                   $1.411 B     $1.310 B            8
  SKS   Saks Inc.                     $785.6 M     $676.4 M         16.1
  SCVL  Shoe Carnival                 $165.7 M     $168.5 M         -1.7
  TLB   Talbots                       $573.6 M     $453.0 M
  BKE   The Buckle                    $121.1 M     $109.6 M         10.5
  PLCE  The Children's Place          $478.9 M     $426.5 M           12
  GPS   The Gap                        $3.56 B      $3.44 B            3
  LTD   The Limited                   $2.311 B     $2.077 B           11
  TJX   TJX Cos.                        $4.2 B       $3.9 B            7
  URGI  United Retail                 $111.0 M     $109.4 M
  WMAR  West Marine
  WLSN  Wilsons The Leather Expert     $57.6 M      $74.7 M        -22.9


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

  AEO   American Eagle Outfitters    10         19
  ANN   Ann Taylor Stores         -12.8       10.9         3.3        5.6
  BBY   Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS   Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG  Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR   Cato                        -21                     -5
  CHRS  Charming Shoppes
  CHS   Chico's FAS                -7.3                   -1.6
  CLE   Claire's Stores              -6          1           1          3
  DEBS  Deb Shops                  -4.7                   -0.2
  DBRN  Dress Barn                   -6         15           2          7
  GYMB  Gymboree                     -5         19           3         13
  JAS   Jo-Ann Stores                                      1.8       -3.9
  JOSB  Joseph A. Bank Clothiers    7.3       30.0         3.8       20.7
  MW    Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK  Mothers Work               14.8        7.1
  PSUN  Pacific Sunwear           -16.5                   -1.2
  RVI   Retail Ventures, Inc.                             -5.2        3.5
  ROST  Ross Stores                  -7          9        FLAT          6
  SKS   Saks Inc.                  11.7                   14.4
  SCVL  Shoe Carnival                                     -3.7
  TLB   Talbots                                            3.5
  BKE   The Buckle                  1.8                    6.4
  PLCE  The Children's Place         -2         22           4         10
  GPS   The Gap                     -16          3          -4         -9
  LTD   The Limited                  -1                      4
  TJX   TJX Cos.                     -1
  URGI  United Retail                -8                   FLAT
  WMAR  West Marine
  WLSN  Wilsons The Leather       -20.0       -7.9       -20.8      -10.8
         Expert


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

  BJ    BJ's                          $618.5 M     $606.7 M         1.9
  BIG   Big Lots
  BONT  Bon Ton                       $211.9 M     $245.6 M       -13.7
  CBK   Christopher Banks              $56.9 M      $59.5 M
         Corporation
  COST  Costco                         $4.94 B      $4.43 B          12
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores      $490.366 M   $562.341 M         -13
  DG    Dollar General                $674.5 M     $673.3 M         0.2
  DLTR  Dollar Tree
  FDO   Family Dollar                 $481.3 M     $489.2 M        -1.6
  FD    Federated Department Stores   $1.837 B     $1.875 B        -2.1
  FRED  Fred's                        $126.7 M     $125.3 M           1
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOT   Gottschalks                  $40.266 M    $43.258 M        -6.9
  JCP   JCPenney                      $1,136 M     $1,168 M        -2.7
  KSS   Kohl's                      $1,095.1 M   $1,138.9 M        -3.8
  SHRP  Sharper Image                  $14.5 M      $16.3 M         -11
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.             $102.6 M     $119.0 M       -13.8
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart                    $109.3 M     $124.0 M       -11.8
  TGT   Target Corporation            $3,903 M     $3,974 M        -1.8
  WMT   Wal-Mart                     $16.870 B    $16.795 B         0.4


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

  BJ    BJ's                            $2.0 B       $1.9 B         6.6
  BIG   Big Lots                    $1,116.0 M   $1,078.2 M         3.5
  BONT  Bon Ton                       $737.6 M     $561.8 M        31.3
  CBK   Christopher Banks
         Corporation
  COST  Costco                        $43.05 B     $39.47 B           9
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores    $1,763.153 M $1,837.804 M          -4
  DG    Dollar General                 $2.27 B      $2.15 B         5.7
  DLTR  Dollar Tree                   $975.0 M     $856.5 M        13.8
  FDO   Family Dollar               $4,680.4 M                      5.0
  FD    Federated Department Stores   $5.924 B     $5.930 B         0.1
  FRED  Fred's                        $442.2 M     $416.7 M           6
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOT   Gottschalks                 $141.788 M   $143.512 M        -1.2
  JCP   JCPenney                      $3,690 M     $3,535 M         4.4
  KSS   Kohl's                      $3,572.0 M   $3,196.3 M        11.8
  SHRP  Sharper Image                  $44.1 M      $56.8 M
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.             $358.2 M     $343.5 M         4.3
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart                    $376.1 M     $364.8 M         3.1
  TGT   Target Corporation           $13,623 M
  WMT   Wal-Mart                     $56.559 B    $53.603 B         5.5


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

  BJ    BJ's                        -2.1        1.2        2.3      2.0
  BIG   Big Lots                                           4.9
  BONT  Bon Ton                    -15.8                  -2.5
  CBK   Christopher Banks
         Corporation                 -12
  COST  Costco                         7          5
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores       -14                    -5
  DG    Dollar General              -2.4        2.2        2.4
  DLTR  Dollar Tree                                        5.8
  FDO   Family Dollar               -4.9                   0.7
  FD    Federated Department Stores   22                   0.6
  FRED  Fred's                       2.5        6.3        1.9      2.3
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOT   Gottschalks                 -5.4                  -0.8
  JCP   JCPenney                    -4.7        2.6        2.2      1.3
  KSS   Kohl's                       3.9                 -10.5
  SHRP  Sharper Image                -11                   -22
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.          -14.8       16.9        0.1      3.2
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart                 -13.9                  -2.0
  TGT   Target Corporation          -6.1       10.4        4.3      5.1
  WMT   Wal-Mart                    -4.6        5.4        0.0      3.4


  TICKER HOME SUPPLY                TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES   TOTAL SALES
                                   $ MONTH 2007  $ MONTH 2006   % MONTH 2007
  PIR   Pier 1


  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


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