PR Newswire Issues November 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 November 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: November

  PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison

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

  AEO    American Eagle Outfitters     $285.8 M     $247.0 M          16
  ANN    Ann Taylor Stores             $209.2 M     $186.4 M        12.2
  BBY    Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS    Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG   Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR    Cato                           $58.4 M      $60.9 M          -4
  CHRS   Charming Shoppes
  CHS    Chico's FAS                   $133.6 M     $126.8 M         5.4
  DEBS   Deb Shops
  DBRN   Dress Barn                    $363.7 M     $358.4 M         1.5
  GYMB   Gymboree
  JAS    Jo-Ann Stores
  JOSB   Joseph A. Bank Clothiers       $63.1 M      $50.6 M        24.7
  MW     Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK   Mothers Work                   $46.5 M      $45.4 M         2.3
  PSUN   Pacific Sunwear               $120.9 M     $116.6 M         3.6
  RVI    Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST   Ross Stores                     $547 M       $496 M          10
  SKS    Saks Inc.                     $347.6 M     $275.3 M        26.3
  SCVL   Shoe Carnival
  TLB    Talbots
  BKE    The Buckle                     $59.4 M      $46.1 M        28.8
  PLCE   The Children's Place          $234.6 M     $199.3 M          18
  GPS    The Gap                        $1.54 B      $1.39 B          11
  LTD    The Limited                   $858.7 M     $937.7 M
  TJX    TJX Cos.                        $1.8 B       $1.6 B          10
  URGI   United Retail
  WMAR   West Marine
  WLSN   Wilsons The Leather Expert     $33.6 M      $31.6 M         6.6


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

  AEO    American Eagle Outfitters     $2.346 B     $2.068 B          13
  ANN    Ann Taylor Stores
  BBY    Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS    Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG   Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR    Cato                          $683.4 M     $693.0 M          -1
  CHRS   Charming Shoppes
  CHS    Chico's FAS                    $1.44 B      $1.32 B         8.7
  DEBS   Deb Shops
  DBRN   Dress Barn                     $19.6 M      $27.4 M
  GYMB   Gymboree
  JAS    Jo-Ann Stores
  JOSB   Joseph A. Bank Clothiers      $458.2 M     $402.8 M        13.8
  MW     Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK   Mothers Work
  PSUN   Pacific Sunwear             $1,145.5 M   $1,080.7 M         6.0
  RVI    Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST   Ross Stores                   $4.870 B     $4.487 B           9
  SKS    Saks Inc.                   $2,611.2 M   $2,240.8 M        16.5
  SCVL   Shoe Carnival
  TLB    Talbots
  BKE    The Buckle                    $472.3 M     $401.2 M        17.7
  PLCE   The Children's Place        $1,726.5 M   $1,571.9 M          10
  GPS    The Gap                       $12.63 B     $12.40 B           2
  LTD    The Limited                   $7.717 B     $7.584 B
  TJX    TJX Cos.                       $15.1 B      $14.0 B           7
  URGI   United Retail
  WMAR   West Marine
  WLSN   Wilsons The Leather Expert    $192.7 M     $219.9 M       -12.4



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

  AEO    American Eagle Outfitters     FLAT      10        3
  ANN    Ann Taylor Stores              3.9    -4.3
  BBY    Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS    Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG   Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR    Cato                            -6               -4
  CHRS   Charming Shoppes
  CHS    Chico's FAS                  -13.7             -6.3
  DEBS   Deb Shops
  DBRN   Dress Barn                      -3
  GYMB   Gymboree
  JAS    Jo-Ann Stores
  JOSB   Joseph A. Bank Clothiers      15.0              4.6
  MW     Men's Wearhouse
  MWRK   Mothers Work                   0.0    -1.3
  PSUN   Pacific Sunwear                2.3              2.1
  RVI    Retail Ventures, Inc.
  ROST   Ross Stores                      3                1
  SKS    Saks Inc.                     25.7             14.5
  SCVL   Shoe Carnival
  TLB    Talbots
  BKE    The Buckle                    18.2             17.7
  PLCE   The Children's Place             3       8        1        13
  GPS    The Gap                       FLAT      -8       -4        -7
  LTD    The Limited                     -7             FLAT
  TJX    TJX Cos.                         7                4
  URGI   United Retail
  WMAR   West Marine
  WLSN   Wilsons The Leather Expert     0.4   -19.1    -13.3     -14.7



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

  BJ     BJ's                           $746.3 M     $668.2 M        11.7
  BIG    Big Lots
  BONT   Bon Ton                        $393.1 M     $367.0 M         7.1
  CBK    Christopher Banks Corporation   $48.1 M      $44.3 M
  COST   Costco                          $5.72 B      $5.04 B          13
  DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores       $559.272 M   $550.052 M           2
  DLTR   Dollar Tree
  FDO    Family Dollar                  $559.3 M     $560.0 M
  FRED   Fred's                         $151.3 M     $150.5 M           1
  FINL   Finish Line
  GOT    Gottschalks                   $61.568 M    $61.610 M       -0.07
  JCP    JCPenney                       $1,709 M     $1,616 M         5.8
  KSS    Kohl's                        $2023.2 M   $1,685.7 M        20.0
  M      Macy's, Inc.                   $2.713 B     $2.382 B        13.9
  SHRP   Sharper Image                   $27.1 M      $30.2 M         -10
  SSI    Stage Stores Inc.              $130.7 M     $121.2 M         7.8
  SBUX   Starbucks
  SMRT   Stein Mart                     $140.2 M     $144.7 M        -3.1
  TGT    Target Corporation             $5.972 B     $5.119 B        16.7
  WMT    Wal-Mart                      $20.165 B    $19.244 B         4.8


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

  BJ     BJ's                             $7.1 B       $6.6 B         8.1
  BIG    Big Lots
  BONT   Bon Ton                      $2,620.1 M   $2,479.7 M         5.7
  CBK    Christopher Banks Corporation  $450.5 M     $413.3 M
  COST   Costco                         $16.98 B     $15.20 B          12
  DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores     $5,602.347 M $5,788.627 M          -3
  DLTR   Dollar Tree
  FDO    Family Dollar                $1,683.0 M   $1,600.3 M         5.2
  FRED   Fred's                         $1.438 B     $1.382 B           4
  FINL   Finish Line                    $894.4 M     $906.2 M        -1.3
  GOT    Gottschalks                  $485.690 M   $507.350 M        -4.3
  JCP    JCPenney                      $13,232 M    $12,844 M         3.0
  KSS    Kohl's                      $13,009.6 M  $11,834.0 M         9.9
  M      Macy's, Inc.                  $20.432 B    $20.193 B         1.2
  SHRP   Sharper Image                  $174.7 M     $206.8 M         -16
  SSI    Stage Stores Inc.            $1,203.2 M   $1,180.2 M
  SBUX   Starbucks
  SMRT   Stein Mart                   $1,180.4 M   $1,185.0 M        -0.4
  TGT    Target Corporation            $48.104 B                     10.0
  WMT    Wal-Mart                     $192.347 B   $181.456 B         6.0



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

  BJ     BJ's                          7.7        0.6         3.6
  BIG    Big Lots
  BONT   Bon Ton                       9.9                   -5.1
  CBK    Christopher Banks Corporation   1                      3
  COST   Costco                          9                      8
  DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores          1                     -4
  DLTR   Dollar Tree
  FDO    Family Dollar                -3.4                   -1.0
  FRED   Fred's                       -4.5        2.0         0.6       2.5
  FINL   Finish Line                                         -4.1      -5.8
  GOT    Gottschalks                   0.4                   -2.9
  JCP    JCPenney                      2.6        1.4         0.4       4.0
  KSS    Kohl's                       10.2                    2.0
  M      Macy's, Inc.                 13.4                    0.7
  SHRP   Sharper Image                  -9                    -14
  SSI    Stage Stores Inc.             3.6        0.2         0.3       3.5
  SBUX   Starbucks
  SMRT   Stein Mart                   -8.9                   -3.9
  TGT    Target Corporation           10.8                    5.1
  WMT    Wal-Mart                      0.8        1.8         1.8       0.0



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

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

  PIR    Pier 1


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

  PIR    Pier 1


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