PR Newswire Issues January 2009 Retail Review & Comparison
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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 2009 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 2008. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.

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  PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison
  Month: JANUARY 2009

                                       TOTAL        TOTAL         TOTAL
                                       SALES $      SALES $       SALES %
                                       MONTH        MONTH         MONTH
  TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS     2009         2008          2009

  AEO  American Eagle Outfitters     $138.9 M     $163.9 M        -15.0
  ANN  Ann Taylor Stores
  BBY  Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS  Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR  Cato                           $52.4 M      $56.4 M         -7.0
  CHRS Charming Shoppes
  CHS  Chico's FAS                    $91.4 M      $94.1 M         -2.9
  DBRN Dress Barn
  GYMB Gymboree
  JAS  Jo-Ann Stores                 $571.9 M     $585.9 M
  JOSB JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
  MW   Men's Wearhouse
  DEST Destination Maternity Corp     $38.8 M      $38.7 M          0.4
  PSUN Pacific Sunwear                $54.7 M      $59.6 M         -8.0
  RVI  Retail Ventures, Inc.         $455.5 M     $452.0 M          0.8
  ROST Ross Stores                     $365 M       $350 M          4.0
  SKS  Saks Inc.                     $147.1 M     $190.3 M        -22.7
  SCVL Shoe Carnival
  TLB  Talbots
  BKE  The Buckle                     $48.0 M      $39.0 M         23.1
  PLCE The Children's Place           $80.3 M      $82.5 M         -3.0
  GPS  The Gap                         $757 M       $935 M        -19.0
  LTD  The Limited                   $591.6 M     $625.8 M
  TJX  TJX Cos.                        $1.0 B       $1.1 B         -6.0
  WMAR West Marine



                                     TOTAL        TOTAL          TOTAL
                                     SALES $      SALES $        SALES %
  TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS   YTD 2009     YTD 2008       YTD 2009

  AEO  American Eagle Outfitters     $2.989 B     $3.055 B         -2.0
  ANN  Ann Taylor Stores
  BBY  Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS  Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR  Cato                          $845.7 M     $834.3 M          1.0
  CHRS Charming Shoppes
  CHS  Chico's FAS                   $1.582 B     $1.714 B         -7.7
  DBRN Dress Barn
  GYMB Gymboree
  JAS  Jo-Ann Stores                 $1.901 B     $1.879 B
  JOSB JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
  MW   Men's Wearhouse
  DEST Destination Maternity Corp
  PSUN Pacific Sunwear                $1.25 B      $1.31 B         -4.0
  RVI  Retail Ventures, Inc.          $1.89 B      $1.87 B          0.7
  ROST Ross Stores                   $6.486 B     $5.975 B          9.0
  SKS  Saks Inc.                   $3,053.8 M   $3,249.1 M         -6.0
  SCVL Shoe Carnival
  TLB  Talbots
  BKE  The Buckle                    $792.0 M     $619.9 M         27.8
  PLCE The Children's Place        $1,630.3 M                       7.0
  GPS  The Gap
  LTD  The Limited                 $9,042.7 M  $10,086.4 M
  TJX  TJX Cos.                       $18.7 B      $18.4 B            2
  WMAR West Marine                   $631.3 M     $679.6 M         -7.1



                                     COMP        COMP        COMP      COMP
                                    SALES       SALES        SALES     SALES
                                   % MONTH     % MONTH      % YTD     % YTD
  TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS   2009        2008        2009      2008

  AEO  American Eagle Outfitters    -22.0         -7.0       -10.0
  ANN  Ann Taylor Stores
  BBY  Best Buy Co. Inc.
  BWS  Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
  CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
  CTR  Cato                           -10                     -1.0
  CHRS Charming Shoppes
  CHS  Chico's FAS                  -10.9                    -15.1
  DBRN Dress Barn
  GYMB Gymboree
  JAS  Jo-Ann Stores                 -2.9          3.3         0.5       3.5
  JOSB JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
  MW   Men's Wearhouse
  DEST Destination Maternity Corp     5.1         -2.1
  PSUN Pacific Sunwear              -11.0         -5.0
  RVI  Retail Ventures, Inc.         -7.9         -0.1        -5.1       0.3
  ROST Ross Stores                   -2.0                      2.0
  SKS  Saks Inc.                    -23.7          4.1        -6.1      11.7
  SCVL Shoe Carnival
  TLB  Talbots
  BKE  The Buckle                    14.7                     20.6
  PLCE The Children's Place         -11.0          9.0         2.0       3.0
  GPS  The Gap                      -23.0         -2.0
  LTD  The Limited                   -9.0         -8.0        -9.0      -2.0
  TJX  TJX Cos.                      -4.0          1.0
  WMAR West Marine                                            -6.8      -7.6


                                  TOTAL         TOTAL          TOTAL
                                  SALES $       SALES $        SALES %
                                  MONTH         MONTH          MONTH
  TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE       2009          2008           2009

  BJ    BJ's                      $656.7 M     $651.0 M          0.9
  BIG   Big Lots
  BONT  Bon Ton                   $172.0 M     $187.6 M         -8.3
  CBK   Christopher Banks
         Corporation
  COST  Costco
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores  $376.611 M   $435.253 M        -13.0
  DLTR  Dollar Tree
  FDO   Family Dollar
  FRED  Fred's                    $126.1 M     $133.2 M          5.0
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOTTQ Gottschalks                $33.3 M      $30.1 M         10.6
  JCP   JCPenney                    $983 M     $1,163 M        -15.5
  KSS   Kohl's                    $720.3 M     $791.4 M         -9.0
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.          $74.4 M      $82.1 M         -9.4
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart                 $67.1 M      $81.0 M        -17.2
  TGT   Target Corporation        $4.138 B     $4.106 B          0.8
  WMT   Wal-Mart                 $27.742 B    $27.263 B          1.8



                                 TOTAL         TOTAL           TOTAL
                                SALES $       SALES $          SALES %
  TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE    YTD 2009      YTD 2008        YTD 2009

  BJ    BJ's                   $9,802.067 M $8,791.617 M         11.5
  BIG   Big Lots                 $4,594.2 M   $4,606.2 M         -0.3
  BONT  Bon Ton                  $1,031.4 M   $1,138.9 M         -9.4
  CBK   Christopher Banks
         Corporation
  COST  Costco
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores $6,739.942 M $7,204.914 M         -6.0
  DLTR  Dollar Tree                 $4.64 B      $4.24 B          9.5
  FDO   Family Dollar
  FRED  Fred's                      $1.80 B      $1.78 B          1.0
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOTTQ Gottschalks                $563.2 M     $628.5 M        -10.4
  JCP   JCPenney                  $18,486 M    $19,860 M         -6.9
  KSS   Kohl's                  $16,388.9 M  $16,473.7 M         -0.5
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.        $1,515.8 M   $1,545.6 M
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart               $1,326.5 M   $1,457.6 M         -9.0
  TGT   Target Corporation        $62.884 B                       2.3
  WMT   Wal-Mart                 $398.261 B   $375.015 B          6.2


                                 COMP         COMP        COMP         COMP
                                SALES        SALES       SALES        SALES
                               % MONTH      % MONTH      % YTD        % YTD
  TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE     2009         2008        2009         2008

  BJ    BJ's                      -0.7          8.3         9.4
  BIG   Big Lots                                            0.5
  BONT  Bon Ton                   -8.2                     -9.7
  CBK   Christopher Banks
         Corporation
  COST  Costco
  DDS   Dillard's Dept. Stores   -12.0                     -7.0
  DLTR  Dollar Tree                                         4.1
  FDO   Family Dollar
  FRED  Fred's                    -1.9         -1.2         1.8         0.3
  FINL  Finish Line
  GOTTQ Gottschalks               13.3                     -8.8
  JCP   JCPenney                 -16.4          0.0        -8.5         0.0
  KSS   Kohl's                   -13.4                     -6.9
  SSI   Stage Stores Inc.        -13.1          1.0        -6.1        -1.1
  SBUX  Starbucks
  SMRT  Stein Mart               -16.7                    -10.9
  TGT   Target Corporation        -3.3         -1.1        -2.9         3.0
  WMT   Wal-Mart                   1.5          0.9         3.0         1.5


                                           TOTAL         TOTAL      TOTAL
                                          SALES $       SALES $    SALES %
                                           MONTH         MONTH      MONTH
  TICKER HOME SUPPLY                        2009          2008       2009
  PIR  Pier 1


                                           TOTAL       TOTAL        TOTAL
                                          SALES $     SALES $      SALES %
  TICKER HOME SUPPLY                      YTD 2009    YTD 2008     YTD 2009
  PIR  Pier 1


                                        COMP     COMP      COMP       COMP
                                       SALES    SALES     SALES      SALES
                                      % MONTH  % MONTH    % YTD      % YTD
  TICKER HOME SUPPLY                    2009     2008      2009       2008
  PIR  Pier 1


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