DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

The following companies are among those that have reported December retail sales:

COMPANY        SYMBOL  SAME-STORE  FIRST CALL EST. 
Bon-Ton        BONT        (0.7%)            N/A 
Buckle         BKE          8.9%             5.0% 
Cato Corp.     CATO        (1%)              N/A 
Costco         COST         6%         a.b. 6.0% 
Dillard's      DDS          4%             c.3.0% 
Duckwall-Alco  DUCK     a. (0.3%)            N/A 
Fred's Inc.    FRED        (0.4%)            1.8% 
Gap Inc.       GPS         (4%)           (1.3%) 
J.C. Penney    JCP          0.3%            (0.1%) 
Kohl's         KSS         (0.1%)            2.2% 
Limited        LTD          7%             5.7% 
Macy's         M            6.2%             5.0% 
Nordstrom      JWN          8.7%             5.1% 
Rite Aid       RAD          3.6%             N/A 
Ross Stores    ROST         9%               4.2% 
Saks Inc.      SKS          5.8%             5.8% 
Stage Stores   SSI          1.2%           c. 1.0% 
Stein Mart     SMRT         0.0%           c.(1.0%) 
Target         TGT          1.6%             3.1% 
Walgreen       WAG          0.4%            (0.1%) 
Wet Seal       WTSLA       (3.7%)           (1.0%) 
Zumiez         ZUMZ        10%               5.1% 
a. Excluding gasoline sales 
b. U.S. sales 
c. Fewer than three analysts 
N/A = not available