DUCK Alco Stores, Inc. (MM)

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

COMPANY        SYMBOL    SAME-STORE     FIRST CALL EST. 
Bon-Ton        BONT         0.7%             N/A 
Buckle         BKE         14.8%             5.8% 
Cato Corp.     CATO        (5%)              N/A 
Costco         COST         7%          a.b. 6.5% 
Duckwall-Alco  DUCK       a.1.1%             N/A 
Fred's Inc.    FRED        (0.7%)            0.2% 
Gap Inc.       GPS          4%              (1.4%) 
Kohl's         KSS         (0.8%)            0.0% 
Limited        LTD          8%               6.2% 
Macy's         M            4.6%             3.5% 
Nordstrom      JWN         10.2%             5.6% 
Ross Stores    ROST         9%               4.6% 
Saks Inc.      SKS          6.6%             5.5% 
Stage Stores   SSI          3.7%          c. 1.5% 
Stein Mart     SMRT         0.7%          c. 1.0% 
Target         TGT          7%               5.2% 
TJX Cos.       TJX          9%               7.0% 
Wet Seal       WTSLA       (5.8%)           (9.0%) 
Zumiez         ZUMZ        14.2%             5.1% 

a. Excluding gasoline sales

b. U.S. sales

c. Fewer than three analysts

N/A = not available