DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
 
   The following companies are among those that have reported May retail sales: 
 
   COMPANY                  SYMBOL      SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch          ANF          (28.0%)      (24.1%) 
Aeropostale                  ARO           19.0%        10.7% 
American Eagle               AEO          (7.0%)       (6.3%) 
American Apparel             APP          (10.0%)   a. (4.0%) 
BJ's Wholesale               BJ           (6.8%)       (4.4%) 
Bon-Ton                      BONT         (12.1%)       N.A. 
Buckle                       BKE           13.4%        11.2% 
Cato Corp.                   CTR          (3.0%)        N.A. 
Children's Place             PLCE         (9.0%)        0.1% 
Costco                       COST         (7.0%)       (6.4%) 
Destination Maternity        DEST         (5.4%)        N.A. 
Dillard's                    DDS          (12.0%)   a. (8.0%) 
Duckwall-Alco                DUCK         (0.4%)        N.A. 
Fred's Inc.                  FRED          0.2%     a.  1.0% 
Gap Inc.                     GPS          (6.0%)       (5.0%) 
Hot Topic                    HOTT         (6.4%)       (4.3%) 
J.C. Penney                  JCP          (8.2%)       (9.6%) 
Kohl's                       KSS          (0.4%)       (3.8%) 
Limited                      LTD          (7.0%)       (7.0%) 
Macy's                       M            (9.1%)       (9.3%) 
Nordstrom                    JWN          (13.1%)      (12.7%) 
Rite Aid                     RAD           0.6%         0.8% 
Ross Stores                  ROST          4.0%         2.9% 
Saks Inc.                    SKS          (26.6%)      (14.2%) 
Stage Stores                 SSI          (7.2%)       (6.0%) 
Stein Mart                   SMRT          0.2%     a. (6.0%) 
Target                       TGT          (6.1%)       (4.3%) 
TJX Cos.                     TJX           5.0%         3.6% 
Walgreen                     WAG           1.0%         2.2% 
Wet Seal                     WTSLA        (8.4%)       (10.1%) 
Zumiez                       ZUMZ         (20.7%)      (20.2%) 
 
   a. Fewer than three analysts 
   N.A. = not available 
   Figures in parentheses indicate a decrease in sales from the year-earlier period.