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

   COMPANY            SYMBOL       SAME-STORE   S-S ESTIMATE 
Abercrombie & Fitch    ANF          (18.0%)      (21.0%) 
Aeropostale            ARO           19.0%        12.4% 
American Eagle         AEO           0.0%        (4.1%) 
American Apparel       APP          (15.0%)   c. (15.0%) 
BJ's Wholesale         BJ          a. 5.5%      a. 6.6% 
Bon-Ton                BONT         (4.8%)        N/A 
Buckle                 BKE           5.1%         5.8% 
Cato Corp.             CTR           6.0%         N/A 
Children's Place       PLCE          4.0%        (1.3%) 
Costco                 COST          3.0%    a.b. 2.3% 
Destination Maternity  DEST         (7.0%)        N/A 
Dillard's              DDS          (6.0%)    c. (9.8%) 
Duckwall-Alco          DUCK         (0.4%)        N/A 
Fred's Inc.            FRED          3.3%         0.9% 
Gap Inc.               GPS          (1.0%)       (0.4%) 
Hot Topic              HOTT         (4.0%)       (6.3%) 
J.C. Penney            JCP          (1.4%)       (3.5%) 
Kohl's                 KSS           5.5%         0.1% 
Limited                LTD           1.0%        (2.4%) 
Macy's                 M            (2.3%)       (4.6%) 
Nordstrom              JWN          (2.4%)       (6.0%) 
Rite Aid               RAD          (0.3%)    c. (0.6%) 
Ross Stores            ROST          8.0%         7.2% 
Saks Inc.              SKS          (11.6%)      (11.1%) 
Stage Stores           SSI          (5.6%)       (4.3%) 
Stein Mart             SMRT         (5.4%)    c. (4.0%) 
Target                 TGT          (1.7%)       (2.0%) 
TJX Cos.               TJX           7.0%         4.1% 
Walgreen               WAG           5.3%         3.0% 
Wet Seal               WTSLA        (4.5%)       (7.8%) 
Zumiez                 ZUMZ         (0.8%)       (1.0%)

a. Excluding gasoline sales

b. U.S. sales

c. Fewer than three analysts

N.A. = not available