PR Newswire Issues February 2008 Retail Review & Comparison

NEW YORK, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 February 2008 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 2007. 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: FEBRUARY 2008

                                             TOTAL         TOTAL      TOTAL
                                            SALES $       SALES $    SALES %
                                             MONTH         MONTH      MONTH
    TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS          2008          2007      2008

    AEO    American Eagle Outfitters        $175.1 M      $166.3 M       5
    ANN    Ann Taylor Stores                $141.4 M      $136.1 M     3.9
    BBY    Best Buy Co. Inc.
    BWS    Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
    CMRG   Casual Male Retail Group
    CTR    Cato                              $67.2 M       $64.9 M       4
    CHRS   Charming Shoppes
    CHS    Chico's FAS                      $105.5 M      $113.1 M    -6.7
    DBRN   Dress Barn
    GYMB   Gymboree
    JAS    Jo-Ann Stores
    JOSB   Joseph A. Bank Clothiers
    MW     Men's Wearhouse
    MWRK   Mothers Work                      $45.7 M       $43.9 M     4.1
    PSUN   Pacific Sunwear                   $77.6 M       $72.5 M       7
    RVI    Retail Ventures, Inc.
    ROST   Ross Stores                        $444 M        $395 M      12
    SKS    Saks Inc.                        $227.6 M      $219.9 M     3.5
    SCVL   Shoe Carnival
    TLB    Talbots
    BKE    The Buckle                        $49.6 M       $37.7 M    31.6
    PLCE   The Children's Place             $151.7 M      $133.8 M      13
    GPS    The Gap                            $907 M        $907 M    FLAT
    LTD    The Limited                      $614.4 M      $730.5 M
    TJX    TJX Cos.                           $1.3 B        $1.2 B       6
    WMAR   West Marine
    WLSN   Wilsons The Leather Expert

                                             TOTAL       TOTAL        TOTAL
                                            SALES $     SALES $      SALES %
    TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS        YTD 2008    YTD 2007     YTD 2008
    AEO    American Eagle Outfitters
    ANN    Ann Taylor Stores
    BBY    Best Buy Co. Inc.
    BWS    Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
    CMRG   Casual Male Retail Group
    CTR    Cato
    CHRS   Charming Shoppes
    CHS    Chico's FAS
    DBRN   Dress Barn
    GYMB   Gymboree
    JAS    Jo-Ann Stores
    JOSB   Joseph A. Bank Clothiers
    MW     Men's Wearhouse
    MWRK   Mothers Work
    PSUN   Pacific Sunwear
    RVI    Retail Ventures, Inc.
    ROST   Ross Stores
    SKS    Saks Inc.
    SCVL   Shoe Carnival
    TLB    Talbots
    BKE    The Buckle
    PLCE   The Children's Place
    GPS    The Gap
    LTD    The Limited
    TJX    TJX Cos.
    WMAR   West Marine
    WLSN   Wilsons The Leather Expert



                                       COMP     COMP      COMP      COMP
                                      SALES    SALES      SALES     SALES
                                     % MONTH  % MONTH    % YTD     % YTD
    TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS   2008     2007      2008      2007
    AEO  American Eagle Outfitters      -4       6
    ANN  Ann Taylor Stores            -1.7
    BBY  Best Buy Co. Inc.
    BWS  Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
    CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
    CTR  Cato                            3
    CHRS Charming Shoppes
    CHS  Chico's FAS                 -14.9
    DBRN Dress Barn
    GYMB Gymboree
    JAS  Jo-Ann Stores
    JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers
    MW   Men's Wearhouse
    MWRK Mothers Work                  4.8     -4.7
    PSUN Pacific Sunwear                 6
    RVI  Retail Ventures, Inc.
    ROST Ross Stores                     4
    SKS  Saks Inc.                     3.4
    SCVL Shoe Carnival
    TLB  Talbots
    BKE  The Buckle                   24.3
    PLCE The Children's Place            5        5
    GPS  The Gap                        -6       -4
    LTD  The Limited                    -9
    TJX  TJX Cos.                        3
    WMAR West Marine
    WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert


                                             TOTAL         TOTAL      TOTAL
                                            SALES $       SALES $    SALES %
                                             MONTH         MONTH      MONTH
    TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE                2008          2007      2008

    BJ     BJ's                             $655.7 M      $601.8 M     9.0
    BIG    Big Lots
    BONT   Bon Ton                          $217.0 M      $237.6 M    -8.7
    CBK    Christopher Banks Corporation     $29.5 M       $35.0 M
    COST   Costco
    DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores         $581.612 M    $593.171 M      -2
    DLTR   Dollar Tree
    FDO    Family Dollar                    $533.7 M      $511.4 M     4.4
    FRED   Fred's                           $148.5 M      $143.8 M       3
    FINL   Finish Line                      $1.277 B      $1.332 B
    GOT    Gottschalks                       $37.7 M       $42.6 M   -11.5
    JCP    JCPenney                         $1,256 M      $1,314 M    -4.4
    KSS    Kohl's                          $ 971.6 M     $ 929.3 M     4.6
    SSI    Stage Stores Inc.                $105.9 M      $104.6 M     1.2
    SBUX   Starbucks
    SMRT   Stein Mart                        $96.1 M      $104.3 M    -7.8
    TGT    Target Corporation               $4,373 M      $4,128 M     5.9
    WMT    Wal-Mart                        $29.188 B     $26.794 B     8.9

                                             TOTAL        TOTAL        TOTAL
                                            SALES $      SALES $      SALES %
    TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE              YTD 2008     YTD 2007     YTD 2008
    BJ     BJ's
    BIG    Big Lots
    BONT   Bon Ton
    CBK    Christopher Banks Corporation    $575.7 M      $547.3 M
    COST   Costco                           $32.09 B      $28.66 B      12
    DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores
    DLTR   Dollar Tree
    FDO    Family Dollar                  $3,515.7 M
    FRED   Fred's
    FINL   Finish Line
    GOT    Gottschalks
    JCP    JCPenney
    KSS    Kohl's
    SSI    Stage Stores Inc.
    SBUX   Starbucks
    SMRT   Stein Mart
    TGT    Target Corporation
    WMT    Wal-Mart


                                          COMP     COMP      COMP      COMP
                                         SALES    SALES      SALES     SALES
                                        % MONTH  % MONTH    % YTD      % YTD
    TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE            2008     2007      2008       2007

    BJ     BJ's                            5.9      3.0
    BIG    Big Lots
    BONT   Bon Ton                        -7.2
    CBK    Christopher Banks Corporation    -5                 1
    COST   Costco                                              7
    DDS    Dillard's Dept. Stores           -2
    DLTR   Dollar Tree
    FDO    Family Dollar                   1.3              -0.5
    FRED   Fred's                          1.1      3.9
    FINL   Finish Line
    GOT    Gottschalks                    -9.5
    JCP    JCPenney                       -6.7      1.5
    KSS    Kohl's                         -3.8
    SSI    Stage Stores Inc.              -2.5
    SBUX   Starbucks
    SMRT   Stein Mart                    -10.4
    TGT    Target Corporation              0.5      5.7
    WMT    Wal-Mart                        2.5      0.4


                                             TOTAL         TOTAL      TOTAL
                                            SALES $       SALES $    SALES %
                                             MONTH         MONTH      MONTH
    TICKER HOME SUPPLY                       2008          2007       2008
    PIR    Pier 1

                                             TOTAL       TOTAL        TOTAL
                                            SALES $     SALES $      SALES %
    TICKER HOME SUPPLY                      YTD 2008    YTD 2007     YTD 2008
    PIR    Pier 1


                                          COMP     COMP      COMP       COMP
                                         SALES    SALES     SALES      SALES
                                        % MONTH  % MONTH    % YTD      % YTD
    TICKER HOME SUPPLY                    2008     2007      2008       2007
    PIR    Pier 1


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