PR Newswire Issues February 2009 Retail Review & Comparison
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NEW YORK, March 5 /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 2009 based upon the nationwide release of monthly same-store-sales
distributed over PR Newswire and other sources.
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 2008. All sales figures are reported in the
millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.
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"PR Newswire's Retail Review & Comparison."
PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison
Month: February 2009
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
& GOODS $ MONTH 2009 $ MONTH 2008 % MONTH 2009
ARO Aeropostale, Inc. $109.9 M $89.7 M 23
AEO American Eagle Outfitters $177.2 M $175.1 M 1
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam.
Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $74.7 M $67.2 M 11
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
MW Men's Wearhouse
DEST Destination Maternity
Corp $42.7 M $45.7 M -6.6
PSUN Pacific Sunwear
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores $476 M $444 M 7
SKS Saks Inc. $166.7 M $227.6 M -26.8
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle $63.3 M $49.6 M 27.5
PLCE The Children's Place $110.4 M $111.4 M -1
GPS The Gap $795 M $907 M -12
LTD The Limited $547.8 M $614.4 M
TJX TJX Cos. $1.22 B $1.25 B 2
WMAR West Marine
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS COMP SALES COMP SALES
% MONTH 2009 % MONTH 2008
ARO Aeropostale, Inc. 11 7
AEO American Eagle Outfitters -7 -4
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato 8
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
MW Men's Wearhouse
DEST Destination Maternity Corp -3.5 4.8
PSUN Pacific Sunwear
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores 1.0 4.0
SKS Saks Inc. -26.0
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle 21.0
PLCE The Children's Place 0 9
GPS The Gap -12 -6
LTD The Limited -7 -9
TJX TJX Cos.
WMAR West Marine
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ MONTH 2009 $ MONTH 2008 % MONTH 2009
BJ BJ's $670.0 M $654.2 M 2.4
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton $200.2 M $217.0 M -7.8
CBK Christopher Banks
Corporation
COST Costco
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $497.680 M $581.612 M -14
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar $1.992 B $1.833 B 8.7
FRED Fred's $146.4 M $149.2 M -2.0
FINL Finish Line
GOTT Gottschalks
JCP JCPenney $1.165 B $1.256 B -7.2
KSS Kohl's $1,006.1 M $971.6 M 3.6
M Macy's, Inc. $1.576 B $1.737 B -9.3
SSI Stage Stores Inc. $100.9 M $105.9 M -4.7
SBUX Starbucks $795 M $907 M -12
SMRT Stein Mart $84.1 M $96.1 M -12.5
TGT Target Corporation $4.373 B $4.373 B 0.0
WMT Wal-Mart $30.018 B $29.188 B 2.8
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE COMP SALES COMP SALES
% MONTH 2009 % MONTH 2008
BJ BJ's 0.6 5.9
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton -8.5
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation
COST Costco
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores -13.0
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar 6.4
FRED Fred's 1.8 1.1
FINL Finish Line
GOTT Gottschalks
JCP JCPenney -8.8 -6.7
KSS Kohl's -1.6 3.6
M Macy's, Inc. -8.5
SSI Stage Stores Inc. -8.6 -2.5
SBUX Starbucks -12 -6
SMRT Stein Mart -12.2
TGT Target Corporation -4.1
WMT Wal-Mart 5.1 2.7
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