May 07, 1998
April Retail Sales
Same-St Total
Men/General Apparel
American Eagle AEOS +79.0% +92.9%
Edison Brothers EDBR +8.5% +2.1%
Filene's Basement BSMT +3.0% +5.0%
Gap GPS +29.0% +52.0%
Goody's Family GDYS +20.5% +32.3%
Gymboree Corp. GYMB -2.0% +16.0%
Limited LTD +18.0% +18.0%
Men's Wearhouse SUIT +16.1% +32.2%
Pacific Sunwear PSUN +24.0% +70.0%
Shoe
Footstar, Inc. FTS +13.0% +16.8%
Footaction FTS +3.9% N/A
Meldisco FTS +16.6% N/A
Payless ShoeSource PSS +21.3% +23.3%
Shoe Carnival SCVL +21.7% +26.6%
Women's Apparel
AnnTaylor ANN +4.7% +13.5%
Cache Inc. CACH +13.0% +16.0%
Catherine's Stores CATH +17.9% +14.8%
Cato Corp. CACOA +33.0% +36.0%
Charming Shoppe CHRS +14.0% +17.0%
Chico's FAS CHCS +33.8% +39.7%
Claire's Stores CLE +7.0% +26.0%
Designs Inc. DESI -14.0% -17.8%
Dress Barn DBRN +17.0% +23.0%
Gantos Inc. GTOS -10.0% -10.0%
Intimate Brands IBI +6.0% +9.0%
Paul Harris Stores PAUH +21.0% +47.0%
Talbot's TLB +28.8% +33.0%
United Retail Group URGI +19.0% +14.0%
Department (National)
Federated Dept. FD +5.0% +4.7%
May Department MAY +0.7% +2.3%
Neiman Marcus NMG +10.7% +12.1%
Penney, JC (Dept.) JCP +2.8% +3.0%
Penney, JC (All) JCP N/A +8.0%
Sears S +3.9% +5.4%
Department (Regional)
Bon-Ton Stores BONT +2.4% +3.4%
Mervyn's DH +9.8% +6.2%
Dayton Hudson (Dept.) DH +6.9% +7.4%
Dillard Department DDS +14.0% +18.0%
Gottschalk's GOT +8.1% +13.6%
Kohl's Dept. KSS +11.5% +19.3%
Mercantile Stores MST +4.9% +6.3%
Proffitt's PFT +5.0% +6.0%
Discount/Deep Discount
Ames Department AMES +19.0% +20.2%
Consolidated Stores (KCNS +9.1% +14.6%
Dayton Hudson (All) DH +10.0% +15.2%
Dollar General DG +20.2% +36.2%
Family Dollar FDO +14.6% +24.6%
K-Mart KM +16.2% +16.4%
Ross Stores ROST +8.0% +14.0%
Target DH +10.5% +18.1%
TJX Cos. TJX +8.0% +12.0%
Wal-Mart WMT +13.2% +22.1%
Club
Price/Costco COST +8.0% +11.0%
B.J.'s Wholesale Club BJ +3.5% +10.1%
Sam's Club (Walmart) WMT +9.2% +10.5%
Regional Discount
Fred's Inc. FRED +14.4% +35.7%
Hill's Stores HDS +15.1% +15.1%
ShopKo SKO +8.5% +14.4%
Value City VCD +19.0% +15.9%
Bath/Bed/Kitchen/Drug
CVS/Revco CVS +14.4% +12.3%
Lechters Inc. LECH +4.0% +1.7%
Lechters House. LECH +6.2% +3.4%
Famous Brands H. LECH -3.0% -3.4%
Eckerd Drug JCP +13.4% +12.0%
Walgreens WAG +14.4% +19.9%
Furniture/Home Repair
Bombay Co. BBA +3.0% +2.0%
Heilig-Meyers Co. HMY -3.3% +13.9%
Lowe's LOW +9.4% +26.1%
Pier 1 Imports PIR +7.4% +7.6%
Consumer Electronics
Circuit City Gr. CC +1.0% +10.0%
Radio Shack TAN +7.0% +9.0%
Computer City TAN +0.0% +5.0%
Tandy Inc. TAN +4.0% +7.0%
Specialty
Michael's Stores MIKE -6.0% -4.0%
Natural Wonders NATW +4.9% +16.2%
Perfumania PRFM +2.7% +8.4%
Sharper Image SHRP +0.0% +2.0%
Starbucks Corp. SBUX +9.0% +41.0%
Sunglass Hut RAYS +11.4% +15.4%
West Marine WMAR +10.0% +19.4%