August 06, 1998

July Retail Sales

 
                             Same-St  Total   
  
 Men/General Apparel 
 American Eagle        AEOS   +37.7% +49.4% 
 Edison Brothers       EDBR    -4.3%  -9.2% 
 Filene's Basement     BSMT    +2.0%  +5.0% 
 Gap                   GPS    +19.0% +43.0% 
 Goody's Family        GDYS    +5.1% +14.6% 
 Gymboree Corp.        GYMB   -31.0% -13.0% 
 Limited               LTD     +7.0%  +3.0% 
 Men's Wearhouse       SUIT    +9.1% +19.4% 
 Pacific Sunwear       PSUN   +13.0% +54.0% 
  
 Shoe 
 Footstar, Inc.        FTS     +0.9%  +4.8% 
 Footaction            FTS     +0.8%   N/A 
 Meldisco              FTS     +0.9%   N/A 
 Payless ShoeSource    PSS     -1.6%  +1.0% 
 Shoe Carnival         SCVL    -3.0%  +6.7% 
  
 Women's Apparel 
 AnnTaylor             ANN    +23.2% +35.2% 
 Cache Inc.            CACH    +7.0%  +9.0% 
 Catherine's Stores    CATH   +10.2%  +6.6% 
 Cato Corp.            CACOA   +5.0%  +6.0% 
 Charming Shoppe       CHRS    +6.0%  +9.0% 
 Chico's FAS           CHCS   +12.9% +33.4% 
 Claire's Stores       CLE     +5.0% +22.0% 
 Designs Inc.          DESI   -23.0% -27.6% 
 Dress Barn            DBRN    +3.0%  +8.0% 
 Gantos Inc.           GTOS    +2.0%  +2.0% 
 Intimate Brands       IBI     +4.0%  +6.0% 
 Paul Harris Stores    PAUH    +4.0% +28.0% 
 Talbot's              TLB     -7.9%  +0.0% 
 United Retail Group   URGI    +9.0%  +3.0% 
  
 Department (National) 
 Federated Dept.       FD      +3.9%  +3.3% 
 May Department        MAY     +4.8%  +6.3% 
 Neiman Marcus         NMG     +4.7%  +7.3% 
 Penney, JC (Dept.)    JCP     -5.7%  -6.4% 
 Penney, JC (All)      JCP      N/A   +0.4% 
 Sears                 S       +1.7%  +1.7% 
  
 Department (Regional) 
 Bon-Ton Stores        BONT    +7.2%  +8.1% 
 Mervyn's              DH      -3.1%  -4.3% 
 Dayton Hudson (Dept.) DH      +6.3%  +7.2% 
 Gottschalk's          GOT     +0.3%  +5.5% 
 Kohl's Dept.          KSS    +10.4% +21.2% 
 Mercantile Stores     MST     -1.6%  -0.4% 
 Proffitt's            PFT     +5.0%  +7.0% 
  
 Discount/Deep Discount 
 Ames Department       AMES    -0.5%  +1.5% 
 Consolidated Stores (KCNS     -0.9%  +3.3% 
 Dayton Hudson (All)   DH      +5.2% +10.7% 
 Dollar General        DG      +6.0% +20.7% 
 Family Dollar         FDO    +12.1% +21.0% 
 K-Mart                KM      +5.9%  +6.1% 
 Ross Stores           ROST    +7.0% +14.0% 
 Target                DH      +6.7% +14.1% 
 TJX Cos.              TJX     +9.0% +14.0% 
 Wal-Mart              WMT     +7.1% +16.3% 
  
 Club 
 Price/Costco          COST    +8.0% +12.0% 
 B.J.'s Wholesale Club BJ      +6.0% +11.0% 
 Sam's Club (Walmart)  WMT     +6.8%  +8.1% 
  
 Regional Discount 
 Fred's Inc.           FRED    +3.6% +26.8% 
 Hill's Stores         HDS     +0.5%  +0.5% 
 ShopKo Stores         SKO     +8.5% +20.0% 
 Value City            VCD     +6.3%  +4.2% 
  
 Drug 
 CVS/Revco             CVS    +10.3%  +9.4% 
 Eckerd Drug           JCP     +8.2%  +7.6% 
 Walgreens             WAG    +11.3% +16.1% 
  
 Furniture/Home Repair 
 Bombay Co.            BBA     +7.0%  +6.0% 
 Heilig-Meyers Co.     HMY     +7.6% +18.4% 
 Lowe's                LOW     +2.3% +17.6% 
 Pier 1 Imports        PIR    +13.0% +14.4% 
  
 Consumer Electronics 
 Circuit City Group    CC      +9.0% +20.0% 
 Radio Shack           TAN     +6.0%  +9.0% 
 Computer City         TAN     -8.0%  -1.0% 
 Tandy Inc.            TAN     +1.0%  +5.0% 
  
 Specialty 
 Michael's Stores      MIKE    +5.0% +12.0% 
 Natural Wonders       NATW    +2.9%  +1.6% 
 Perfumania            PRFM    -1.0%  +4.0% 
 Sharper Image St.     SHRP    +3.0%  +5.0% 
 Starbucks Corp.       SBUX    +2.0% +25.0% 
 Sunglass Hut          RAYS    -1.3%  -0.5% 
 West Marine           WMAR    -7.0%  +1.3%