NEW YORK, Jan. 10 /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 December 2007 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 2006. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.

PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison

Month: December 2007

TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES

$ MONTH $ MONTH % MONTH

TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2007 2006 2007

AEO American Eagle Outfitters $546.1 M $522.4 M 5

ANN Ann Taylor Stores $263.7 M $274.2 M -3.8

BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.

BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)

CMRG Casual Male Retail Group

CTR Cato $94.6 M $100.5 M -6

CHRS Charming Shoppes $622.7 M $656.9 M -5

CHS Chico's FAS $181.6 M $192.5 M -5.6

DBRN Dress Barn

GYMB Gymboree

JAS Jo-Ann Stores

JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $111.6 M $102.1 M 9.3

MW Men's Wearhouse

MWRK Mothers Work $50.3 M $55.6 M -9.6

PSUN Pacific Sunwear $234.6 M $233.5 M

RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.

ROST Ross Stores $755 M $677 M 12

SKS Saks Inc. $447.7 M $444.0 M 0.8

SCVL Shoe Carnival

TLB Talbots

BKE The Buckle $108.5 M $88.8 M 22.3

PLCE The Children's Place $314.6 M $318.5 M -1

GPS The Gap $2.20 B $2.34 B -6

LTD The Limited $1.744 B $2.027 B

TJX TJX Cos. $2.5 B $2.3 B 6

WMAR West Marine $117.8 M $123.8 M -4.9

WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $65.9 M $75.7 M -13.0

TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES

$ YTD $ YTD % YTD

TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2007 2006 2007

AEO American Eagle Outfitters $2.892 B $2.591 B 12

ANN Ann Taylor Stores

BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.

BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)

CMRG Casual Male Retail Group

CTR Cato $778.0 M $793.5 M -2

CHRS Charming Shoppes $2.846 B $2.851 B

CHS Chico's FAS $1.62 B $1.52 B 6.9

DBRN Dress Barn

GYMB Gymboree

JAS Jo-Ann Stores

JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $569.8 M $505.0 M 12.8

MW Men's Wearhouse

MWRK Mothers Work

PSUN Pacific Sunwear $1,380.1 M $1,314.2 M 5.0

RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.

ROST Ross Stores $5.625 B $5.164 B 9

SKS Saks Inc. $3,058.8 M $2,684.9 M 13.9

SCVL Shoe Carnival

TLB Talbots

BKE The Buckle $580.9 M $490.0 M 18.5

PLCE The Children's Place $2,041.1 M $1,890.4 M 8

GPS The Gap $14.83 B $14.74 B 1

LTD The Limited $9.461 B $9.611 B

TJX TJX Cos. $17.5 B $16.4 B 7

WMAR West Marine $679.1 M $716.6 M -5.2

WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $258.5 M $295.5 M -12.5

COMP COMP COMP COMP

SALES SALES SALES SALES

% MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD

TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2007 2006 2007 2006

AEO American Eagle Outfitters -2 16 12

ANN Ann Taylor Stores -9.4 -5.3

BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.

BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)

CMRG Casual Male Retail Group

CTR Cato -8 -4

CHRS Charming Shoppes -7 -2 -4 FLAT

CHS Chico's FAS -13.7 -7.2

DBRN Dress Barn

GYMB Gymboree

JAS Jo-Ann Stores

JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers 2.0 14.3 4.1 17.0

MW Men's Wearhouse

MWRK Mothers Work -7.6 -0.3

PSUN Pacific Sunwear -2.8 1.2

RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.

ROST Ross Stores 3 1

SKS Saks Inc. 0.8 12.3

SCVL Shoe Carnival

TLB Talbots

BKE The Buckle 18.7 12.8

PLCE The Children's Place 2 6 2 12

GPS The Gap -6 -8 -5 -7

LTD The Limited -8 4 -2 7

TJX TJX Cos. 3 4

WMAR West Marine -3.0 -1.9

WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert -7.1 -23.1 -11.8 -17.0

TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES

$ MONTH $ MONTH % MONTH

TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2007 2006 2007

BJ BJ's $1,031.844 M $971.812 M 6.2

BIG Big Lots

BONT Bon Ton $558.2 M $642.0 M -13.0

CBK Christopher Banks Corporation $61.8 M $60.0 M

COST Costco $7.55 B $6.84 B 10

DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $1,167.314 M $1,223.755 M -5

DLTR Dollar Tree

FDO Family Dollar $816.6 M $796.7 M 2.5

FRED Fred's $210.0 M $221.5 M

FINL Finish Line

GOT Gottschalks $112.8 M $133.1 M -15.2

JCP JCPenney $2,819 M $2,953 M -4.5

KSS Kohl's $2,672.9 M $2,768.1 M -3.4

M Macy's, Inc. $4.62 B $5 B -7.4

SHRP Sharper Image $75.7 M $86.7 M -13

SSI Stage Stores Inc. $260.3 M $270.5 M -3.8

SBUX Starbucks

SMRT Stein Mart $196.3 M $216.3 M -9.2

TGT Target Corporation $9,262 M $9,254 M 0.1

WMT Wal-Mart $29.689 B $28.127 B 5.6

TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES

$ YTD $ YTD % YTD

TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2007 2006 2007

BJ BJ's $8,161.978 M $7,570.634 M 7.8

BIG Big Lots

BONT Bon Ton $3,178.3 M $3,121.7 M 1.8

CBK Christopher Banks Corporation $512.3 M $473.3 M

COST Costco $24.53 B $22.04 B 11

DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $6,769.660 M $7,012.382 M -3

DLTR Dollar Tree

FDO Family Dollar

FRED Fred's $1.65 B $1.60 B 3

FINL Finish Line

GOT Gottschalks $598.5 M $640.4 M -6.6

JCP JCPenney $16,051 M $15,797 M 1.6

KSS Kohl's $15,682.5 M $14,602.1 M 7.4

M Macy's, Inc. $25.05 B $25.19 B -0.5

SHRP Sharper Image $250.4 M $293.5 M -15

SSI Stage Stores Inc. $1,463.5 M $1,450.7 M

SBUX Starbucks

SMRT Stein Mart $1,376.6 M $1,401.2 M

TGT Target Corporation $57,366 M 8.3

WMT Wal-Mart $222.036 B $209.583 B 5.9

TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE COMP COMP COMP COMP

SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES %

MONTH 2007 MONTH 2006 YTD 2007 YTD 2006

BJ BJ's 3.0 3.4

BIG Big Lots

BONT Bon Ton -11.3

CBK Christopher Banks Corporation -1 2

COST Costco 7 8

DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores -5 -4

DLTR Dollar Tree

FDO Family Dollar -0.7

FRED Fred's -1.8 2.0 0.4 2.4

FINL Finish Line

GOT Gottschalks -13.8 -5.1

JCP JCPenney -7.5 2.6 -1.1 3.7

KSS Kohl's -11.4 -0.4

M Macy's, Inc. -1.1 -1

SHRP Sharper Image -10 -13

SSI Stage Stores Inc. -7.1 -2.2 -1.2 3.3

SBUX Starbucks

SMRT Stein Mart -5.7 -1.8 -4.1

TGT Target Corporation -5.0 3.3 4.8

WMT Wal-Mart 2.6% 2.3%

TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES

$ MONTH $ MONTH % MONTH

TICKER HOME SUPPLY 2007 2006 2007

PIR Pier 1 $233.4 M $242.5 M -3.8

TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES

$ YTD $ YTD % YTD

TICKER HOME SUPPLY 2007 2006 2007

PIR Pier 1

COMP COMP COMP COMP

SALES SALES SALES SALES

% MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD

TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2007 2006 2007 2006

PIR Pier 1 7.5

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