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Retailers' May Same-Store Sales Results Released by CreditRiskMonitor.com

(Floral Park, NY; June 6, 2002; Business Wire) The following retailers posted sales results for the month of May 2002.

The table below compares these results to last year's numbers for each company, according to press releases from today and earlier this month.

                                                    INC (DEC)
                   NET SALES ($ in millions)       SAME STORE
                                   Percent          SALES (%)
                 May-02    May-01  Change     May-02     May-01
Abercrombie &
 Fitch Co.         85.2      73.8    15.4       -9.0       -2.0
American Eagle
 Outfitters        87.0      80.7     7.8       -7.1         .2
AnnTaylor
 Stores Corp.     115.3     109.3     5.5       -5.2       -9.6
bebe stores,
 inc.              25.4      23.8     6.7       -7.3        7.9
Big Lots, Inc.    274.1     246.0    11.4        7.1        4.4
BJ's Wholesale
 Club, Inc.       455.1     400.7    13.6        3.3        4.0
Bombay Company
 Inc.              31.9      30.6     4.2       -6.0        4.0
Bon-Ton
 Stores, Inc.      51.9      49.7     4.4        4.5      -10.0
Buckle, Inc.       22.8      21.4     6.5         .6       -9.5
Cache, Inc.        16.4      14.5    13.1       10.0        3.0
Cato
 Corporation       62.7      57.7     8.7        2.0       -5.0
Charming
 Shoppes, Inc.    208.0     128.6    61.7       -2.0      -10.0
Chico's FAS,
 Inc.              44.0      31.0    41.9       13.6       16.3
Children's
 Place             39.7      36.3     9.4       -9.0      -14.0
Christopher &
 Banks Corp.       24.8      18.3    35.5       12.0         .0
Claire's
 Stores, Inc.      67.8      66.1     2.5        1.0       -3.0
Costco
 Wholesale
  Corp.         2,950.0   2,670.0    10.5        6.0        6.0
CVS
 Corporation    1,890.0   1,720.0     9.9        9.3        9.1
Deb Shops,
 Inc.              26.6      23.4    13.7        4.6        2.9
Dillard's Inc.    576.8     581.7     -.9       -1.0       -5.0
Dollar General
 Corp.            446.1     375.5    18.8        9.6        8.3
Dress Barn,
 Inc.              67.1      67.3     -.3       -4.0       -6.0
Duckwall-ALCO
 Stores, Inc       35.1      34.7     1.2        -.9         .9
Elder-Beerman
 Stores            42.7      42.6      .2       -1.3       -3.6
Factory 2-U
 Stores, Inc.      36.6      42.8   -14.5      -16.6        4.5
Family Dollar
 Stores, Inc      320.9     278.4    15.3        6.3        2.8
Federated
 Department
  Stores        1,150.0   1,159.0     -.8       -3.4       -3.3
Footstar, Inc.    178.4     202.1   -11.7       -9.6       -2.2
Fred's, Inc.       78.8      64.8    21.6       12.2        6.5
Gadzooks, Inc.     22.9      21.0     9.0       -1.2      -11.2
Gap, Inc.         995.0   1,000.0     -.5       -9.0      -10.0
Goody's Family
 Clothing          91.3      91.7     -.4       -2.1      -12.4
Gottschalks,
 Inc.              49.7      52.6    -5.4       -2.6        1.7
Guess?, Inc.       25.2      25.7    -1.9       -5.0      -15.4
Gymboree
 Corporation       32.0      30.2     6.0        5.0       39.0
Hancock
 Fabrics, Inc.     29.4      25.7    14.4        7.9         .0
Haverty
 Furniture
  Cos.             58.6      52.7    11.2        9.6       -5.4
Hot Topic,
 Inc.              25.0      19.3    29.7        2.5        1.5
InterTAN, Inc.     27.9      24.4    14.7       11.0         .0
J.C. Penney
 Company, Inc.    946.0   1,003.0    -5.7       -5.1       -1.2
Jo-Ann Stores,
 Inc.             107.4     101.9     5.4        5.7       12.6
Jos. A. Bank
 Clothiers         18.2      15.9    14.5        2.0   Unavail.
Kohl's
 Corporation      596.2     477.9    24.8        8.7        2.1
Limited
 Brands, Inc.     671.2     619.0     8.4        5.0       -6.0
May Department
 Stores         1,054.0   1,098.0    -4.0       -7.6        1.1
Mazel Stores,
 Inc.              17.7      18.3    -3.3       -1.4        4.7
Men's
 Wearhouse,
  Inc.            103.2     101.9     1.3       -4.0       -5.4
Michaels
 Stores, Inc.     175.1     151.0    16.0        6.0        2.0
Mothers Work,
 Inc.              41.4      35.0    18.3        4.5       -6.0
Neiman-Marcus
 Group            209.0     218.0    -4.1       -6.1        4.2
Nordstrom,
 Inc.             414.0     391.5     5.7        1.1       -5.6
One Price
 Clothing
  Stores           29.7      31.9    -6.9       -6.4       -9.9
Pacific
 Sunwear of CA     50.0      42.1    18.8        3.1       -9.8
Payless
 Shoesource,
  Inc.            260.6     273.3    -4.6       -6.8       -8.2
Pier 1
 Imports, Inc.    124.1     105.0    18.3        9.0        4.8
Reeds
 Jewelers,
  Inc.              9.1       9.0     1.2       11.9      -13.7
Ross Stores,
 Inc.             268.0     221.0    21.3       10.0       -1.0
S&K Famous
 Brands, Inc.      12.5      12.3     1.6        1.0         .0
Saks, Inc.        395.3     413.3    -4.4       -3.3      -10.3
Sears, Roebuck
 & Co.          2,258.5   2,292.5    -1.5       -4.4       -3.3
Sharper Image
 Corporation       35.2      29.3    20.1        5.0       -1.0
Shoe Carnival,
 Inc.              36.9      34.3     7.6       -3.0        3.4
ShopKo Stores,
 Inc.             252.3     258.8    -2.5       -2.2       -3.2
Spiegel, Inc.     169.9     223.0   -23.8      -21.0       -7.0
Stage Stores,
 Inc.              66.9      62.1     7.7        8.8       19.9
Stein Mart,
 Inc.             112.6     104.6     7.6       -2.8   Unavail.
Talbots, Inc.     114.1     113.5      .5       -3.0        -.3
Target
 Corporation    2,981.0   2,678.0    11.3        2.6         .9
TJX Companies,
 Inc.             884.0     789.0    12.0        3.0         .0
United Retail
 Group, Inc.       41.4      36.9    12.2        9.0      -17.0
Value City
 Depart.
  Stores          186.6     174.5     6.9       -3.0       -7.1
Wal-Mart
 Stores, Inc.  18,337.0  16,440.0    11.5        6.2        3.8
Walgreen
 Company        2,504.9   2,134.5    17.4       11.4       10.5
West Marine,
 Inc.              58.6      59.3    -1.2       -1.9         .3
Wet Seal, Inc.     47.1      41.5    13.5        7.3        7.3
Wilsons The
 Leather Exp.      30.2      29.7     1.7        -.9       -7.8
   

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