Business Wire Retail Report on August 2010 Retail Sales Figures

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Business Wire's Monthly Retail Report is available on the day that retail sales figures for the previous month's sales are announced by the various retailers nationwide, usually the first Thursday of each month.

The Retail Report is based on information provided and released by the retailers.

This chart tracks each retailer's total sales for the previous month as compared to the same month last year and the percent change; total year-to-date sales for this year as compared to the same period last year, and the percent change. The last four columns show the percent change in comparable store sales for the prior months as compared to the same month last year and the percent change in year-to-date comparable store sales versus the same period last year. All entries with a "B" were provided by source in rounded billions format only; otherwise all figures are in millions.

SPECIALTY APPAREL	MO. 2010 FULL$	MO. 2009 FULL$	MO. 2010 FULL%	YTD 2010 FULL$	YTD 2009 FULL$	YTD 2010 FULL%	MO. 2010 COMP%	MO. 2009 COMP%	YTD 2010 COMP%	YTD 2009 COMP%
Aeropostale	253	242	4	1.21B	1.1B	10	(1)	9	4	11
(NYSE:ARO)
American Eagle Outfitters	312	304	3	1.61B	1.55B	4	1	(7)	2	(10)
(Nasdaq:AEO)
The Buckle	85.2	84.5	0.9	489	477	2.4	(3.5)	3.6	(2.2)	11.3
(NYSE:BKE)
The Gap	1.1B	1.1B	FLAT	7.77B	7.49B	4	FLAT	(3)	2	(7)
(NYSE:GPS)
The Limited	630	561	12	4.8B	4.35B	10	10	(4)
(NYSE:LTD)
Ross Stores	608	557	9	4.46B	4.02B	11	5	6	7	3
(Nasdaq:ROST)
Saks Inc.	159	161	0.9	1.4B	1.33B	5	1	(19.6)	4.9	(22)
(NYSE:SKS)
TJX Cos.	1.7B	1.6B	6	11.7B	10.7B	10	2	5	6	3
(NYSE:TJX)

GENERAL MERCH.	MO. 2010 FULL$	MO. 2009 FULL$	MO. 2010 FULL%	YTD 2010 FULL$	YTD 2009 FULL$	YTD 2010 FULL%	MO. 2010 COMP%	MO. 2009 COMP%	YTD 2010 COMP%	YTD 2009 COMP%
BJ’s	795	758	4.9	6.07B	5.52B	9.8	2.4	(6)	5.5	(5)
(NYSE:BJ)
Bon-Ton	187	197	(5)	1.46B	1.45B	0.4	(4.6)	(5.1)	0.8	(8.7)
(Nasdaq:BONT)
Costco	5.9B	5.4B	9	76.3B	69.9B	9	7	(2)	7	(4)
(Nasdaq:COST)
Dillard’s	426	431	(1)	3.21B	3.21B	FLAT	FLAT	(12)	1	(13)
(NYSE:DDS)
Fred’s	134	128	5	1.05B	1.02B	3	3.6	(1.4)	2.6	0.5
(Nasdaq:FRED)
J.C. Penney	1.44B	1.43B	0.8	9.31B	9.26B	0.6	2.3	(7.9)	1.4	(8.4)
(NYSE:JCP)
Kohl’s	1.42B	1.32B	7.7	9.55B	8.76B	9	4.5	0.2	5.7	(2.7)
(NYSE:KSS)
Macy’s Inc.	1.64B	1.54B	6.2	12.7B	11.9B	7.1	4.3	(8.1)	5	(9.1)
(NYSE:M)
Stage Stores	114	111	2.4	799	786	1.6	0.5	(9.5)	(0.9)	(9.8)
(NYSE:SSI)
SteinMart	80.9	76.1	6.3	658	683	(3.7)	8.5	(8.9)	(1.7)	(6.6)
(Nasdaq:SMRT)
Target Corp.	5.02B	4.86B	3.4	35.3B	33.8B	4.5	1.8	(2.9)	2.2	(4.7)
(NYSE:TGT)