SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS TOTAL MONTHLY SALES TOTAL YTD SALES
COMPANY TICKER JUNE 2006   JUNE  2005   VARIANCE YTD 2006   YTD 2005   VARIANCE
American Eagle Outfitters AEOS $235.4 M $198.4 M 18.6% $926.6 M
$796.5
M 16.0%
Ann Taylor Stores ANN $235.7 M $192.5 M 22.4% N/A   N/A   N/A
Cato CTR $80.5 M $79.1 M 1.8% $384.1 M $366.5 M 6.0%
Chico's FAS CHS $153.3 M $131.0 M 20.4% $686.0 M $575.0 M 20.4%
Claire's Stores CLE $132.5 M $124.3 M 6.6% $546.9 $521.6 3.0%
Dress Barn DBRN $129.7 M $117.3 M 10.6% N/A   N/A   N/A
Joseph A. Bank Clothiers JOSB $47.7 M $40.0 M 19.3% $198.0 M $168.1 M 17.5%
Men's Wearhouse MW

$159.3

M $147.9 M 7.7% $691.8 M $652.4 M 4.9%
Pacific Sunwear PSUN $126.1 M $120.6 M 4.6% $511.1 M $481.2 M 6.2%
Ross Stores ROST $494.0 M $440.0 M 12.3% $2.2 B $1.9 B 13.0%
Saks Inc. (Parisian's) SKS $306.8 M $546.1 M -44.9% $1.6 B $2.5 B -35.6%
The Buckle BKE $37.3 M $38.1 M -2.0% $178.0 M $174.5 M 3.2%
The Children's Place PLCE $98.3 M $80.0 M 22.9% $500.0 M $424.2 M 16.0%
The Gap GPS $1.5 B $1.5 B 0.0% $6.1 B $6.3 B -5.0%
The Limited LTD $1.1 B $1.0 B 5.0% $3.9 B $3.7 B 3.0%
TJX Cos. TJX $1.6 B $1.4 B 14.3% $6.7 B $6.2 B 7.0%
                       
                       
GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTAL MONTHLY SALES     TOTAL YTD SALES
COMPANY TICKER JNE  2006   JUNE 2005   VARIANCE YTD 2006   YTD 2005   VARIANCE
Dillard's DDS $623.6 M $630.3 M -1.0% $3.0 B $2.9
B
2.0%
Dollar General DG $876.7 M $808.4 M 7.2% $3.7 B $3.4 B 8.0%
Family Dollar FDO $620.5 M $566.9 M 9.5% $5.30 B N/A   N/A
Fred's FRED $159.9 M $148.0 M 8.0% $704.3 M $647.9 M 9.0%
JC Penney JCP $1.4 B $1.3 B 5.0% $6.1 B $5.8 B 4.3%
Kohl's KSS $1.3 B $1.1 B 11.5% $5.5 B $4.8 B 15.0%
Pier 1 PIR $143.3 M $169.9 M -4.3% $519.4 M $560.2 M -3.6%
Stein Mart SMRT $133.9 M $131.7 M 1.5% $618.3 M $630.2 M -2.8%
Target Corp. TGT $5.1 B $4.6 B 12.3% $21.5 B N/A   N/A
Wal-Mart WMT $21.5 B $20.5 B 7.7% 91.8 B
84.6
B 9.4%