WTSLA The Wet Seal - Class A (MM)

The following retail companies are among those that have reported January same-store retail sales increases or (decreases) versus January 2012:

COMPANY       SYMBOL     SAME-STORE     FIRST CALL EST. 
Bon-Ton        BONT         (0.4%)           c. 1% 
Buckle         BKE            (2%)            1.3% 
Cato           CATO          (12%)           c. 1% 
Costco         COST      a. b. 4%       a. b. 3.6% 
Fred's         FRED            0%            (1.6%) 
Gap            GPS             8%               4% 
Kohl's         KSS          13.3%             3.1% 
Limited        LTD             9%             3.7% 
Macy's         M            11.7%             6.4% 
Nordstrom      JWN          11.4%               6% 
Ross Stores    ROST            4%             3.5% 
Stage Stores   SSI          10.5%             4.6% 
Stein Mart     SMRT          4.6%            c. 7% 
Target         TGT           3.1%             1.7% 
TJX            TJX             3%             3.5% 
Wet Seal       WTSLA        (9.4%)           (2.3%) 
Zumiez         ZUMZ          2.6%            (3.1%) 
 
a. Excluding gasoline sales 
b. U.S. sales 
c. Fewer than three analysts 
N/A = not available 
 

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