Wal-Mart Comps Back in Black

BENTONVILLE, ARK. —Wal-Mart reported net sales for the four weeks ended June 1 increased 7.7% to $28.26 billion from $26.23 billion for the same period last year. For the fiscal month of May, the company reported a comps increase of 1.3%, including fuel, compared to a 3.5% increase last year.

TOP GAINERS For 2 weeks ended 6/6/07

Tweeter Home Entertainment	28.13%
Pep Boys	15.73
A&P	11.79
Hastings Entertainment	10.62
Apple Computer	9.20

TOP LOSERS For 2 weeks ended 6/6/07

Stein Mart	(13.15%)
Kirkland’s	(12.66)
Borders Group	(11.23)
Charming Shoppes	(8.14)
Ross Stores	(7.54)

MAJOR INDICES

*The Retailing Today Composite is an exclusive index composed of all publicly traded retail companies within the RT Top 150 (): Decline Source: RT research

Close 1/17/07	Close 1/31/07	Net Change	%Change
Retailing Today Composite*
3265.63	3244.73	(20.90)	(0.64%)
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI)
13540.84	13465.67	(75.17)	(0.56)
Nasdaq Composite (IXIC)
2592.62	2587.18	(5.44)	(0.21)
S&P 500 (GSPC)
1524.09	1517.38	(6.71)	(0.44)