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Wal-Mart Comps Back in Black

6/18/2007

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 Entertainment28.13%
Pep Boys15.73
A&P11.79
Hastings Entertainment10.62
Apple Computer9.20

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 1/17/07Close 1/31/07Net Change%Change
Retailing Today Composite*
3265.633244.73(20.90)(0.64%)
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI)
13540.8413465.67(75.17)(0.56)
Nasdaq Composite (IXIC)
2592.622587.18(5.44)(0.21)
S&P 500 (GSPC)
1524.091517.38(6.71)(0.44)

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