Retail Sales Roundup (COST, TGT, JCP, KSS, DDS, JWN, SKS, SSI, M, GPS, TJX, LTD, ROST, SMRT, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ, WAG)

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US retailers are reporting December same-store sales today, and here’s a wrap-up of the results as of about 10 a.m. this morning. Reports were in from Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP), Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS), Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS), Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS), Stage Stores Inc. (NYSE: SSI), Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M), Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), The TJX Cos. Inc. (NYSE: TJX), Limited Brands Inc. (NYSE: LTD), Ross Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST), Stein Mart Inc. (NASDAQ: SMRT), Wet Seal Inc. (NASDAQ: WTSLA), Buckle Inc. (NYSE: BKE), Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ), and Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG).

Teen stores Buckle and Zumiez battered expectations, while Gap and Wet Seal both missed expectations badly.

Data from CNBC.

Store

Consensus Est.

Actual

Costco 7.6% 7.0%
Target 3.1% 1.6%
J.C. Penney -0.1% 0.3%
Kohl’s 2.2% -0.1%
Dillard’s 3.0% 4.0%
Nordstrom 5.1% 8.7%
Saks 5.8% 5.8%
Stage Stores 1.0% 1.2%
Macy’s 5.0% 6.2%
Gap -1.3% -4%
TJX 2.6% 8%
Limited 5.7% 7%
Ross 4.2% 9%
Stein Mart -1% Flat
Wet Seal -1% -3.7%
Buckle 5.0% 8.9%
Zumiez 5.1% 10%
Walgreen -0.1% 0.4%
Buckle shares are up more than 2% at $41.33 in a 52-week range of $33.97-$47.97. Zumiez shares are up  more than 14% at $30.13 in a 52-week range of $15.85-$30.90. Gap shares are down nearly -4% at $18.18 in a 52-week range of $15.08-$23.73. Wet Seal shares are down more than -2.5% at $3.21 in a 52-week range of $3.03-$5.23.
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Paul Ausick has been writing for a673b.bigscoots-temp.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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