ROSS STORES <ROST> FIVE WEEK SALES UP FIVE PCT
Ross Stores Inc said its
five-week sales for the period ended April 4 totaled 44 mln
dlrs, up five pct from a year earlier.
    The company said for the two months ended April 4, sales
totaled 85 mln dlrs, up nine pct from a year ago.
    Ross stores operates 121 retail stores. It closed 25 of its
stores earlier this year.
    It said comparing sales to a year ago, not counting the 25
stores now closed, sales were up 22 pct in the five-week period
and up 29 pct in the two month period.
 Reuter
