UPDATE 1-TABLE-U.S. retailers' August same-store sales

(Adds total-sales figures, comments)

Sept 3 (Reuters) - The following table lists select U.S.
retail companies that have reported August sales at stores open
at least a year -- a key retail measure also known as
same-store sales.

The table lists the mean of analysts' same-store sales
estimates compiled by Thomson Reuters Estimates, the actual
same-store sales reported by the companies, as well as total
sales for the month and its change over last year.

All figures are expressed as the percentage change over the
same period last year except the total sales value.

August
2009

Same-store sales Total
Sales
Company Symbol Estimates Actual Value
Change Comments
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Stores
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----------------------------------------------------- Target

(TGT.N) -5.1 -2.9 $4.86 bln 0.1
Comps were strongest in healthcare, electronics

and household personal baby. Comps in apparel

declined in the mid single digit range, led by

better than average performance in jewelry and

accessories. While, comps at home fell in the

high single digit range.
Costco** (COST.O) -5.7 -2.0 $5.40 bln
flat Comps continued to show better overall results

in foods, sundries, and fresh foods, while comps

were softer in the nonfood discretionary

categories. The August non-food comps improved

sequentially from July. Nonfood comps were

slightly better on the hard-line side of the

business.
BJ's Wholesale** BJ.N -8.0 -6.0 $757.6 mln
-1.9 Departments with the strongest sales increases

compared to last year included air conditioners,

breakfast needs, candy, cigarettes, prepared

foods and small appliances. Departments with

weaker sales compared with last year included

apparel, electronics, jewelry, meat, televisions

and tires.
TJX Cos (TJX.N) 3.9 5.0 $1.60 bln
6.0 Comps in HomeGoods, A.J. Wright and Maramax rose

9 pct, 7 pct and 6 pct, respectively.

Geographically every region posted comp increases

but the Northeast and the Canadian businesses

were hurt by unseasonably cool weather.
Ross Stores (ROST.O) 4.3 6.0 $557.0 mln
11.0 August sales benefited from healthy back-to-school

traffic. Dresses and shoes remain the

top-performing merchandise categories with

strong double-digit percentage comp gains while

home had low double-digit increase.
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