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This excerpt taken from the ROST 8-K filed Nov 19, 2009. (Ross) and dds
DISCOUNTS® include without
limitation, competitive pressures in the apparel or home-related merchandise
industry; changes in the level of consumer spending on or preferences for
apparel or home-related merchandise, including the potential impact from
uncertainty in financial and credit markets and the severity and duration of the
current recession; changes in geopolitical and general economic conditions;
unseasonable weather trends; disruptions in supply chain; lower than planned
gross margin, including higher than planned markdowns and higher than expected
inventory shortage; greater than planned operating costs; our ability to
continue to purchase attractive brand-name merchandise at desirable discounts;
our ability to attract and retain personnel with the retail talent necessary to
execute our strategies; our ability to effectively operate our various supply
chain, core merchandising and other information systems; our ability to improve
our merchandising capabilities through the development and implementation of new
processes and systems enhancements; achieving and maintaining targeted levels of
productivity and efficiency in our distribution centers; and obtaining
acceptable new store locations. Other risk factors are detailed in our SEC
filings including, without limitation, the Form 10-K for fiscal 2008 and Form
10-Qs and 8-Ks for fiscal 2009. The factors underlying our forecasts are dynamic
and subject to change. As a result, our forecasts speak only as of the date they
are given and do not necessarily reflect our outlook at any other point in time.
We do not undertake to update or revise these forward-looking statements.
* * * * * Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nations second largest off-price retailer with fiscal 2008 revenues of $6.5 billion. As of October 31, 2009 the Company operated 955 Ross Dress for Less® (Ross) stores and 53 dds DISCOUNTS® locations, compared to 906 Ross and 57 dds DISCOUNTS locations at the end of the same period last year. Ross offers first-quality, in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 60 percent off department and specialty store regular prices. dds DISCOUNTS features a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 70 percent off moderate department and discount store regular prices. Additional information is available at www.rossstores.com. * * * * * 5 This excerpt taken from the ROST 8-K filed Nov 5, 2009. (Ross) and dds DISCOUNTS®
include without limitation,
competitive pressures in the apparel or home-related merchandise industry;
changes in the level of consumer spending on or preferences for apparel or
home-related merchandise, including the potential impact from uncertainty in
financial and credit markets and the severity and duration of the current
recession; changes in geopolitical and general economic conditions; unseasonable
weather trends; disruptions in supply chain; lower than planned gross margin,
including higher than planned markdowns and higher than expected inventory
shortage; greater than planned operating costs; our ability to continue to
purchase attractive brand-name merchandise at desirable discounts; our ability
to attract and retain personnel with the retail talent necessary to execute our
strategies; our ability to effectively operate our various supply chain, core
merchandising and other information systems; our ability to improve our
merchandising capabilities through the development and implementation of new
processes and systems enhancements; achieving and maintaining targeted levels of
productivity and efficiency in our distribution centers; and obtaining
acceptable new store locations. Other risk factors are detailed in our SEC
filings including, without limitation, the Form 10-K for fiscal 2008 and Form
10-Qs and 8-Ks for fiscal 2009. The factors underlying our forecasts are dynamic
and subject to change. As a result, our forecasts speak only as of the date they
are given and do not necessarily reflect our outlook at any other point in time.
We do not undertake to update or revise these forward-looking statements.
* * * * * 4 Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nations second largest off-price retailer with fiscal 2008 revenues of $6.5 billion. As of October 31, 2009 the Company operated 955 Ross Dress for Less® (Ross) stores and 53 dds DISCOUNTS® locations, compared to 906 Ross and 57 dds DISCOUNTS locations at the end of the same period last year. Ross offers first-quality, in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 60 percent off department and specialty store regular prices. dds DISCOUNTS features a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 70 percent off moderate department and discount store regular prices. Additional information is available at www.rossstores.com. * * * * * 5 |