41.   Other fashion apparel retailers have posted weak results for their most recently completed quarters.

42.   Sales at department stores and apparel retailers --those for whom the holidays are big business -- all showed gains.

43.   Sales at many department stores and apparel retailers languished.

44.   Same-store sales at specialty apparel retailers continued to lag, while niche players and sellers of consumer electronics posted solid gains.

45.   Same-store sales continued to drop at specialty apparel retailers, with many reporting wider-than-expected declines.

46.   Semiconductor, apparel retailers, oil drilling, defense and building material shares paced the advance.

47.   Sales at the specialty apparel retailers were generally below expectations, though two large chains -- Limited Inc. and Gap Inc. -- posted better-than-expected results.

48.   Same-store sales at specialty apparel retailers continued to lag, while niche players and sellers of consumer electronics posted solid gains .

49.   Shoppers may know Nordstrom for its vaunted customer service, but among Wall Street analysts and investors the fashion apparel retailer is perhaps better known as a top-notch merchandiser.

50.   Some specialty apparel retailers enjoyed double-digit increases.