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/PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. For the quarter ended April 28, 2012, sales totaled $2.357 billion, a 14% increase over the $2.075 billion in sales for the quarter ended April 30, 2011. Comparable store sales for the 13 weeks ended April 28, 2012 grew 9% over the prior year period. Michael Balmuth, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are pleased with our April and first quarter sales which were well ahead of expectations. Our continued ability to deliver a wide array of name brand bargains to today's value-focused consumers drove broad-based merchandise and geographic gains in both

/PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) today reported that sales increased 9% to $793 million for the five weeks ended July 2, 2011, up from $725 million for the five weeks ended July 3, 2010. Comparable store sales for the month grew 5% on top of a 5% gain in the prior year period. For the 22 weeks ended July 2, 2011, sales totaled $3.529 billion, an 8% increase over the $3.274 billion in sales for the 22 weeks ended July 3, 2010. Comparable store sales for the five months ended July 2, 2011 increased 4% on top