Ross Stores Closes Washington, Pennsylvania Location
PLEASANTON, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. announced today that effective immediately, it is closing its Washington, Pennsylvania store located at 437 Washington Road. The Company is taking this precautionary measure due to apparent settlement of the soil in portions of the site. The full impact of this situation is currently being evaluated.
The Company's top priority is to ensure the safety of its associates and customers. Ross apologizes for any inconvenience this closure may cause and invites customers to visit its three other Ross Dress for Less stores in the Pittsburgh area:
Pittsburgh Mills
1000 Village Center Drive
Tarentum, PA 15084
(724) 275-1091
Center Township
93 Wagner Rd
Monaca, PA 15061-2421
(724) 774-5145
Fox Chapel
1005 Freeport Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15238-3101
(412) 784-3625
Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nation's second largest off-price retailer with fiscal 2007 revenues of $6.0 billion. As of May 3, 2008, the Company operated 864 Ross Dress for Less(R) ("Ross") stores and 54 dd's DISCOUNTS(R) locations. 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. dd's 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 on the Company's website at http://www.rossstores.com/.
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CONTACT: Katie Loughnot, Vice President, Investor Relations,
+1-925-965-4509, katie.loughnot@ros.com, Bobbi Chaville, Senior Director,
Investor Relations, +1-925-965-4289, bobbi.chaville@ros.com, both of Ross
Stores, Inc.
Web site: http://www.rossstores.com/
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