PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) announced today that it will participate in the 2007 Citigroup Retail Conference and Field Trip being held February 12 - 14, 2007 at the Lowes Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Ross management will discuss the Company's business strategies and future outlook at approximately 1:25 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, February 12, 2007. A live audio webcast of the presentation including slides will be available at www.rossstores.com. Go to the Investor Relations section, click on the webcast icon and follow the instructions. A replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days at the same web address soon after the presentation.

Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nation's second largest off- price company with fiscal 2005 revenues of $4.9 billion. As of December 30, 2006, the Company operated 772 Ross stores and 26 dd's DISCOUNTS locations, compared to 715 Ross stores and 20 dd's DISCOUNTS locations at the end of the same period last year. Ross Stores 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 at www.rossstores.com.

SOURCE Ross Stores, Inc.
02/06/2007

CONTACT: John G. Call, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
+1-925-965-4315, or Katie Loughnot, Vice President, Investor Relations,
+1-925-965-4509, or katie.loughnot@ros.com