SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* FROMAN JOHN W (Last) (First) (Middle) 4440 ROSEWOOD DRIVE (Street) PLEASANTON CA 94588 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/20/2007	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ROSS STORES INC [ ROST ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Ana Drivon for John W. Froman	11/20/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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ROSS STORES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
authorizes Mark LeHocky, Senior Vice President and General
Counsel, John Call, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, D. Jane Marvin, Senior Vice President, Human Resources,
Ken Jew, Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Michael J. Hartshorn,
Vice President, Finance & Treasury, Bob Richardson, Director,
Compensation, and Ana Drivon, Manager, Executive Compensation  of
Ross Stores, Inc. (the "Company"), to execute for and on behalf
of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
or director of the Company, Form ID Uniform Application for
Access Codes to File on EDGAR, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any
amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the
undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities in the Company.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions
in, securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 19 day of November, 2007.

/s/John W Froman








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