PLEASANTON, Calif., June 2, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) announced today that it will participate in the Piper Jaffray 30th Annual Consumer Conference to be held June 8 - 9 at The Westin New York at Times Square in New York City.

Ross management will discuss the Company's business strategies and outlook at approximately 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at http://www.rossstores.com/. To access the webcast, go to the Investors section, click on the icon and follow the instructions.

Ross Stores, Inc., an S&P 500, Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nation's second largest off-price retailer with fiscal 2009 revenues of $7.2 billion. As of May 29, 2010 the Company operated 967 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 at http://www.rossstores.com/.

SOURCE Ross Stores, Inc.

CONTACT:
John Call
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
+1-925-965-4315
or
Bobbi Chaville
Senior Director, Investor Relations
+1-925-965-4289
bobbi.chaville@ros.com
both of Ross Stores, Inc.