The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 32 US Apparel Store Companies had their average stock prices drop by a huge 52% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 32 US Apparel Store Corps have increased by a robust 357% through January 24, 2014.
Clearly, the investors in and executives of these 32 US Apparel Store Companies must be pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state caused by the 2008 US financial meltdown.
Below here are the market prices of each of these 32 US Apparel Store Companies on January 24, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 24, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Apparel Stores Corp | HQs | 1-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-24-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Destination XL Group | Canton | MA | 5.52 | 0.30 | 5.18 | 1740% | -94% |
| Stein Mart | Jacksonville | FL | 13.06 | 1.08 | 4.74 | 1109% | -77% |
| DSW Inc | Columbus | OH | 37.14 | 3.47 | 9.38 | 972% | -63% |
| ANN Inc | New York | NY | 34.20 | 3.41 | 25.56 | 903% | -87% |
| Destination Maternity | Philadelphia | PA | 27.80 | 2.90 | 8.70 | 860% | -67% |
| L Brands | Columbus | OH | 52.64 | 6.26 | 18.93 | 741% | -67% |
| Shoe Carnival | Evansville | IN | 24.03 | 4.31 | 9.41 | 457% | -54% |
| The Jones Group | New York | NY | 14.86 | 2.74 | 15.99 | 442% | -83% |
| Men's Wearhouse | Houston | TX | 47.21 | 9.73 | 26.98 | 385% | -64% |
| Christopher & Banks | Plymouth | MN | 16.97 | 3.51 | 11.45 | 383% | -69% |
| Nordstrom | Seattle | WA | 58.16 | 12.16 | 36.73 | 378% | -67% |
| Ross Stores | Pleasanton | CA | 67.83 | 14.73 | 12.79 | 361% | 15% |
| Ascena Retail Group | Suffern | NY | 19.73 | 4.69 | 6.26 | 321% | -25% |
| Chico's FAS | Fort Myers | FL | 16.88 | 4.03 | 9.03 | 319% | -55% |
| Jos A Bank Clothiers | Hampstead | MD | 54.78 | 13.51 | 18.97 | 306% | -29% |
| The Gap | San Francisco | CA | 37.21 | 9.85 | 21.28 | 278% | -54% |
| Stage Stores | Houston | TX | 19.79 | 5.92 | 14.80 | 234% | -60% |
| Cache | New York | NY | 4.70 | 1.51 | 7.91 | 212% | -81% |
| The Children's Place | Secaucus | NJ | 55.00 | 20.14 | 25.93 | 173% | -22% |
| Urban Outfitters | Philadelphia | PA | 36.00 | 14.13 | 27.26 | 155% | -48% |
| The Cato Corp | Charlotte | NC | 29.54 | 13.46 | 15.66 | 119% | -14% |
| New York & Co | New York | NY | 4.59 | 2.10 | 6.38 | 119% | -67% |
| Pacific Sunwear California | Anaheim | CA | 2.88 | 1.32 | 14.11 | 118% | -91% |
| Guess? Inc | Los Angeles | CA | 27.91 | 13.29 | 37.89 | 110% | -65% |
| Abercrombie & Fitch | New Albany | OH | 34.89 | 17.49 | 79.97 | 99% | -78% |
| The Buckle | Kearney | NE | 45.13 | 22.94 | 22.00 | 97% | 4% |
| American Eagle Outfitters | Pittsburgh | PA | 12.77 | 8.91 | 20.77 | 43% | -57% |
| Citi Trends | Savannah | GA | 16.43 | 11.61 | 15.44 | 42% | -25% |
| Bebe Stores | Brisbane | CA | 5.16 | 4.82 | 12.86 | 7% | -63% |
| Cherokee | Sherman Oaks | CA | 13.72 | 13.27 | 32.27 | 3% | -59% |
| Wet Seal | Foothill Ranch | CA | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.33 | 0% | 4% |
| Aeropostale | New York | NY | 7.26 | 15.01 | 17.67 | -52% | -15% |
| Average % Change all 32 | 357% | -52% |
