Dublin, California, January 29, 2016 - dd's DISCOUNTS®, a division of Ross Stores, Inc. will open a new 22,000 square foot store in Mesquite, Texas on February 6(th). The store is located in the Galloway Crossing Shopping Center, 10 miles east of downtown Dallas, at the NE corner of U.S. Highway 80 and Galloway Avenue. This new location increases the store count to 36 in Texas, the retailer's second largest state. With this new store, dd's DISCOUNTS will operate 173 locations in 15 states.

Together, Ross Dress for Less® and dd's DISCOUNTS currently operate over 1,400 off-price apparel and home fashion stores in 34 states, the District of Columbia and Guam.

Ross Stores, Inc. is an S&P 500, Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Dublin, California, with fiscal 2014 revenues of $11.0 billion. Currently, the Company operates Ross Dress for Less ("Ross"), the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States with stores in 34 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. Ross offers first-quality, in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 60% off department and specialty store regular prices every day. The Company also currently operates dd's DISCOUNTS with locations in 15 states that feature a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 70% off moderate department and discount store regular prices every day. Additional information is available at www.rossstores.com.



    Contact:                     Connie Kao
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                                 Senior Director, Investor & Media Relations

                                 (925) 965-4668

                                 connie.kao@ros.com

/PRNewswire/ -- Jan. 29, 2016/

SOURCE Ross Stores, Inc.