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Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST), headquartered in Dublin, California, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS brand names. Valued at $57.8 billion by market cap, ROST offers designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions at discount prices.
Companies worth $10 billion or more are generally described as “large-cap stocks,” and ROST perfectly fits that description, with its market cap exceeding this mark, underscoring its size, influence, and dominance within the apparel retail industry. ROST is crushing it as a leading off-price retailer with 1,831 Ross and 355 dd's Discounts stores. Its strategy of offering 20% to 60% off brand-name merchandise attracts value-conscious shoppers and drives loyalty.