Holding(s) in Company

Retail Stores PLC
05 November 2004


                       Retail Stores plc ('the Company')

                               Holding in Company

The Company was notified on 4 November 2004 that Principle Capital Holdings
Societe Anonyme has an interest in 1,270,475 ordinary shares of 25p each in the
Company representing 5.62 per cent of the issued share capital.

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                       Retail Stores plc ('the Company')

                               Holding in Company

The Company was notified on 4 November 2004 that Concerto Capital Corporation
Limited no longer holds any interest in the issued share capital of Retail
Stores plc nor is it any longer a party to any agreements to which section 204
of the Companies Act 1985 applies.

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