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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - ROSS STORES, INC.Financial_Report.xls
10-Q - QUARTERLY REPORT - ROSS STORES, INC.rossstores_10q.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SARBANES-OXLEY ACT - ROSS STORES, INC.exhibit31-1.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 - ROSS STORES, INC.exhibit32-2.htm
EX-10.1 - EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 6, 2012 - ROSS STORES, INC.exhibit10-1.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SARBANES-OXLEY ACT - ROSS STORES, INC.exhibit31-2.htm
EX-15 - UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP - ROSS STORES, INC.exhibit15.htm

EXHIBIT 32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Ross Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 28, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Michael Balmuth, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Section 906”), that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1)       The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m); and
       
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date:  June 6, 2012 /s/Michael Balmuth
Michael Balmuth
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer