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<TYPE>EX-24
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<FILENAME>ex24call2013.txt
<TEXT>
ROSS STORES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby authorizes Deon Riley, Senior
Vice President, Human Resources; Ken Jew, Vice
President, Corporate Counsel and Assistant Corporate
Secretary; and Monte Young, Senior Director,
Compensation-HRIM of Ross Stores, Inc. (the
"Company"), to execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer or director of the Company, Form ID Uniform
Application for Access Codes and Passwords to File on
EDGAR, Forms 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, and
cause such form(s) to be filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating
to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of
securities in the Company.  The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day
of February, 2013.

 /s/ John G. Call





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