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<TYPE>EX-24
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<FILENAME>ex24bush2013.txt
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ROSS STORES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby authorizes John G. Call, Group Senior Vice
President; 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 23rd day of February, 2013.

/s/ Michael J. Bush





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