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<TYPE>EX-24
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<FILENAME>ex24marquette.txt
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ROSS STORES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby designates and appoints as his/her attorney-in-fact
and authorizes each of:  Ken Jew, Group Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary; Deon Riley, Group Senior Vice President,
Human Resources; Kevin Reimann, Senior Vice President, Human Resources; and
Marcia Casey, Vice President, Human Resources 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 3,
4, and 5, and any amendments thereto, and to 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 5th day of August 2019.
/s/ Travis Marquette
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