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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0002087362-25-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251001
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251003

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sheehan William W II
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002087362
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14678
		FILM NUMBER:		251375059

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5130 HACIENDA DRIVE
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94568

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROSS STORES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000745732
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				941390387
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0201

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5130 HACIENDA DRIVE
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94568
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9259654400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5130 HACIENDA DRIVE
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94568

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROSS STORES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<p style="line-height:12pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:9.333px; font-size:14pt" align="center"><b>ROSS STORES, INC.</b></p>
<p style="line-height:12pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:24px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b><u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">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; Elizabeth Garrett, Group Senior Vice President, Human Resources; Renato Volpe, Senior Vice President, Human Resources; and Marcia Casey, Group Vice President, Human Resources of Ross Stores, Inc. (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>) and their successors, to: </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:72px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s capacity as an officer or director<b> </b>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&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s beneficial ownership of securities in the Company, utilizing the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>EDGAR<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>) system or cause them to be submitted and filed by a person appointed under Section 2 below; and</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:72px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; clear:left; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">act as an account administrator for the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s EDGAR account, including: (i) appointing, removing, and replacing account administrators, account users, technical administrators, and delegated entities, (ii) maintaining the security of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s EDGAR account, including modifications of access codes, (iii) maintaining, modifying, and certifying the accuracy of information on the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s EDGAR account dashboard; (iv) acting as the EDGAR point of contact with respect to the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s EDGAR account; and (v) any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T with respect to account administrators.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt; clear:left" align="justify">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<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>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. &nbsp;The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, </p>
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<hr style="margin-bottom: 9.6px; padding-top: 9.6px;" noshade size="1"><p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt; page-break-before:always" align="justify">nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">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<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>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.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:7.2pt" align="justify"><b>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</b><b style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;">, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of September 11, 2025. &nbsp;</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:288px; font-size:12pt">/s/ WILLIAM W. SHEEHAN II</p>
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