ROSS STORES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
authorizes Jane Marvin, Senior Vice
President of Human Resources and John Call, Chief
Financial Officer, and their designees, Mary Tanner, Vice
President of Human Resources, Chuck Kurth, Vice President of
Finance and Treasurer and Ken Jew, Vice President and Corporate
Counsel, 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 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 cause this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 8 day of June, 2005.
/s/ Mark Askanas



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