The Inditex Group generated net sales in the first quarter of 2013 (1 February to 30 April) of 3.6 billion euros, growth of 5% year-on-year. Net income amounted to 438 million euros, 2% more than in the first quarter of 2012. Highlights: ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas — A 72.7% jump in furniture and mattress sales helped power retailer Conn's to a total first-quarter revenue gain of 25%, with earnings nearly doubling to $22.2 million. The company said furniture and mattress ...
Genesco Inc. reported earnings from continuing operations for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013, of $18.5 million, or $0.78 per diluted share, compared to earnings from continuing operations of $20.8 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, ...
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Communications agency Verde PR & Consulting, which represents many companies in the cycling and outdoors industry, is launching a new events planning and management division called Verde Events. The new division will provide event ...
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Nordstrom, Inc. reported earnings per diluted share of $0.73 for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013, representing a 4.3 percent increase from $0.70 for the same quarter last year. Net earnings were $145 million compared with $149 million ...
Jesta I.S., a global leading provider of enterprise business solutions for the apparel, footwear, and accessories industries, announced that Body Central Corp., (BCC), a multi-channel specialty retailer, offering on-trend, quality apparel, ...
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP and SMCP Group, a leading ready-to-wear affordable luxury apparel retailer, announced that KKR signed a definitive agreement with SMCP’s current shareholders to acquire a majority stake in the Company ...
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Destination Maternity Corporation, the world's leading maternity apparel retailer, reported sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 ended March 31, 2013, and announced that it expects its second quarter fiscal 2013 earnings to be in the ...
Art Van Furniture has identified the first five Chicago stores it will open this year and also said it will open a store in Gaylord, Mich., later in the year and close a store in Onaway, Mich. The expansion into Gaylord in northern ...
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Rent-to-own merchant Aaron's says it plans to open 125 stores this year and hire 750 people. At its 2013 National Managers Meeting in Nashville, Atlanta-based Aaron's also reported that the company and its franchisees had added a combined ...
Fueled by acquisitions and new store openings, bedding retailer Mattress Firm recorded a 37% sales increase in the fourth quarter and saw sales top the $1 billion mark in the fiscal year that ended Jan. 29. The fiscal year sales of $1.007 ...
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In spite of the difficult market conditions prevailing in the first three months of 2012/13 (1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013), GERRY WEBER International AG boosted its Group sales revenues from EUR 165.1 million in the same period of the ...
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Britain’s fourth largest supermarket Morrisons has revealed plans to start selling food online by the end of the year and open more convenience stores in its latest financial results, which reported profit before tax down by 4% to ...
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Associated British Foods has forecast flat revenue from its grocery division in the first half of its fiscal year amid challenging conditions in bread markets in the UK and Australia. ABF, which owns the Kingsmill bread brand in the UK ...
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Regional US supermarket group and food distributor Spartan Stores has booked an increase in third-quarter earnings. Net profit in the three months to the end of December amounted to US$5.2m, a 2% increase on the prior-year period. ...
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