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Lauder Sees Growth Slowing As Sales, Net Drop In Quater
NEW YORK -- Retailers' cautious approach to inventories helped depress Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.'s second-quarter…
Charming Shoppes Slims Down To Grow
NEW YORK -- Furthering its focus on the plus-size market, Charming Shoppes Inc. will close 207 stores, taking…
Retail Downgrades On The Upswing
NEW YORK -- Kmart Corp.'s fall from grace and into Chapter 11 could be documented as easily from its debt down
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Saks Inc. ‘Disappointed’ By Debt Downgrade
NEW YORK -- Moody's Investors Service downgraded Saks Inc.'s debt, citing sluggishness through the chain's ope
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Sears Net Climbs
NEW YORK -- Fourth-quarter earnings came in on target, and inventories lean, as Sears, Roebuck & Co. got down
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Federated Exits Fingerhut
NEW YORK -- Federated Department Stores Wednesday finally pulled the plug on its troubled Fingerhut subsidiary
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O’Neill Expects Slow Retail Recovery
NEW YORK -- Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill feels retailing's pain.
While not hazarding a guess about when the…
Cost-Cutting at Coldwater Creek
NEW YORK -- The flagging economy is chilling Coldwater Creek Inc., which will close a distribution center, cut…
A Pleasant Surprise from Dec. Comps
NEW YORK -- The prognosis was dire, but the patient managed to pull through.
A late burst of promotion-induced…
Retail Profit Picture Clouded as Margins Take a Beating
NEW YORK -- Deterioration, yes. Disaster, no.
That's the profit outlook of Wall Street analysts and other infor…
Analysts Rethink Retail Issues
NEW YORK -- Retail analysts on Friday primed investors for the release of same-store sales on Thursday with ra…
Neiman’s Dec. Comps Down, But Net Effect Still Unknown
NEW YORK -- The first wave of December same-store sales results may have eased some fears about just how tough
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Gildan Net Surges in 4th Quarter
NEW YORK -- With sales and gross margins both moving ahead, Gildan Activewear registered a 60 percent…
Duck Head Issues Warning
NEW YORK -- Duck Head Apparel Co. Inc. warned that disappointing sales and special expenses would widen…
Coldwater Creek CEO Named as Net Jumps
NEW YORK -- Coldwater Creek Inc. reported earnings jumped 36.2 percent in the third quarter, and also…