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  • Brown Shoe narrows loss; raises outlook

    St. Louis, Mo. -- Brown Shoe Co Inc. on Tuesday  posted a smaller second-quarter loss, helped by cost-cutting and higher sales at its Famous Footwear stores. The retailer also raised the lower end of its full-year profit outlook.

    Brown Shoe’s quarterly loss narrowed to $2.5 million, compared with a loss of $4.6 million a year earlier.

    Revenue decreased  to $599.3 million. Same-store sales rose 3.9%.
     

  • Brown Shoe to close 145 Famous Footwear stores, sell off some units

    St. Louis -- Brown Shoe Co. said Monday that while profit rose dramatically in the third quarter thanks to a business unit divestiture, the retailer will cut several of its lines and close underperforming stores nationwide to shore up profitability.

  • Brown Shoe profit tops estimates

    St. Louis -- Brown Shoe Co., parent of Famous Footwear and Naturalizer shoe stores, said Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter profit rose to $18.6 million from $16.3 million, topping analysts estimates.

    Sales in the quarter ended Oct. 30 rose 14.5% to $716.1 million, from $625.6 million.

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