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  • Ralph Lauren’s Q4 profit jumps 35%

    New York – Ralph Lauren Corporation reported increases in sales and net income during both fourth quarter and the full year of fiscal 2013. Quarterly retail sales rose 7% from $752 million to $804 million, while annual retail sales rose 6% from $3.4 billion to $3.6 billion. Ralph Lauren attributed both the fourth quarter and full year retail sales improvement to incremental contribution from new stores and e-commerce operations, as well as consolidated comparable store sales growth of 3%.

  • Buckle profit dips in Q1 on higher expenses

    Kearney, Neb. -- The Buckle reported Thursday that net income for the quarter ended May 4 fell slightly to $37.6 million, compared with $37.8 million in the year-ago period. Results were impacted by higher operating expenses.

    Revenue increased 2.3% to $269.7 million from $263.8 million, and same-store sales edged up 1.2%.

     

  • Rue21 to be acquired by Apax Partners in $1.1 billion deal

    New York -- Rue21 shareholder Apax Partners will acquire the teen apparel retailer in a deal valued at about $1.1 billion. The private equity firm, which has a 30% stake in rue21, also owns Cole Haan and Takko Fashion as part of its retail portfolio.

    Rue21 said it has set up a special committee of independent directors to solicit and evaluate higher bids during a 40-day go-shop period.

     

  • Bon Ton boosts net sales, lowers net loss

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  • Stein Mart reports higher profit in first quarter

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  • Eddie Bauer’s Arnot achieves new heights

    BELLEVUE, Wash. — Eddie Bauer first ascent guide Melissa Arnot summited Mt. Everest for the fifth time, the most of any woman in history. Arnot's celebratory summit falls only weeks after the 50th anniversary of the 1963 expedition outfitted by Eddie Bauer that marked the first American summit of the mountain by Jim Whittaker and his Sherpa partner, Nawang Gombu, and later by Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld via the West Ridge.

  • Cato Corp. has down quarter

    Charlotte, N.C. – Specialty women’s apparel and accessories retailer Cato Corp. reported declining sales and net income during first quarter 2013. Sales dropped 2% from $272.8 million to $267.2 million, while net income fell 3% from $31.7 million to $30.8 million. Same-store sales also declined compared to the same quarter a year earlier, by 5%.

  • Children's Place sales, profit down in Q1

    Secaucus, N.J. -- The Children's Place Retail Stores said Thursday that net income for the first quarter dropped to $19.3 million, from $28.3 million in the year-ago period.

    Revenue declined 3.5% to $423.2 million, compared to $438.5 million last year, and same-store sales fell 5.5%.

     

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