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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-Declining sales turned the ink from black to red on Sears Holdings’ bottom line in its fiscal first quarter, producing a net loss of $279 million, compared to net income of $189 million in last year’s first quarter.
In a conference call to financial analysts yesterday, Edward...
SAN FRANCISCO-In what Laura Alber, president and CEO, called the company’s best first quarter in its history, Williams-Sonoma added 28.5 percent to its net income, which totaled $39.5 million.
Sales gains helped drive the increase in the bottom line in the quarter, which ended on May 5. Overall net...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Although sales increased and expenses were held relatively in check, Kirkland’s reported a 9.3 percent drop in first-quarter net income, to $1.8 million.
Net sales increased 3.5 percent to $101.2 million in the quarter, which ended on May 4. Included in this was a same-store sales...