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Limited Brands Balances Risk-Reward - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 1:01pm | 563Limited Brands Inc.'s (LTD) constant focus on cost containment, inventory management and merchandise initiatives has kept it afloat in a sluggish retail environment. Management also expects gross margin to improve in the year driven by an improvement in the merchandise margin rate. Limited...
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Limited Brands Balances Risk-Reward - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 12:30pm | 563Limited Brands Inc.'s (LTD) constant focus on cost containment, inventory management and merchandise initiatives has kept it afloat in a sluggish retail environment. Management also expects gross margin to improve in the year driven by an improvement in the merchandise margin rate. Limited...
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Citi Comments On Chico's Challenging Holiday Season
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 8:51am | 184Chico's (NYSE: CHS) is not immune from a more difficult December and Citi expects comps to come in closer to flat versus guidance for a +LSD increase. That's driven by a rockier quarter at White House Black Market, which appears to have had some weaker trends and incremental markdown pressure....
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J.Crew Group, Inc. Announces Record Date and Special Meeting to Vote on Merger
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 12:08pm | 186J.Crew Group, Inc. (NYSE: JCG) today announced that it has established a record date and a meeting date for a special meeting of its stockholders to consider and vote upon a proposal to adopt the merger agreement between the Company and affiliates of TPG Capital, L.P. and Leonard Green &...
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Aeropostale's Comparables Fall - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 2:01pm | 411Aeropostale Inc.'s (ARO) comparable-store sales for December dropped 5.0% against a 10.0% increase in the year-earlier period. Total sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2011, jumped 3% to $474.7 million from $460.8 million for the five weeks ended January 2, 2010. Year to date, comparable...
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Aeropostale's Comparables Fall - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 1:15pm | 411Aeropostale Inc.'s (ARO) comparable-store sales for December dropped 5.0% against a 10.0% increase in the year-earlier period. Total sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2011, jumped 3% to $474.7 million from $460.8 million for the five weeks ended January 2, 2010. Year to date, comparable...
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Lululemon Ups Outlook - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 5:31pm | 555Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU), in a scheduled update to its business outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, revised its earnings per share (EPS) guidance. On a bullish note, the company now sees earnings per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 in the range of 55 cents to 57...
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Lululemon Ups Outlook - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 4:49pm | 555Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU), in a scheduled update to its business outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, revised its earnings per share (EPS) guidance. On a bullish note, the company now sees earnings per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 in the range of 55 cents to 57...
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Brian Sozzi Upgrades Guess? Inc. (GES)
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 4:22pm | 193Retail analyst Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is out with a research report on Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES). He has a Buy rating and a $49 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Sozzi writes, "Primarily, our downgrade issued on November 30 to Hold was derived from a U.S. business that was...
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SMRT Enters Oversold Territory - Tale of the Tape
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 12:31pm | 112Stein Mart, Inc.'s (SMRT) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 12.88. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for January 2011 increased by 16 cents over the past two months to 92 cents per share. Stein Mart, Inc. is a Zacks #2 Rank (“Buy”)...
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SMRT Enters Oversold Territory - Tale of the Tape
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 12:14pm | 112Stein Mart, Inc.'s (SMRT) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 12.88. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for January 2011 increased by 16 cents over the past two months to 92 cents per share. Stein Mart, Inc. is a Zacks #2 Rank (“Buy”)...
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Piper Jaffray On Pacific Sunwear After ICR Xchange
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 10:03am | 146Piper Jaffray has published a research report on Pacific Sunwear of California (NASDAQ: PSUN) after attending the 13th Annual ICR Xchange. In the report, Piper Jaffray writes "We remain Underweight rated on PSUN following the company's presentation by CEO Gary Schoenfeld at the final day of the...
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Piper Jaffray's Highlights From ICR XChange
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 9:54am | 119Piper Jaffray has published a research report on Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) after attending the 13th Annual ICR Xchange. In the report, Piper Jaffray writes "We maintain our Neutral rating on shares of ZUMZ following CEO Rick Brooks and CFO Trevor Lang's presentation. Management's key business...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Friday - Tale of the Tape
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 9:31am | 306Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Alps Electric Co (APELY) The Buckle Inc (BKE) Comml Vehicle Group Inc (CVGI) Eagle Bancorp Inc (EGBN) Fairchild Semiconductor Intl (FCS) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. BUCKLE INC (BKE): Free Stock Analysis Report COMML...
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Citi Has Buy Rating On DSW Inc. (DSW)
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 9:20am | 176Citi Investment Research has a Buy rating and a $45 price target on shares of DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW). In a note to clients, Citi writes, "RVI owns approximately 62% of DSW's outstanding common shares and approximately 93% of the voting power. DSW's float is 14MM shares; RVI retains another 27.9MM...