Homefurnishing Retail

Cost Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPWM) announced its sales for the nine-week holiday period ended January 1, 2011 were $277.5 million compared to $260.7 million for the nine-week holiday period in fiscal 2009. Same store sales for the nine-week holiday period increased 7.0% compared to a 0.3% increase for...

HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC. (NYSE: HVT) today reported sales for the period ended December 31, 2010. Havertys' sales for the fourth quarter 2010 decreased 0.2% to $162.1 million, versus $162.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. On a comparable store basis, sales for the quarter...

Kirkland's, Inc. (KIRK) again reported weak third-quarter 2011 results with earnings of $0.11, which was below the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. The company's healthy balance sheet supports its investment to bring about a better merchandise mix in its stores. However, the company's...

Kirkland's, Inc. (KIRK) again reported weak third-quarter 2011 results with earnings of $0.11, which was below the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. The company's healthy balance sheet supports its investment to bring about a better merchandise mix in its stores. However, the company's...

Recent data suggest that the holiday selling season proved very solid for the leading home furnishing chains, Oppenheimer reports. “We believe that continued strong, if not improving, demand trends together with still easing competitive pressures likely fueled above-plan sales at Pier 1 Imports,...

Piper Jaffray said that it remains constructive on the Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS) story and stock. “We recently increased estimates for the December quarter and expect the company will report solid improvement,” Piper Jaffray writes. “We expect management will provide visibility on...

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE: PIR), through a subsidiary, and Chase Bank USA, N.A. have entered into a new agreement, replacing and shortening their 2006 marketing and servicing agreement for the operation of the Pier 1 Imports private-label credit card. Under the new agreement, Pier 1 Imports will...

Shares of Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) are lower on the session by 8.17%, trading at $9.66. Overall call volume is now running at 2.47x the daily average, with 48% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,298 contracts have traded on the session so far. Cost Plus, Inc. is a specialty...

Shares of Cost Plus, Inc. (NasdaqGS: CPWM) ended the day down 15.6% at $10.52 per share. The company's stock hit a 52-week high during the early Wednesday trading session but began plummeting before noon. Today's trading range for shares of Cost Plus, Inc was between $10.22 and a 52-week high of $...

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Kirkland's, Inc. (KIRK) again reported weak third-quarter 2011 results with earnings of $0.11 which was below the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. The company's healthy balance sheet supports its investment to bring about a better merchandise mix in its stores. However, the company's...