by Mike Duff | Oct 4, 2023 | Retail Articles
For the second quarter, Helen of Troy declared itself back on the road to growth as lower revenue and income year over year still managed to surpass Wall Street estimates. Net income was $27.4 million, or $1.14 per diluted share, as compared to $30.7 million, or $1.28...
by Mike Duff | Sep 22, 2023 | Retail Articles
With Costco preparing to reveal its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results, traffic-tracker Placer.ai points out that the company is on a roll with more footsteps through the store during the past couple of years and, more recently, during the back-to-school...
by Mike Duff | Sep 14, 2023 | Retail Articles
Despite a slowing economy, retail sales rose in August as parents shopped for school supplies and other goods even as inflation continued and interest rates remained high, according to the National Retail Federation. In citing figures from the United States Census...
by Mike Duff | Aug 31, 2023 | Retail Articles
A big shift to consumables purchasing at Dollar General led to lower-than-expected second-quarter sales and earnings. Dollar General posted a net income of $468.8 million, or $2.13 per diluted share, versus $678 million, or $2.98 per diluted share, in the 2022...
by Mike Duff | Aug 29, 2023 | Retail Articles
Big Lots did better than analysts anticipated in the second quarter although sales and comparable sales declines were significant. The company posted a net loss of $249.8 million, or $8.56 per diluted share, for the second quarter versus $84.2 million, or $2.91 per...