Latest news about Women\'s Apparel
Cato lowers outlook due to higher costs (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Women's apparel retailer The Cato Corp. on Thursday lowered second-quarter guidance below analyst expectations, due to higher costs related to closing some stores.
7 Aug 2008, 8:44 am | click here for more
The Cato Corp. July same-store sales fall (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Women's apparel retailer The Cato Corp. said Thursday that same-store sales fell 1 percent in July. John Cato, company chairman, president and chief executive, said results were hurt as the benefit from tax-rebate checks began to decrease.
7 Aug 2008, 8:42 am | click here for more
Aeropostale Reports Record July Sales Results (Centre Daily Times)
Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), a mall-based specialty retailer of casual and active apparel for young women and men, today announced that total net sales for the four-week period ended August 2, 2008 increased 24% to $138.8 million, from $111.7 million for the four-week period ended August 4, 2007. The Company's same store sales increased 13% for the month, compared to a same store sales ...
7 Aug 2008, 7:52 am | click here for more
Talbots 2nd-qtr sales fall; affirms 2008 forecast (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
NEW YORK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Women's apparel retailer Talbots Inc posted a bigger-than-expected decline in quarterly sales on Thursday due to a change in the timing of a clearance event at its namesake stores and deep discounts at its J. Jill chain.
7 Aug 2008, 7:44 am | click here for more
Aeropostale Reports Record July Sales Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Aeropostale, Inc. , a mall-based specialty retailer of casual and active apparel for young women and men, today announced that total net sales for the four-week period ended August 2, 2008 increased 24% to $138.8 million, from $111.7 million for the four-week period ended August 4, 2007.
7 Aug 2008, 7:03 am | click here for more
Cache Reports 2% Comparable Store Sales Increase in July 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Cache Inc. , a specialty chain of women's apparel stores with 296 stores currently open, reported July 2008 sales figures.
7 Aug 2008, 6:00 am | click here for more
Sector roundup: Rental car cos., women's apparel (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of rental car companies rose Thursday after Avis Budget Group Inc. reported a 35 percent drop in second-quarter profit, but still beat average analysts' expectations.
7 Aug 2008, 1:17 pm | click here for more
Sector Snap: Women's apparel retailers slip (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of women's apparel retailers fell Thursday after many reported weak same-store sales, as consumers shopped cautiously despite clearance sales.
7 Aug 2008, 12:33 pm | click here for more
Hot Topic July same-store sales fall (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Teen apparel retailer Hot Topic Inc. on Wednesday said its same-store sales fell 2.1 percent in July, a bigger drop than analysts were expecting, hurt by weaker sales of men's and women's apparel.
6 Aug 2008, 3:40 pm | click here for more
State-of-the-art women's center opens at Riverside (This Week Upper Arlington)
Riverside Methodist Hospital's new Women's middle celebrated its grand opening on July 30. The middle brings below one roof a variety of services for women, and particularly for expectant mothers.
6 Aug 2008, 2:45 pm | click here for more