Sears Profit Falls, Beats Expectations
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. on Thursday  said quarterly profit fell sharply compared with a year  earlier, when the department store operator had a gain from the  sale of its credit card business, but the profit topped  forecasts as the retailer slashed costs.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co S.N, the largest  U.S. department store chain, on Thursday posted an unexpected  third-quarter loss and cut its full-year profit forecast,  sending its shares tumbling more than 8 percent.
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Retailer Sears Holdings Corp.   posted a 20 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday,  helped by a legal settlement and other special gains, but sales  declined at both its Sears and Kmart units.
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Sears Holdings Corp.  on Tuesday forecast lower quarterly profit and admitted that it needs to become more relevant to consumers and control its costs, sending its shares down more than 7 percent.
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Dell Inc., the world's second-largest personal computer maker, reported on Thursday a sharply lower quarterly profit while revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations, sending its shares down 1.7 percent.
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Quarterly net income was $46.3 million against a year-earlier loss, but sales continued to fall at the retailer amid intense competition in the electronics sector.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co , the largest U.S. department store chain, on Thursday posted a third-quarter loss as its clothing sales continued to slide and cuts its forecast for the full year.
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Evidence of an abrupt slowdown in consumer spending mounted Monday as Sears Holdings, the owner of Sears and Kmart, warned that its profit would most likely plunge as much as 57 percent for the three months ending in early February.
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After being a stock market darling for several years, Sears Holdings stock plunged this week on news of disappointing sales and profits at its Sears and Kmart stores.
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NEW YORK -- Sears Holdings Corp., the biggest US department store company, and Home Depot Inc. said profit will fall as the decline in housing prices hurts demand for goods to build and furnish homes.
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Retailer Macy&#39;s Inc.  cut its  quarterly profit outlook on Thursday as June same-store sales  came in lower than expected, and its shares fell nearly 4  percent.
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as profit warnings from retailer Sears Holdings Corp.  and home builder D.R. Horton Inc  fueled concerns about the economy's health and the earnings outlook.
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The jeweler said 2nd-quarter net income fell to $37 million, hurt by a charge related to selling its Little Switzerland retail business, but sales beat expectations.
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Best Buy Co. Inc.  reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as the consumer electronics retailer slashed prices on flat-panel TVs to boost sales at the start of the holiday shopping season.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co.  on Tuesday said it would restate its fourth-quarter 2004 earnings, cutting them by 5 cents to 10 cents a share, due to an error in accounting for construction allowances.
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The retailer cited lower overall sales and weaker operating results from Kmart and its domestic Sears operations.
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Campbell Soup Co  posted lower quarterly profit on Friday, hurt by higher commodity costs and promotional spending.