Abercrombie profit rises
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Abercrombie & Fitch Co  posted a  9 percent increase in quarterly profit on Friday, helped by  higher prices for its clothes.
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Youth-oriented retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co.  on Tuesday posted an unexpected fall in quarterly profit, due largely to a lawsuit settlement charge and warned of a profit shortfall for the current quarter.
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Campbell Soup Co.  posted higher quarterly profit on Friday, helped by higher prices, and raised its full-year profit forecast.
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By staff writers and wires. AUSTRALIAN company profits jumped 10.3 per cent in the June quarter thanks to robust consumer and business spending that will boost economic growth outcomes and the electoral prospects of the Howard Government.
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Clothing retailer Limited Brands Inc.  LTD.N on Thursday posted a sharply higher quarterly profit,  lifted by a rise in sales at stores open at least a year.
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Target Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. discount retailer, on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit, boosted by stronger sales and gains from the sale of its Mervyn's department store chain.
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Clothing retailer Limited Brands Inc. (LTD.N) on Thursday posted a sharply higher quarterly profit, lifted by a rise in sales at stores open at least a year.
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Carrefour, the world&#39;s No. 2 food retailer said Wednesday that its profit increased 5.3 per cent in the first half of the year, as robust international operations and lower finance costs helped
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Gillette Co. (GN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected quarterly profit, driven by sales of higher-priced products such as its battery-powered M3Power men&#39;s
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Heinz posted a greater-than-expected 23 percent rise in quarterly profit, aided by higher prices and increased sales of new ketchup and soup products.
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The Kroger Company, the nationâs biggest supermarket chain, said fourth-quarter profit rose more than analysts had anticipated as discounts spurred sales.
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Target Corp. TGT.N, the No. 2 U.S.  discount retailer, on Thursday posted a higher quarterly  profit, boosted by stronger sales and gains from the sale of  its Mervyn's department store chain.
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The Pepsi Bottling Group reported higher-than-expected profit yesterday, helped by cost controls and price increases, and raised its full-year forecast, sending its shares up.
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The retailer said improvements in inventory and cost controls helped lift its fourth-quarter profit to $301 million.
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Home furnishings retailer Bed Bath &  Beyond Inc.  posted a higher quarterly profit on  Wednesday as sales rose.
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Albertsons Inc. ABS.N, the No. 2  U.S. grocer, on Thursday posted a 21 percent rise in quarterly  profit due to gains from two recent acquisitions and improved  sales from Southern California where it suffered a strike last  year.
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Abercrombie &amp; Fitch Co. reported a 21 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Tuesday, citing a nearly &#36;33 million one-time charge to settle three class-action lawsuits related to work force diversity. The clothing retailer was also cautious about the current quarter, saying it expects earnings to be flat.