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Byline: Evan Clark NEW YORK - Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s first-quarter profits rose against year-ago results that were depleted by charges and write-offs. However, the firm's retail business, which, as [...]

NEW YORK -- Double-digit same-store declines in apparel and home fashions didn't stop Sears, Roebuck & Co. from far outstripping profit expectations in the second quarter. However, this fall's launches [...]

NEW YORK -- One-time items took a bite out of Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s first-quarter profits, but a same-store sales decline in apparel that approached double-digits didn't help either. Reflecting [...]

NEW YORK -- Greater efficiency helped Sears, Roebuck & Co. blow the doors off analysts' first-quarter estimates with profits, excluding special items, of 93 cents a share -- 32 cents [...]

NEW YORK -- Plastic is helping retailers remain elastic. Highly profitable credit card operations have allowed department stores to maintain much of the revenue and compensate for much of the [...]

NEW YORK -- Fourth-quarter earnings came in on target, and inventories lean, as Sears, Roebuck & Co. got down to the business of fixing its more than 800 full-line stores. [...]

NEW YORK -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. is expected to cut a deal in bankruptcy court within a few days that gets the chain off the hook for about $500 [...]

NEW YORK -- The first wave of August same-store results yielded generally positive results -- and robust early indications about the critical denim category -- but not strong enough to [...]

NEW YORK -- Earnings calling. Avon Products Inc. posted a 10.3 percent increase in second-quarter earnings, meeting expectations in a market braced for disappointing earnings reports. The direct marketer of [...]

NEW YORK -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. digested gargantuan charges with an almost $200 million second-quarter loss, but chairman and chief executive officer Alan Lacy said the master plan to [...]

NEW YORK -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported that its fourth-quarter earnings met Wall Street's expectations, but the nation's second largest nonfood retailer said that softness in apparel contributed to [...]

NEW YORK -- The arrival of some sticky, summer weather has rejuvenated apparel sales for some chains in the fourth week of June, but probably not enough to prevent a [...]

NEW YORK -- Chilly spring weather led to dismal April sales for many big retailers, particularly in the Northeast, triggering a slew of warnings that they will fall short of [...]

NEW YORK -- Sears, Roebuck & Co., making good on its first-quarter profits preview earlier this month, reported Monday a 71 percent increase in earnings per share. Sears posted $235 [...]

NEW YORK -- Boosted by a healthy profit jump at its retail operations, Sears, Roebuck & Co. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings soared 38.3 percent, far exceeding Wall Street's expectations. [...]

NEW YORK -- Despite a slight decline in December same-store sales, Sears, Roebuck & Co. said Tuesday it expects its fourth-quarter earnings to handily beat Wall Street's expectations. Investors were [...]

NEW YORK -- Blame it on the weather? Not entirely this time. In the retail community, there's a chill in the air, but hardly the kind store executives prefer for [...]

Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s third-quarter earnings excluding noncomparable items exceeded Wall Street's expectations by 5 cents a share. An article on page 2, Oct. 22, as well as the accompanying [...]

NEW YORK -- Hurt by soft retail sales in July and August, third-quarter results at Sears, Roebuck & Co. came in a penny below Wall Street's already reduced expectations. However, [...]

NEW YORK -- Even when August sales reports were positive, investors, for the most part, showed little relish for retail shares Thursday, as concerns over interest-rate hikes enveloped Wall Street [...]

NEW YORK -- With its retail business still struggling, especially on the softer side, Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported second-quarter net income dipped 1.5 percent, although per-share earnings were up [...]

NEW YORK -- Third-quarter net rose 7.9 percent at Sears, Roebuck & Co. but growing delinquencies in the giant retailer's credit card business would probably cause it to miss its [...]

Slammed with a $320 million after-tax charge for its credit card blunder, Sears Roebuck & Co. second-quarter earnings sank to $117 million, or 29 cents a share, from $274 million, [...]

NEW YORK -- While most of the industry sagged around Christmas, Sears Roebuck & Co. concluded 1996 with a bang. 'We ended the year with excellent fourth-quarter results, which are [...]

NEW YORK -- The trickle of December results that began a week or so ago turned into a torrent Thursday, but the numbers reflected the same sober conclusion: With some [...]

NEW YORK -- Continuing to ride high on healthy apparel sales, higher margins and credit card revenues, Sears, Roebuck & Co. said Wednesday that its profits grew 22.3 percent in [...]

NEW YORK - Propelled by ongoing strong sales in women's sportswear and juniors, as well as higher margins and credit card revenues, Sears Roebuck & Co. posted a 25.7% percent [...]

NEW YORK -- Driven by a stellar Easter season, continued vigor in apparel sales and a booming credit business, Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported income from continuing operations climbed 21.8 [...]

NEW YORK - Escaping the dismal apparel climate, Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported Wednesday that its earnings rose 27.6 percent in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 through robust apparel [...]

NEW YORK - As other chains stumble, Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s merchandising operation continues to gain ground. On Thursday, Sears reported a 19.2 percent earnings gain on 6.2 percent higher [...]

NEW YORK - Paced by double-digit sales gains in apparel and sparked by dress business, Sears Roebuck & Co. banged out a 13.8 percent gain in second-quarter earnings from continuing [...]

NEW YORK -- Sears' restructuring effort continues to click, as the giant retailer's Merchandising Group turned in its best performance in 10 years in 1994. In a report that highlighted [...]

NEW YORK -- The dramatic restructuring program at Sears, Roebuck & Co. is starting to produce results. The Sears Merchandise Group had a 23 percent jump in operating profits in [...]

NEW YORK -- Capitalizing on robust sales growth and continuing impressive cost controls, May Department Stores racked up a 10.9 percent first-quarter earnings gain, squeezing past Wall Street's expectations. Profits [...]

NEW YORK -- After almost two quarters of strong selling, same-store sales slipped last month at several retailers, largely due to the earlier Easter. However, in reporting their April sales [...]

Total revenues for Sears, Roebuck & Co. in the first quarter ended April 3 dropped 2.1 percent to $9.04 billion. The revenue figure was incorrect in an article on page [...]

NEW YORK -- First-quarter profits at Sears, Roebuck & Co. climbed 9.8 percent as improvements in its credit and Canada operations offset a slightly heavier loss at its domestic department [...]

NEW YORK -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported fourth-quarter earnings fell 0.2 percent, mainly due to noncomparable items and sagging apparel sales. Excluding the noncomparables, earnings would have advanced 11.7 [...]

NEW YORK -- Hurt by weak apparel sales and a migration of customers to discounters, Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported earnings sagged 1 percent before special charges in the third [...]

NEW YORK -- Second-quarter profits at Sears, Roebuck & Co. grew 2.5 percent before special items to $318 million, or 80 cents a share, as strong sales of hard goods [...]

NEW YORK -- Caught between ongoing delinquencies at its credit card operation and missed sales related to this year's later Easter, Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported Thursday that its first-quarter [...]

NEW YORK -- Arthur C. Martinez thinks 1997 was an aberration. 'We had an extraordinary run from 1993 through 1996; 1997 was an interruption of that trend,' observed Martinez, chairman, [...]

NEW YORK -- Propelled by vigorous sales of women's sportswear and dresses, Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s first-quarter profits before special items grew 20 percent to $180 million, or 45 cents [...]

NEW YORK -- One of the ongoing strengths of Sears, Roebuck & Co. has been its credit card business, but with the escalation of bad consumer debts, retail analyst David [...]

A Sears, Roebuck & Co. top official said Wednesday that the Canyon River Blues private label collection will hit $200 million in sales in 1996. Alan Lacy, executive vice president [...]

CHICAGO -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. expects to complete a refinancing of a $4 billion credit facility to save up to $3 million. The deal will extend the current credit [...]

NEW YORK (FNS) -- The troubled merchandise group of Sears, Roebuck & Co. took a special $48 million charge for inventory shrinkage in the third quarter, compounding its sluggish retail [...]

CHICAGO (FNS) -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported strong sales of women's and men's sportswear and accessories in the second quarter and said cost-cutting measures helped profits of the merchandise [...]

SEARS QUARTER NET DROPS; 9,000 MORE JOBS TO BE CUT NEW YORK (FNS) -- The merchandise group of Sears, Roebuck & Co. reported Monday that fourth-quarter profits plunged 74.1 percent [...]

WHILE SEARS FLAILS ABOUT, WARD'S CRUISES SERENELY NEW YORK (FNS) -- While Sears, Roebuck & Co. continues to struggle with new formats and personnel cutbacks, Montgomery Ward, which was slipping [...]