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Despite a fashion trend change away from black, most retail stocks have been pounded lower in 2000, with the S&P retail index off 22%. Women's apparel margins are shrinking, taking that sector's stocks to near 10-year lows. Some firms who could buck the trend are Federated Department Stores, Limited, Intimate Brands, Abercrombie & Fitch, Gymboree, Gadzooks, and Genesco.

Toys 'R' Us has made expansion its major aim. Its growth record, both in stock price and sales, has made it a favorite among stock analysts. There is some doubt about its ability to continue its growth pattern for the long term.

Initial public offering of stocks is one financing means for merchants. Retailers find stock offerings as a good way to convert equity and fund growth of stores. In 1983 many new corporations offered stock. Company founders find that stock offerings can quickly increase the firm's cash assets., If the management of a private retail chain decided last year to take the company public, chances are the timing was right for all concerned. If it chose instead to [...]

NEW YORK -- Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its ratings on Rite Aid Corp. debt, citing expectations for a continuing turnaround at the chain as well as the retailer's initial [...]

J.C. Penney's move away from hard lines is seen as an opening of a new era for the retailer. It will now concentrate on its strengths and move into the upscale market.

NEW YORK -- Selling shareholders realized $69.9 million before underwriting costs from the sale of 1.5 million shares of Sunglass Hut International Inc. The secondary offering was priced Thursday at [...]

Pic 'N' Save parent's stock bounces off 52-week highs Investors are boosting the stock of Pic 'N' Save's parent to new highs because recent sales and profits have climbed and [...]

Dollar General Corp split its shares 5-for-4 and raised its quarterly dividend on its common stock by 25% in Mar 1994. The self-service discount store company reports a 36% increase in net earnings for FY 1994, and 1995 earnings are estimated at $1.38 a share.

EMERGING CHAINS GO PUBLIC TO RAISE CASH In June 1986, J. Baker, the successor to National Shoes, raised a much-needed $28 million through an initial public offering, underwritten by Alex. [...]

By going public, 'we became masters of our own destiny,' says monroe G. Millstein, president and ceo of Burlington Coat Factory. The company, which went public on June 9, 1983, [...]