Home accessories sales grow in July - Stage Stores Inc
04 Aug '05
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Scarborough further commented, "Based on their preliminary operating results for the second quarter, they currently believe that they will be at or near the high end of their previously provided earnings outlook range for the period of $0.26 to $0.30 per diluted share."
The Company plans to report its actual second quarter and six-months results before the market opens on Thursday, August 18, 2005, and will hold a conference call and webcast the same day beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Store Activity The Company reported that it opened four new Stage stores and one new Bealls store during July. The new stores were opened in Clarksville and West Helena, Arkansas, Douglas, Arizona, Floresville, Texas and Marshall, Missouri.
For the second quarter, a total of seven new stores were opened and two stores were closed. As a result of the five net new stores added during the period, the Company ended the quarter with 542 stores.
Stage Stores Inc offers nationally recognized brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics and footwear for the entire family to small and mid-size towns and communities through 542 stores located in 29 states. The Company operates under the Bealls, Palais Royal and Stage names throughout the South Central states, and under the Peebles name throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Southeastern and Midwestern states.