Federated hurt by hurricanes.(Brief Article)

Home Textiles Today, October, 2004

CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores Inc. said a series of hurricanes that battered parts of Florida, closing stores and hampering sales, will take a toll on third fiscal quarter profits, reducing earnings by about 4 to 6 cents a share. The department store parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's said Hurricane Jeanne, the most recent storm to tear through the Southeast, will cost the chain about $10 million in lost sales, further reducing September same-store sales 0.7 percent, and reducing profits during the quarter by an additional 1 to 2 cents a share.

The company said that while it is still too early to evaluate the impact of Hurricane Jeanne, it did not believe any of its Burdines-Macy's or Bloomingdale's stores in Florida were seriously...

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