Earnings digest - Finance Watch - retail companies' third quarter results - Brief Article - Illustration

DSN Retailing Today, Nov 25, 2002

EARNINGS DIGEST

Bluefly.com

3Q 9/30/02             '02          '01       %Chg.

Sales                 $630.5       $511.3       23.3
Net income           ($215.6)     ($241.2)       -NA

Children's Place

3Q 11/02/02

Sales                 $173.4       $181.4       (4.41)
Net income              $1.6        $18.7      -91.4

Factory 2-U Stores

3Q 11/02/02

Sales                 $134.5       $145.6       (7.62)
Net income             ($3.5)     ($324,000)     NA

Pep Boys

3Q 11/2/02

Sales                 $545.0       $552.0       (1.27)
Net income             $15.5        $10.0      (55.0)

Target

3Q 11/2/02

Sales                  $10.2(B)      $9.3(B)     9.68
Net income            $277.0       $185.0       50.0

Wal-Mart

3Q 10/31/02

Sales                  $58.8(B)     $52.7(B)    11.5
Net income          $1,820.0     $1,481.0       23.0

Sales and profits in millions

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NA: Not applicable