Sears Canada Reports Narrower Loss
03 Décembre 2015 - 4:20PM
Dow Jones News
Sears Canada Inc. on Thursday reported same-store sales growth
in its fiscal third quarter and a substantially narrower loss.
The Toronto-based department-store operator has been working to
cut costs and boost revenue in a shifting Canadian retail landscape
marked recently by the entrance and exit of some high-profile U.S.
retailers.
In the three months ended Oct. 31, Sears Canada ended a
seven-quarter string of negative same-store sales, posting a 0.4%
increase compared with a year earlier. Same-store sales in its core
operations—which comprise its full-line and Sears Home stores—rose
2.7%.
Company revenue overall fell 5% to 792.1 million Canadian
dollars ($593.4 million), with the decrease reflecting store
closures and lower direct-channel revenue.
Sears Canada lost C$53.2 million, or 52 Canadian cents a share,
compared with a loss of C$118.7 million, or C$1.16 a share, a year
earlier.
"The positive momentum that began in the second quarter has
continued throughout the third quarter and we are pleased with the
progress being made across the enterprise," Executive Chairman
Brandon G. Stranzl said in a news release.
The company said the steps it is taking to improve
profitability, including setting up vendor-branded shops within its
stores, aligning its cost structure with the size of its business,
and maintaining a strong balance sheet, were on track.
On the cost front, the company earlier this year initiated a
program to cut operating costs by C$100 million to C$125 million
from 2014 levels. At the end of the third quarter, C$67 million in
annualized savings had been implemented, and the company said an
additional C$30 million to C$40 million is planned for the fourth
quarter.
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