Sears to close last store in the city it once called home

Urban Outfitters, Inc. announced net income of $1 million and $108 million for the three months and year ended January 31, 2018, respectively. Earnings per diluted share were $0.01 and $0.96 for the three months and year ended January 31, 2018, respectively. For the three months ended January 31, 2018, adjusted net income was $75 million and adjusted earnings per diluted share were $0.69. Total Company net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 increased 5.7% over the same period last year to a record $1.09 billion. Comparable Retail segment net sales increased 4%, driven by strong, double-digit growth in the digital channel partially offset by negative retail store sales. By brand, comparable Retail segment net sales increased 8% at Free People, 5% at the Anthropologie Group and 2% at Urban Outfitters. Wholesale segment net sales increased 6.3%. For the year ended January 31, 2018, total Company net sales increased to $3.6 billion or 2.0% over the prior year. Comparable Retail segment net sales were flat. Wholesale segment net sales increased 9.5%. Click Read More below for additional information.

Revenues decreased $71 million, or 9%, in the third quarter of 2017 from the year-earlier quarter to $679 million, reflecting declines in Print and other advertising and Circulation revenues, partially offset by growth in Digital advertising and Other revenues. The U.S. dollar relative to the British pound did not have a significant impact on Revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. Operating Income (Loss) was income of $51 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and loss of $167 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. We recognized Asset impairments of $188 million, related primarily to a domestic tradename intangible, during the three months ended September 30, 2016. Click Read More below for additional information.

Bloomsbury announces its trading update for the four months ended 30 June 2020, ahead of the Company’s Annual General Meeting at 12.00pm today. Bloomsbury experienced strong trading for the first four months of its financial year, ahead of the Board’s expectations, with year-on-year sales growth of 18% during a period of unprecedented disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Our revenue and earnings are weighted towards the second-half, with sales of trade titles rising for Christmas and sales of academic titles being strongest at the beginning of the academic year in the Autumn.