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Retailers, consumers and prices
Check Out Line: Consumers seek basics; retailers seek mergers
Check out a busy day for retailers as earnings — or losses – poured in from BJ’s Wholesale, Talbots, Charming Shoppes and Brown Shoe.
The “flight to necessities” by the U.S. consumer was on display as BJ’s — which sells food and fuel — posted a 26 percent jump in quarterly profit.
But for businesses steeped in discrection, the quarter was no cakewalk. Talbots posted sharply lower quarterly net profit; Charming Shoppes reported a quarterly loss and Brown Shoe posted a lower first-quarter profit.
With the U.S. environment a tough one to navigate, retailers are looking to add or subtract businesses to put themselves in a better position.
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