| American Eagle Outfitters
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American Eagle Outfitters Earnings Call, Fourth Quarter 2006.
3rd July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| The firm remains focused on delivering profitable growth, expanding the lifestyle brands and investing in systems to drive advances in productivity. |
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| The clothing firm had earnings growth of 40% to $150 million or 68 cents a share, from $107 million or 48 cents a share in 2005 as sales rose 27% to $973 million from $769 million in the prior year, reflecting strength of the brand, depth of talent within the company, and company-wide commitment to disciplined operational execution. Through investments in research, quality assurance and merchandising, it strengthened the connection with customers and ability to deliver on-trend assortment. |
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American Eagle Outfitters Earnings Call, Third Quarter 2006.
3rd July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Sales increased 20% to $696 million from $581 million in the prior year driven by strong comp store sales and well-managed inventories. |
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| The clothing retailer recorded earnings growth of 40% to $101 million or 68 cents a share from $73 million or 48 cents a share on sales growth. On-trend assortments and well-managed inventories led to good operating margins while ae.com grew 43% reflecting improved traffic and conversion, which drove high profitability. The average transaction value increased driven by a high-single-digit increase in units per transaction and a higher AUR. |
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American Eagle Outfitters Earnings Call, Second Quarter 2006
3rd July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| The firm continues to make investments in future growth initiatives, such as the real estate strategy and the new MARTIN + OSA concept. |
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| The clothing retailer reported a 17% increase in sales to $602 million from $516 million in the prior year as comparable store sales increased 10%. Consequently, earnings rose 27% to $72.1 million or 47 cents a share, from $58 million or 37 cents in 2005. The firm opened seven stores and completed 18 renovations. |
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American Eagle Outfitters Earnings Call, First Quarter 2006
3rd July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| The firm achieved sales and earnings growth, showing consistent performance while making progress on strategic growth initiatives. |
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| The retailer in designing, marketing and selling brands of laidback current clothing reported net income of $64.2 million or 42 cents a share an increase of 20% from the prior year driven by the team’s ability to consistently deliver on-trend merchandise within the company’s quality-value equation. Sales grew 14% to $522.4 million driven by increased, unique user sessions. The company made progress in several of its key growth strategies. |
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American Eagle Outfitters Earnings Call, Fourth Quarter 2005
3rd July 2008 00:00 AM |
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| Net income increased 6.5% from $101 million or 66 cents a share in 2004 to $108 million or 71 cents a share, driven by a strong brand and execution. |
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| The retailer that designs, markets and sells its own brand of laidback current clothing, reported gross profit increasing 7% to $354.2 million from $332.4 million in 2004, though declining as a percent of sales due to a lower merchandise margin as well as the deleveraging of buying, occupancy and warehousing costs. Sales increased 13.4% to $764.4 million, driven by ae.com making the ae.com online shopping experience the best in the company’s space. |
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