服装零售商Gap第三季度业绩超越市场预期

Garment retailer Gap hikes Q3FY14 EPS guidance
For the third quarter of fiscal year 2014, NYSE listed and clothing retailer, Gap expects diluted earnings per share (EPS) to be in the range of $0.78 to $0.79, up from $0.72 in same quarter of fiscal year 2013.
“Third quarter of fiscal 2014 diluted earnings per share range includes a non-recurring benefit of about $0.06, benefitting from a lower effective tax rate,” Gap said.
The retailer added that, it also expects both, gross margin rate and operating expenses in the third quarter, to be better compared to guidance given alongside its September 2014 sales announcement. Meanwhile, for the four-week period ended November 1, 2014, sales fell 2.32% to $1.26 billion, from $1.29 billion for the four-week period ended November 2, 2013.
Comparable sales for October 2014 were down 3 percent compared to a 4 percent increase in October 2013.
Comparable sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2014 were down 2 percent against a 1 percent increase in the corresponding quarter of last year.
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服装零售商Gap第三季度业绩超越市场预期
2014财年第三季度，纽约证交所公布了服装零售商Gap的业绩情况。截至11月1日的三季度，Gap Inc.每股收益介于0.78美元至0.79美元，去年同期为0.72美元。
总销售与去年同期基本持平，为39.7亿美元。同店销售比去年同期减少2%，其中Gap 盖普品牌跌5%，Banana Republic 香蕉共和国无增减，Old Navy 老海军上升1%。
集团在10月份销售同比减少2.3%至12.6亿美元。同店销售按年下滑3%，其中Gap 盖普品牌跌7%，Banana Republic 香蕉共和国跌2%，Old Navy 老海军持平于去年同期。集团主席兼首席执行官Glenn Murphy 对10月销售数据表示失望。
2014年10月，Gap集团可比销售额下降3%，相比之下，2013年10月其可比销售额增加了4%。
2014财年第三季度，集团可比销售额下降2%，而去年同期可比销售额增长1%。