外汇波动使得Gap集团业绩下滑

Exchange fluctuations push Gap to post flat sales growth
Impacted by foreign exchange fluctuations, NYSE listed, apparel marketer, Gap Inc reported flat sales growth in the third quarter of fiscal 2014-15 as against the same period of previous fiscal year.
For the third quarter of 2014, Gap net sales reached $3.97 billion compared with $3.98 billion for the third quarter last year.
Gap said translation of net sales in foreign currencies into US dollars negatively impacted reported net sales by approximately $31 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2014.
Third quarter of 2014 diluted earnings per share rose to $0.80 vis-a-vis $0.72 in the third quarter of 2013.
Gap posted operating margin at 13.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 versus 14.5 per cent in prior year quarter.
The apparel marketer also now expects its full-year fiscal 2014 operating margin to be about 12.5 per cent, down from 13.3 per cent in fiscal year 2013.
译文如下：
外汇波动使得Gap集团业绩下滑
受外汇波动的影响，服装零售商Gap集团公布其2014财年第三季度的销售业绩，相比上一财政年度，销售业绩表现平平。
2014年第三季度，Gap集团净销售额为39.7亿美元，而去年同期净销售额为39.8亿美元。
受外国货币兑换成美元的负面影响，Gap集团2014财年第三季度汇率亏损约3100万美元。
2014年第三季度，其每股稀释收益上涨0.80美元，而2013年第三季度其每股稀释收益上涨0.72美元。
2014年第三季度，Gap集团的营业利润率为13.9%，而去年同期的利润率达到14.5%。
现服装营销人员也预计2014财年全年营业利润率约为12.5%，低于2013年财政年度13.3%的利润率。