Shares of Macy’s Inc. powered higher Thursday, after the department store chain reported a big fiscal third-quarter profit beat and provided an improved full-year outlook, as margins increased and inventories fell to “healthy” levels. “We have refined our gift assortment, simplified our promotions and improved our shopping experience,” said Chief Executive Jeff Gennette.
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rose 9.1% in premarket trading, putting it on track to open at a three-month high. After already soaring 17.4% over the past two sessions, the stock was headed for its best three-day performance since it rocketed 33.1% over the three days ended May 27, 2022. Net income for the quarter to Oct. 28 fell to $43 million, or 15 cents a share, from $108 million, or 39 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Excluding nonrecurring items, adjusted earnings per share of 21 cents beat the FactSet consensus of breakeven. Sales fell 7.1% to $4.86 billion, but topped the FactSet consensus of $4.78 billion. Same-store sales, or sales of stores open at least a year, fell 7.0% to beat expectations of a 7.2% decline, as Macy’s branded stores saw same-store sales fall 7.6%, Bloomingdale’s same-store sales were down 3.2% and Bluemercury’s same-store sales rose 2.5%. “We delivered better-than-ex …
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