Market Currents

• Thursday, December 3, 2009

• 07:45 AM Nov. same-store sales (actual vs. Briefing.com estimate), update #1:
  ARO +7% vs. +10%.
  APP -11% vs. -3%.
  BKE +1.4% vs. +4%.
  BONT -6% vs. +1%.
  COST +6% vs. +8.2%.
  HOTT -11.7% vs. -7.9%.
  LTD +3% vs. -2.3%.
  PLCE -13% vs. +0.8%.
  SMRT -7.2% vs. -6.5%.
  SSI -12.5% vs. -5.3%.
  ZUMZ -8.5% vs. -8.1%.
  10 misses, 1 beat. 9 Comments

• Thursday, November 19, 2009

• 00:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: BKE, DKS, GME, HP, PDCO, PLCE, ROST, SHLD, STP, TSL, WSM Comment!

• Thursday, November 5, 2009

• 08:53 AM Same-store sales results #2:
  CATO flat vs. +4%.
  JCP -4.5% vs. -2.6%.
  LTD -4% vs. -3.1%.
  M -0.8% vs. flat.
  JWN +6.5% vs. +2.9%.
  ROST +9% vs. +7.1%.
  SSI -0.1% vs. -4.4%.
  TGT -0.1% in line.
  BKE +4.3% vs. +5.8%.
  WTSLA -1.3% vs. -7.3%.
  ZUMZ -8.9% vs. -6.5%.
  SKS +0.7% vs. -3%. Comment!

• Thursday, October 8, 2009

• 07:33 AM Early same-store sales ((SSS)) results (actual vs. consensus): BKE +5.1% vs. +5.6%. COST +1% vs. -0.7%. HOTT -4% vs. -6.7%. LTD +1% vs. -2.6%. PLCE +1% vs. -1.8%. WTSLA -4.5% vs -7.6%. ZUMZ -0.8% vs. -1.4%. Positive vs. negative suprises: 6:1. Comment!

• Thursday, September 3, 2009

• 08:06 AM SSS #2: Limited (LTD) -4% vs. -5.3%. Stein Mart (SMRT) -8.9% vs. -5%. The Buckle (BKE) +3.6% vs. +5.2%. Wet Seal (WTSLA) -11.2% vs. -8.8%. Zumiez (ZUMZ) -12.1% vs. -18.4%. Comment!

• Thursday, August 20, 2009

• 07:11 AM Buckle (BKE): Q2 EPS of $0.54 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $193M (+14%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: BKE, BKS, DKS, GME, HNZ, PDCO, RGS, ROST, SHLD, STP Comment!

• Thursday, August 6, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket losers: OCNF -17%. EAT -14%. PCS -11%. BKE -11%. EXM -11%. ANPI -10%. KLIC -9%. DPTR -8%. IO -7%. DCP -7%. INO -5%. OSK -5%. STEC -5%. ACAD -5%. CNQR -4%. TKC -4%. EGLE -4%. ARO -4%. Comment!
• 08:34 AM SSS #3: The Buckle (BKE) +2.8% vs. +10.2%. Wet Seal (WTSLA) -12.1% vs. -9.3%. Zumiez (ZUMZ) -16.8% vs. -21%. American Apparel (APP) -13% vs. -15%. Gap Inc (GPS) -8% vs. -8.6%. Comment!

• Thursday, July 9, 2009

• 07:45 AM SSS #2: The Buckle (BKE) +9.6% vs. +12.4%. Children's Place (PLCE) -12% vs. -8.6%. American Apparel (APP) -13% vs. -6.3%. Bon-Ton Stores (BONT) -8% in-line. Limited (LTD) -12% vs. -8.1%. Stein Mart (SMRT) -8% vs. -5.3%. Comment!

• Thursday, June 4, 2009

• 07:47 AM SSS #2: Limited (LTD) -7% in-line. Stage Stores (SSI) -7.2% vs. -6.8%. The Buckle (BKE) +13.4% vs. +11.6%. Wet Seal (WTSLA) -8.4% vs. -9.7%. Zumiez Inc. (ZUMZ) -20.7% vs. -20.4%. Comment!

• Thursday, May 21, 2009

• 07:24 AM Buckle (BKE): Q1 EPS of $0.58 beats by $0.08. Revenue of $200M (+24.6%) vs. $195M. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: BKE, BKS, BONT, PLCE, GME, HRL, MF, NM, NWY, PDCO, ROST, SOL, SSI, SMRT, STP, TECD, TTC Comment!

• Thursday, May 7, 2009

• 08:00 AM SSS #2: The Buckle (BKE) +18.2% vs. +11.3%. American Apparel (APP) -7.0% vs. -5.0%. Bon-Ton Stores (BONT) -5.1%. Fred's (FRED) +5.0% vs. -1.2%. Wet Seal (WTSLA) -2.2% vs. -7.8%. Comment!

• Wednesday, March 11, 2009

• 07:15 AM Buckle (BKE): Q4 EPS of $0.74 in-line. Revenue of $251M (+21.4%) in-line. Comparable store sales +14.3% vs. a year ago. (PR) Comment!

• Thursday, March 5, 2009

• 07:22 AM Same-store sales [SSS] (actual % gain/loss vs. consensus): Children's Place (PLCE) 0.0% vs. -3.3%. Hot Topic (HOTT) +10.8% vs. +3.4%. Limited (LTD) -7.0% vs. -7.5%. Stage Stores (SSI) -8.6% vs. -9.3%. The Buckle (BKE) +21.0% vs. +9.7%. Wet Seal (WTSLA) -6.6% vs. -11.9%. Comment!