Wendy's International posted second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and the fast-food chain reported a 1% drop in quarterly earnings, which topped Wall Street estimates, but the firm also dropped its profit view for the year on anemic sales at its eponymous burger joints and higher beef costs.
Wendy's International (nyse: WEN - news - people ) posted second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and the fast-food chain reported a 1% drop in quarterly earnings, which topped Wall Street estimates, but the firm also dropped its profit view for the year on anemic sales at its eponymous burger joints and higher beef costs.
Once those parts of the supply chain catch up, prices should drop.
The clothing chain saw a 2.7% drop in Autumn and pre-Christmas sales at its High Street stores, although this was offset by a big jump in sales at its online business.
Squeezing every drop of profit throughout the supply chain is one of the reasons, and the supply chain ends with the users.
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Nonetheless, trade at its Primark stores was more intense than expected, which - along with lower than expected manufacturing costs due to a drop in cotton prices - helped the chain achieve better operating profit margins than a year ago.
The amount of sq inches they will purchase from the supply chain will make what they buy for iPhones and iPads seem like a drop in the bucket.
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Home Depot shocked no one when it posted a drop in fourth-quarter earnings, but the home improvement chain expects results to continue lagging for the rest of the year.
And in what's becoming a tired refrain, Gap announced a 2% drop in same-store sales, as both its flagship Gap chain and its Old Navy units failed to generate big traffic.
And in what's becoming a tired refrain, Gap (nyse: GPS - news - people ) announced a 2% drop in same-store sales, as both its flagship Gap chain and its Old Navy units failed to generate big traffic.
How many highly paid fund managers go into a cheap furniture enterprise or drop in to drink at the out of town locations of a pub chain?
To that end the chain is constantly adding reasons for customers to linger longer at the stores or to drop by in the evening or afternoon (traffic peaks between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.).
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Supermarket chain Morrisons, one of the UK's big four grocers, has reported another quarterly drop in sales, citing "fragile" consumer confidence.
Rather, the drop in commodity prices in 2008 will soon show up in lower manufacturing and supply-chain costs.
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