Earnings
Earnings Roundup: Constellation, Family Dollar
The Associated Press
04/08/09 - 10:56 AM EDT
Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, April 8, from AP Financial News:
Top stories:
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Wine, beer and liquor marketer Constellation Brands says it lost $406.8 million in its fiscal fourth quarter due to restructuring costs and weaker sales.
Other stories:
MATTHEWS, N.C. (AP) — Family Dollar Stores Inc. said Wednesday fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 33 percent as shoppers increasingly turned to the discount retailer for food and other necessities.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — PriceSmart Inc. said Wednesday that its profit rose 34 percent in the fiscal second quarter on improved sales.
HAMPSTEAD, Md. (AP) — Menswear retailer JoS. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal full-year profit climbed 16 percent on increased sales.