Losses widen at transitioning Duckwall-ALCO
By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 6/12/2008 2:08:00 PM
Abilene, Kan. – Rural general merchandiser Duckwall-ALCO Stores reported a more-than-doubled quarterly loss of $5.9 million, or $1.53 per basic share, compared with a net loss of $2.2 million, or 59 cents per basic share, for the year-ago period.
First-quarter net sales from continuing operations at the 256-store chain were off 0.3% to $106.0 million, while same-store sales decreased 8.4%.
Jon Ramsey, interim cfo, told analysts on this morning’s earnings call, however, that the company finished the quarter with a substantially lower merchandise inventory and less borrowed on its revolving credit facility than was the case 12 months ago.
“The first quarter of fiscal 2009 was a time for very significant changes for the company,” noted Donny Johnson, interim president and ceo: “New members and direction on our board of directors, the resignation of our previous president and ceo, reductions in corporate staff, and actions by the company to exit 14 markets.”
Profitability was affected in the quarter by severance charges of $1.8 million, which in turn were offset by reduced share-based compensation expense of $610,000
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