The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results for the first quarter ended May 3, 2014. 

 

The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results #

Net sales for the first quarter of Fiscal 2015 increased 5% to $6.5 billion, and consolidated comparable store sales increased 1%. Net income for the first quarter was $454 million, and diluted earnings per share were $.64 versus last year’s $.62.

 

The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results #

Carol Meyrowitz, Chief Executive Officer of The TJX Companies, Inc., stated, “For the first quarter, our consolidated comparable store sales increased 1%, and our earnings per share of $.64 were slightly below our expectations with a negative impact from foreign currency exchange rates that was larger than our guidance assumed. While sales were not as strong as we would have liked, predominantly in our apparel business, I was very pleased that overall business trends improved as the quarter progressed. Further, our inventories and expenses were well managed, which helped protect our margins. 

 

The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results #

“We enter the second quarter in an excellent position. We like our lean inventory levels, which enable us to capitalize on the plentiful buying opportunities we are seeing in the marketplace and ship great fashions, brands and quality merchandise to our stores at amazing values. Additionally, we have exciting marketing initiatives planned to drive customer traffic. We are very confident in our ability to achieve our plans for the remainder of 2014 and beyond as we continue to bring value around the world!”

 

The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results #

Margins

For the first quarter of Fiscal 2015, the Company’s consolidated pretax profit margin was 11.3%, a 0.5 percentage point decrease compared with the prior year’s 11.8% margin. Gross profit margin for the first quarter of Fiscal 2015 was 27.9%, down 0.5 percentage points versus the prior year. This decline was primarily due to lower merchandise margins versus strong improvement last year and expense deleverage on the 1% consolidated comparable store sales increase. Selling, general and administrative costs as a percent of sales were 16.5%, unchanged from the prior year.

 

The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results #

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The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results #