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Speciality retailers with strong merchandising talents will outperform their competition in 1994 and 1995. Factors such as moderate inflation and a weak US dollar will create a business climate that can be exploited by those retailers with lean, competitive operations. Investments in this industry should be focused on companies that have high ratings for financial strength and that have capital returns that are above the industry average.

The diversified retail industry can offer investors with various portfolio goals at least one strong choice. Low interest rates are boosting the housing and home improvement markets. Companies aiming to expand in the unsaturated urban markets or in Canada and Mexico due to the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement may be good investment choices. Potential investors should study individual Timeliness ranks.

The specialty retail industry will improve during the 1990s, as retailers continue to streamline their businesses and use high technology to keep inventory low. The economy seems to be improving in Nov 1993, and consumers are beginning to spend again. Another indication of consumer confidence is in the show of colored apparel planned for spring 1994. The stocks within this group should do well from 1993 to 1998, as retailers establish better working relationships with manufacturers.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- CVS generated record sales and operating profits for the year ended Dec. 31, 1995 amidst a restructuring at its parent company, Melville Corp. Before special charges, operating [...]

RYE, N.Y. - With a double-digit downturn during the fourth quarter, Melville Corp. sustained a 7.3% decline in net earnings in 1994. The performance contributed to a downgrade in the [...]

RYE, N.Y.--Falling prey to declining sales and significant gross margin erosion, Melville Corp. saw net earnings drop 25% during the third quarter of 1993. The CVS parent registered net profits [...]

1992 in the footwear industry will go down in history as the year when the clogs, platforms and wedges came back. It was a year of monumental changes, when a new president was elected and women were recognized for their talents and abilities. It was also the Year of the Woman and retailers made sure their price lines were lower. Some retail stores also closed. Melville Corp was planning to close 350 of its 2000 stores come January of 1993., Let's start the year by looking backward. It was a year Queen Elizabeth called 'annus horribilis,' as she watched the public disintegration of the marriages of her children. It was [...]

Financial data on all the major U.S. footwear companies. Continued pressure from imports was the main theme of the industry in 1983. Companies with manufacturing sites outside US did the best.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - Melville Corp. reported significant gains in operating and net income from continuing drug store operations during the third quarter, which ended September 28. As a consequence of [...]

NEW YORK - Melville Corp. reported Thursday that earnings for the fourth quarter fell 10.4 percent, reflecting a steep decline in profits at Wilsons and lackluster profit growth at Marshall's, [...]

NEW YORK (FNS) - Melville Corp. reported Thursday that earnings for the fourth quarter fell 10.4 percent, reflecting a steep decline in profits at Wilsons and lackluster profit growth at [...]

NEW YORK -- Melville Corp. reported third-quarter earnings jumped 24.6 percent to $51.7 million, or 45 cents a share, from $41.5 million, or 35 cents, a year ago. In the [...]

Melville Corp., still in a rebuilding mode, reported second-quarter earnings tumbled 38.8 percent to $45.6 million, or 39 cents a share, from $74.5 million, or 67 cents, a year earlier. [...]

NEW YORK -- With its Marshalls off-price division performing poorly, Melville Corp. reported second-quarter earnings tumbled 38.8 percent to $45.6 million, from $74.5 million, a year earlier. Per share earnings [...]

RYE, N.Y. (FNS) -- Hurt by weakness at its Marshalls division, Melville Corp. reported second-quarter earnings tumbled 38.8 percent to $45.6 million, or 39 cents a share, from $74.5 million, [...]

RYE, N.Y.--Melville Corp., aided by what was evidently a solid performance from CVS and the benefits of last year's moves to eliminate underperforming divisions and stores, shaved away much of [...]

RYE, N.Y. (FNS) Boosted by the early Easter and the sale of troubled divisions, Melville Corp. reported first-quarter losses narrowed to $2.5 million, from $21.7 million a year ago. In [...]

RYE, N.Y. -- Specialty retailer Melville Corp. pushed past lower operating results to register a major gain in net earnings during 1993 over the prior year, when income was buffeted [...]

RYE, N.Y. (FNS) -- Melville Corp. reported earnings slid 8.4 percent in the fourth quarter before extraordinary items in the year-ago period. For the year, earnings were down 13 percent [...]

Weak apparel biz blamed RYE, N.Y. (FNS) -- Depressed by weakness in its apparel businesses, Melville Corp. reported third-quarter profits slumped 24.9 percent. Melville earned $41.5 million, or 35 cents [...]