NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Shares of teen and children's apparel
retailers tumbled Thursday with Zumiez Inc. leading the declines after the
company reported November sales numbers that missed Wall Street expectations.
The stock of Zumiez slumped 10% to $26.39.
The retailer said late Wednesday November same store sales rose 5.6%,
falling short of the mean estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial of
8.1%.
Wedbush Morgan Securities maintained its neutral rating on the shares. "We
believe the stock could be range-bound in the near term given limited visibility
into earnings power during the critical holiday selling season," the firm wrote
to clients.
Shares of Hot Topic Inc. fell 4.4% to $5.91 after reporting late Wednesday
November sales at stores open at least one year fell 8.3%, worse than analyst
expectations of a drop of 6.7%.
Elsewhere, shares of Delia's Inc. tumbled 8.8% to $2.79 after the company
said in a regulatory filing that David Desjardins, the company's chief stores
officer, resigned, effective Dec. 21.
Among other decliners, shares of Tween Brands Inc. fell 4% to $23.74,
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. slipped 0.6% to $21.98, and Aeropostale Inc.
Gymboree Corp. fell 1.4% to $33.50. Wet Seal Inc. was flat at $2.32.
The Retail Holdrs ETF (RTH) 1% to $97.07.
Wanfeng Zhou
wz/pc
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