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Sally Beauty Holdings said Thursday it recorded net income of $41.1 million in the third quarter, up 30.6% from the year-ago period. Consolidated net sales were $743 million, an increase of 10.3% from the fiscal 2009 third quarter.Same-store sales grew 4.6%.Total store count for the beauty supply retailer at the end of the fiscal 2010 third quarter was 3,986, an increase of 165 stores over a year earlier.

Cabela’s reported Thursday that net income for the second quarter soared 98% to $18 million, compared with $9.1 million in the second quarter of 2009.The sporting goods retailer cited the strong performance of World’s Foremost Bank, higher merchandise gross margins and lower impairment and restructuring charges for the improvements.For the quarter, total revenue decreased 3.3% to $526 million; retail store revenue decreased 2.5% to $294 million; direct revenue decreased 11.7% to $172 million; and same-store sales decreased 4.6%.Financial services revenue increased 28% to $56 million.“We are pleased that our strong focus on improving return on capital is working,” said

Build-A-Bear Workshop said Thursday that its second quarter loss was $8.5 million, compared with a loss of $6 million a year ago. Revenues for the quarter ended July 3 dropped 10.5% to $74.1 million, from $82.8 million in the year-earlier period.Same-store sales dropped 10%.Earlier the interactive retailer announced a deal with Michael’s Stores for the distribution of Build-A-Bear Craftshop kits beginning in September.The company currently operates more than 400 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide, including company-owned stores in the United States; Puerto Rico; Canada; the United Kingdom; Ireland; and France; and franchise stores in Europe; Asia; Australia; Africa; and the

Best Buy Co. announced Thursday that its subsidiary Best Buy Connect and wireless service provider Clearwire Corp., based in Kirkland, Wash., have forged a wholesale relationship that will allow Best Buy to use Clearwire’s 4G network to offer mobile Internet service to customers under the Best Buy Connect service.Beginning in 2011, Best Buy will offer a new 4G tier for its recently introduced Best Buy Connect service. Best Buy Connect was conceived to help accelerate mobile broadband adoption by providing consumers the convenience of one-stop shopping for devices, service activation, billing and customer support from Best Buy.“Our strategic wholesale

Destination Maternity said Wednesday it earned $8.5 million in its fiscal third quarter, exceeding projections. The profit compared with year-earlier earnings for the quarter of $6.8 million.CEO Ed Krell said cost cutting and the availability of its products in new areas are garnering results.“Our improved earnings performance is driven primarily by the expense savings from our cost-reduction initiatives and our strong merchandise gross margin performance, as well as from the growth in sales of our leased department relationships and increased Internet and international sales,” he said.Revenue in the period, however, was $142 million, down 0.3% from $142.5 million a

Office Depot on Tuesday reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on lower distribution costs and other expense controls. The retailer said it narrowed its losses in the second quarter to $18.7 million, compared with a loss of $82.6 million in the prior year. Sales, however, dropped 4.3% to $2.7 billion. Wall Street expected revenue of $2.75 billion.The office supplies retailer credited lower distribution costs and tightened expense controls for the quarterly bottomline improvement, but said weaker sales in both its domestic and international divisions negatively impacted sales performance.California was a trouble spot for Office Depot in the second quarter; in

Seven Consecutive Record-Breaking Months LYNNVILLE, Tenn., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Col. Littleton Ltd., Inc. a leading designer and supplier of fine leather goods, apparel and accouterments, announces preliminary sales results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. An examination of initial and unaudited results reveals Col. Littleton achieved a 12% increase in revenue over the same quarter 2009. The company attributes the increase to several factors, including strong seasonal sales surrounding Mother's Day, graduations, weddings and Father's Day in the U.S. Additionally, the company's new leather bag for the iPad® received impressive reviews from independent sources, which contributed

Jones Apparel Group said Wednesday that its second-quarter profit almost doubled to $24.5 million from $12.6 million a year earlier. Revenue including licensing income in the quarter ended July 3 rose to $859.6 million from $803.9 million. Jones Apparel shut 41 stores in the second quarter to end the period with 880 shops. As previously announced, the company expects to close an additional 80 money-losing locations by the end of 2010.

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Communications Subcommittee, said Tuesday that he will introduce an online privacy bill that will create standards for how consumer data is collected and used for marketing.

Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) settled federal charges that it failed to protect its customers' and employees' financial and medical information, agreeing to pay $1 million.