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Weak same-store sales hurt DSW 1st-quarter profit



By AP
29 May 2008 @ 08:48 am EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Discount shoe retailer DSW Inc. on Thursday said first-quarter profit fell 57 percent, hurt by weak same-store sales.

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Profit for the quarter ended May 3 fell to $10.3 million, or 23 cents per share, from $23.7 million, or 54 cents per share, last year.

Revenue rose 3 percent to $366.3 million from $357 million last year.

Analysts polled by Thomson Financial predicted a profit of 24 cents per share on revenue of $368.9 million.

Sales in stores open at least one year, a key retail metric known as same-store sales, fell 5.4 percent during the quarter.

Also on Thursday, the company said its President Peter Horvath is leaving. A search for his successor is ongoing.

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