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		<title>(DBRN) Dress Barn Incorporated &#8211; Operating Income Spikes Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/08/dbrn-dress-barn-incorporated-operating-income-spikes-up/30002</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN) just hit a new 52-week high on better than expected Q2 results from early March that included an awesome 48% earnings surprise. Second-Quarter Results Sales for the period were up 73% from last year to $594 million. The gain was driven by the company&#8217;s November merger with Justice, but when breaking out each segment on an individual basis, the numbers still look solid. Segment Results Dress Barn sales were up 7% from last year to $209 million, with comparative store sales up 6%. Maurices saw sales increase 12% to $164 million, with same-store sales up 5%. And finally, same-store sales at Justice were up 19% from last year to $221 million. Dress Barn also saw its operating income spike, coming in at $43 million, or 7.3% ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) The Dress Barn Beats Expectations &#8211; Lifts View</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dress Barn Inc. (DBRN) recently posted fiscal 2010 second-quarter results. The company swung to a GAAP net income of $21.7 million, from a GAAP net loss of $1.8 million in the year-ago quarter. Excluding special items, adjusted earnings per share came in at 37 cents, which surged past the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 25 cents. The company has a good track record of beating earnings expectations as it has topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the last 4 quarters with an average positive surprise of 23.6%, or 7 cents. This implies that Dress Barn’s earnings have surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 23.6% on an average over the last 4 quarters. During the reported quarter, Dress Barn reported an impressive 73.1% growth in net sales to $594.1 ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) Dress Barn &#8211; Two of Four Analysts Raised Numbers in the Past Week</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/16/dbrn-dress-barn-two-of-four-analysts-raised-numbers-in-the-past-week/28086</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN), a women&#8217;s specialty retailer with a Zacks #1 Rank (&#8216;strong buy&#8217;), announced better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter sales last week. The company was last featured as a Value Stock of the Day in late September, shortly after its fiscal fourth quarter report. Presently, it is scheduled to report its fiscal second quarter performance early next month, and has put together 3 consecutive quarters with positive earnings surprises. Earnings estimates for this fiscal year and next fiscal year have each improved a bit over the past 7 days in reaction to the solid sales totals. It is trading with a forward P/E of 15.96 and has a Price/Book ratio of 2.23. Dress Barn is a leading national specialty apparel retailer offering quality casual and career women&#8217;s fashion apparel at ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) The Dress Barn, Inc. &#8211; Estimates and Guidance Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/22/dbrn-the-dress-barn-inc-estimates-and-guidance-rise/23348</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN) recently surged higher on strong Q3 results from November and optimistic earnings guidance. Company Description Dress Barn, Inc. operates a chain of woman&#8217;s apparel specialty stores in the United States. The company was founded in 1962, owns more than 1,500 stores in 48 states and has a market cap of $1.39 billion. Shares of DBRN have been on a bit of a roll lately, recently hitting a new 52-week high on strong Q3 results and bullish 2010 earnings guidance. The company&#8217;s Nov 19 Q3 results included 7% sales growth from last year to $404 million. Earnings came in at 37 cents, 4 cents ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The company has beat in each of the last 3 quarters by an average of 15%. ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) Dress Barn Tops Expectations &#8211; Lifts Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/23/dbrn-dress-barn-tops-expectations-lifts-outlook/21156</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dress Barn Inc. (DBRN) recently reported fiscal 2010 first-quarter results. The company recorded a GAAP net income of $21.7 million, a growth of nearly 10% over GAAP net earnings of $19.7 million posted in the year-ago period. Excluding certain items, adjusted earnings per share came in at 37 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 12%, or 4 cents. The company reported a 7.4% growth in net sales to $404.1 million during the quarter, compared to $376.4 million in the year-ago quarter. The growth was primarily driven by a 4% increase in same-store sales coupled with the addition of 47 stores in the last one-year period. In terms of divisions, same-store sales expanded by 5% in Dressbarn stores, while it grew by 4% in Maurices stores. Dress Barn also ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) Dress Barn, Inc. &#8211; Inched Past Consensus Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/21/dbrn-dress-barn-inc-inched-past-consensus-estimates/15740</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN), the specialty clothing retailer, recently surprised on the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the second consecutive quarter as sales jumped 4% in the fiscal-fourth quarter. On Sep 16, the company reported earnings per share of 39 cents, or 3 cents higher, than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This was a 5 cent improvement over the fourth quarter of the prior year. Out of the company&#8217;s two divisions, dressbarn and maurice stores, it was dressbarn that saw the better performance. Sales rose 6% to $253.7 million from $238.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. Same store sales jumped 4%. Maurice stores grew sales by 1% to $145.2 million from $143.8 million a year ago. Same store sales fell 5% but new stores offset the decrease. For the full ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) The Dress Barn&#8217;s Q4 Exceeds</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/18/dbrn-the-dress-barns-q4-exceeds/15557</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dress Barn Inc. (DBRN) reported fiscal fourth-quarter results after the closing bell yesterday. The company stated that GAAP net income expanded 19.5% year over year to $26.4 million, or 41 cents per share. Excluding certain items, adjusted earnings per share came in at 39 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents. The company recorded a 4.3% year-over-year growth in sales to $398.9 million, driven by a 3.5% increase in net store growth coupled with a 1% expansion in same-store sales. The company said that sales in Dress Barn stores grew 6.5% year over year to $253.7 million, mainly due to 4% growth in same-store sales. Sales in maurices stores rose 1% year over year to $145.2 million, driven by net store growth of 6.5%, partially offset by a ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) Dress Barn, Inc. &#8211; Value &#8211; Zacks Rank Buy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/07/07/dbrn-dress-barn-inc-value-zacks-rank-buy-3/9392</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN), the specialty retailer which operates dressbarn and maurice stores, announced on June 25 that it was merging with Tween Brands, Inc. (TWB) in a stock-for-stock transaction. Tween Brand specializes in tween retail which includes fashion merchandise and accessories for girls between the ages of 7 and 14. Its brands include Justice and Limited Too. After the closing of the transaction, Tween Brands stockholders will own about 16% of Dress Barn, Inc. Tween Brands outstanding bank debt will also be repaid. Dress Barn expects the transaction to be earnings neutral in the first full year after the merger and accretive after that. Dress Barn is a Zacks #1 Rank (strong buy) stock. It is trading with a forward P/E of 13.96. Zacks Investment Research View original at: ]]></description>
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		<title>(PLCE) Top Performer for Monday: Children&#8217;s Place- Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/06/22/plce-top-performer-for-monday-childrens-place-zacks-1-rank-top-performers/8697</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several retailers on today&#8217;s Zacks #1 Rank List, but The Children&#8217;s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (PLCE) is among the top performers with a gain of approximately 4%. There are 11 other companies from the Retail &#8211; Apparel/Shoe industry on today&#8217;s 222-stock Zacks #1 Rank List Incorporatedluding fellow top performers Cato Corp. (CTR), Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN) and Citi Trends (CTRN). The list also includes Aeropostale, Inc. (ARO), Gap, Inc. (GPS) and Gymboree Corp. (GYMB). Earnings Estimates on the Move Earnings estimates on PLCE have been moving in the right direction of late, accounting for a 28% rise in the past 2 months for this fiscal year, which ends January 2010. In the past 30 days, 4 of 8 covering analysts revised higher, marking a gain of 8.2% in ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) Dress Barn, Inc. &#8211; Value &#8211; Zacks Rank Buy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/06/16/dbrn-dress-barn-inc-value-zacks-rank-buy-2/8408</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN) is finding profits in its value priced women&#8217;s fashion as same store sales rose in the fiscal third quarter. The company recently raised 2009 guidance. Company Description Dress Barn is a specialty retailer providing career and casual fashions for women. The company has two brands, dressbarn stores and maurice stores. It operates 842 dressbarns in 47 states and 707 maurice stores in 44 states. Comparable Store Sales Rise 3% in Fiscal Third Quarter On May 21, Dress Barn reported third-quarter results that surprised on analysts&#8217; estimates by 25.81%, or 8 cents a share. Net income was $23.9 million, or 39 cents per share compared to $24.9 million, or 39 cents, in the year ago quarter. Total sales rose 7% to $375.7 million from $352.6 million. Comparable ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) The Dress Barn, Inc. &#8211; Momentum &#8211; Zacks Rank Buy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/04/20/dbrn-the-dress-barn-inc-momentum-zacks-rank-buy/5673</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN) recently announced that it is seeing strengthening business trends and projected strong third-quarter results, set to be officially released at the end of May. Company Description The Dress Barn, Inc., with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of women&#8217;s apparel specialty stores in the United States. The company operates over 1,500 stores in 48 states and has a market cap of $901 million. A Bullish Statement The Dress Barn released some bullish comments on April 13 about the state of the company, saying that it is seeing positive signs in its business. Dress barn built on these statements by saying that it expects to report earnings between 30 and 32 cents per share when it officially reports its third-quarter results on May 21. Second-Quarter Results The ]]></description>
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		<title>(DBRN) Dress Barn, Inc. &#8211; Value &#8211; Zacks Rank Buy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/03/13/dbrn-dress-barn-inc-value-zacks-rank-buy/4320</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dress Barn, Inc. (DBRN), the women&#8217;s clothing retailer, recently reaffirmed fiscal 2009 guidance during an extremely tough retail environment. The company has surprised on estimates 3 out of the last 4 quarters. DBRN trades at 12.5x forward estimates. Company Description Dress Barn sells women&#8217;s apparel in 46 states through Dressbarn and Maurice stores. The company operates 834 Dressbarn stores and 697 Maurice stores nationwide. Dress Barn Reaffirmed Fiscal 2009 Guidance The economic conditions have been especially tough on the retail sector but on Feb 18, Dress Barn reaffirmed fiscal 2009 guidance of earnings per share in the range of 70 cents to 85 cents per share. Mixed Results in the Second Quarter of 2009 Dress Barn reported second quarter earnings for the fiscal second quarter ending Jan 24, 2009 on ]]></description>
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