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Gap (GPS) EPS Down 21% To $.38, New Share Buyback Of $500 Million
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Gap (NYSE: GPS) announced earnings of $.38, down 21% from the same quarter last year. The period ended October 29.
Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011, which ended October 29, 2011, decreased 2 percent to $3.59 billion compared with $3.65 billion for the third quarter last year. Net income was $193 million compared with $303 million for the third quarter last year.
Comparable sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011, including the associated comparable online sales, were as follows:
— Gap North America: negative 6 percent versus positive 2 percent last year
— Banana Republic North America: negative 1 percent versus positive 2 percent last year
— Old Navy North America: negative 4 percent versus flat last year
— International: negative 10 percent versus positive 4 percent last year
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