Bath & Body Works parent reports 63% surge in same-store sales
(Reuters) - L Brands Inc reported a 63% rise in same-store sales on Wednesday, helped by strong demand for Bath & Body Work's sanitizers and hand creams, sending its shares up about 4% in
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August 19, 2020
(Reuters) – L Brands Inc <LB.N> reported a 63% rise in same-store sales on Wednesday, helped by strong demand for Bath & Body Work’s sanitizers and hand creams, sending its shares up about 4% in extended trading.
Net sales came in at $2.32 billion, compared with Wall Street estimates of $2.21 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
The company reported a net loss of $49.6 million, or 18 cents per share, in the second quarter ended Aug. 1, compared with a profit of $37.6 million, or 14 cents per share, a year earlier.
(Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)