Significats de namesake stores en anglès

Analysts have said Barnes & Noble must consider paring back its 717 namesake stores.

Earlier this month, Macy's said it was closing five poorly performing namesake stores, affecting about 307 employees.

It already runs 587 full-size namesake stores.

Sales at its namesake stores open at least one year fell 3.1 percent.

The retailer reported a 16 percent rise in second-quarter profit as higher sales in its namesake stores boosted margins.

Macy's operates about 800 namesake stores and 45 Bloomingdale's stores, not including the outlets.

Canadian Tire currently owns 350 of its 490 namesake stores.

The management shifts come at a time when Barnes & Noble's comparable sales at its namesake stores continue to decline.

Barnes & Noble operates 720 namesake stores in the United States and 637 college bookstores.

Same-store sales at its namesake stores tumbled 4.3% in the quarter.

The company said sales at its namesake stores would be flat or up as much as 3 percent in its next fiscal year.

The company forecast that sales at its namesake stores would be flat or up as much as 3 percent in its next fiscal year.

Albertsons, which operates namesake stores as well as U.S. supermarket chain Safeway and grocer Von, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Comparable sales at Saks fell 2.3% in the quarter, while those at its namesake stores decreased 3.9%.

Neiman Marcus CEO Karen Katz told Reuters that there was relatively little overlap between customers of the retailer's outlet chains and its namesake stores.

It also has a 50-50 venture with U.S. warehouse giant Costco COST.O to operate its namesake stores in Mexico.